Maureen Cahill Tarczali age 60 of Stratford passed away on Monday October 27, 2008 in Bridgeport Hospital after a year long battle with cancer. Maureen, a Case Manager for Health Net was born in Bridgeport to the late Joseph and Ruth (Cote) Cahill and has been a life long area resident. She was a Nurse at Bridgeport Hospital for 38 years and was a former EMT for the Stratford EMS. Survivors include her beloved husband Andrew Tarczali, her devoted sons Thomas Collins and his wife Donna of Stratford and James Collins and his wife Leslie of Trumbull, 5 cherished grandchildren Joseph, James, Courtney, Laura and Nicole, a sister Debbie Serbin and her husband Stanley of California, a brother Joseph Cahill and his wife Marcella of Stratford, a sister-in-law Carole Kupec of North Carolina and several nieces and nephews. She was a loving wife, mother grandmother and sister and will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Funeral services will take place on Friday October 31st at 9:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 10 a.m. in St. Mark's Church 500 Wigwam Lane Stratford for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be in St. Michael's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Thursday from 4-7 p.m.