Mary Hritz Turner, age 95 of Stratford, passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2012 in the Hilltop Health Center in Ansonia. Born in Ansonia to the late Nicholas and Helen (Filiscko) Hritz she has been a longtime Stratford resident. Mary was the widow of Lloyd Turner and a retired Inspector with Princess Pat. She was a former member of the Baldwin Center Seniors. Mary had a great love for dancing as a young girl in Granville; in her later years she loved being with her family. Survivors include her devoted siblings Helen Skirkanich of Milford, Joseph Hritz and his wife Mary of Stratford, Margaret Zaniewski of Stratford and Madeline Bottone of Ansonia, a sister-in-law Helen Hritz of Stratford and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband she was pre-deceased by her siblings Julia Zatzick, Nicholas, George, Ilona, Ann, Katherine and Michael Hritz. Funeral services will take place on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 11:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 12 noon in the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist Bridgeport for a Requiem Funeral Service. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery Bridgeport. Friends may call on Monday from 10 –11:15 am. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations to St. John's Church.