Josephine Malinko Kreta, age 95, of Stratford, the widow of Stephen Kreta, passed away on Monday January 30, 2012 in St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport. Mrs. Kreta, a homemaker was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to the late Nicholas and Nancy (Konopelska) Malinko and has been a long time area resident. She was a life long member of the Carpatho Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist in Bridgeport, where she was a member of the Seniors and the Mothers and Daughters Club. Survivors include her devoted son Stephen Kreta and his wife Barbara, a grandson Stephen Kreta and his wife Laura, a great-grandson Nicholas, all of Maryland, her long time friend and companion Bill Lovanio, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place on Friday February 3rd at 9:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford, at 10:00 am in the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist Church, 364 Mill Hill Ave; Bridgeport for a Requiem Funeral Service officiated by the V. Rev Protopresbyter David Cochran. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may call on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. Panachida at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations in Josephine's memory to St. John's Church.