Mary Bernice Fida Brown, age 84 of Bridgeport, the widow of Robert R. Brown, passed away on Thursday August 25, 2011 in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Mrs. Brown, a homemaker was born in Kurima, Czechoslovakia to the late Joseph and Sophie (Rohal) Fida and has been a life long area resident. Mary, an avid gardener, was a long time member of her beloved St. Andrew's Church. She is Survived by her devoted children April Markovics and her husband Glen of Stratford, Sandra Maisano and her husband Mark of TN, Dawn Santos and her husband Chris of Bridgeport, 8 grandchildren Krista, Robert, Layne, Jessica, Jamie, Jake, Craig, and her special little man Christopher, 3 great grandchildren Dani, Anthony and Sophia who was named for her great-great-grandmother and great-grandmother, 2 brothers Raymond Fida of West Haven, and Joseph Fida of Huntington, a step- daughter Sharon Poppa and her husband Lawrence, brother-in-law James Pace of Idaho, and several nieces and nephews. "Mom has left her paradise to be with her husband in a fantastic place." Funeral services will take place on Friday September 2nd at 10 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 11 a.m. in St. Andrew's Church Anton St Bridgeport for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Thursday from 4-8 p.m.