Katherine Safko, age 93 of Stratford, passed away peacefully on July 21, 2011 at Griffin Hospital, Derby, in the presence of loving family members. Katherine was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Safko, and is also predeceased by her brother, Thomas Allis, and her parents, James and Anna Allis, to whom she was born in 1918. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Sally Koperwhats, her granddaughter, Kathy Decrescenzo and her husband Joseph, and their three children, Jessica, Christopher and Jacqueline, all of Stratford; her sister, Angeline Forte and her husband, Leonard, of Trumbull; her sister-in-law, Elaine Allis of Georgia; and many nieces and nephews. Katherine worked for many years as the executive secretary and office manager at Wilcar Products in Stratford. Burial will be private.