Julia Marcovich Smolko, age 94, of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Joseph Smolko, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 in Bridgeport Hospital. Julia a retired assembler for General Electric was born in Simpson, Pennsylvania to the late Jacob and Florence (Romancik) Marcovich and has been a long time resident of Stratford. Survivors include her nieces, Eleanor Bigley and her husband John, Carolyn Contardi and her husband Gene, Patricia Zelinsky and her husband Edward, Barbara Kopac, nephew Stephen Marcovich, and several great nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, Julia was pre-deceased by her brothers, John, Nicholas, and Stephen Marcovich, sister, Mary Kopac and her husband George, nephew, Nicholas Kopac, and her loving companion of several years, Thomas Hainsworth. The family of Julia would like to thank her devoted caregiver, Khatia Paniashvili, for her kind and loving care. Funeral services will take place on Friday, February 10 ^th at 10 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford with Rev. David Cochran officiating. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may call from 9:30-10 a.m. on Friday.