Joseph Balogach age 85 of Stratford beloved husband of the late Emilia Sulansky Balogach passed away on Thursday October 16, 2008 in Mariners HCC West Haven. Mr. Balogach, a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Army was born in Bridgeport to the late Joseph and Sophie Balogach and has been a life long area resident. He was a retired inspector for Sikorsky and was a member of VFW Post # 9460, the Baldwin Center and the Stratford Historical Society. Survivors include his beloved daughters Joyce Cassetti and her husband Joe of Ansonia and Melanie Plassman of Stratford. 3 cherished grandchildren Jill Hayden, Star Gibson and Douglas Gritman, a great-granddaughter Jacquelyn Gibson and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents and his wife he was pre-deceased by a sister Ann Tuska. Funeral services will take place on Monday October 20th at 12:30 p.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 1 p.m. in Our Lady of Grace Church Stratford for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment with full military honors will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Monday from 11-12:30.