Obituaries
Joan Caizzi Ballaro
Aug 16, 2011
Joan Caizzi Ballaro 75 of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Leonard A. Ballaro (Weezy) passed peacefully on August 16, 2011 in her home surrounded by her family. Born on June 10, 1936 in New York to the late Mauro and Catherine Mangino Caizzi. She was a life long Stratford resident. Joan was a kind and loving women who opened...
Helen Sedlar Rowland
Aug 16, 2011
Helen Sedlar Rowland (89), of Easton, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter, Diane, in Washington DC on August 16. Born on June 30, 1922, in Flint, Michigan, she moved at age 9 to Easton, Connecticut, which remained her primary residence until her death. She is preceded in death by her parents, Peter Sedlar and Helen Kochiss Sedlar...
John M. "Lefty" Stefan
Aug 15, 2011
John M."LEFTY" Stefan, age 77, of Stratford, beloved husband of Mary Edo Knapp-Stefan, passed away on Monday August 15, 2011 in Connecticut Hospice, Branford. Mr. Stefan, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, was born in New York City to the late Michael and Anna (Porobusky) Stefan and has been a long time area resident. He was a retired...
Peter Michael Calzati Jr.
Aug 15, 2011
Peter Michael Calzati Jr., age 50, of Stratford, peacefully passed away on Monday evening August 15, 2011 in Stamford Hospital after a long illness and courageous battle with diabetes. Peter was born August 22, 1960 in Bridgeport to Helen Kepchar Calzati of Stratford and the late Peter M. Calzati Sr., and has been a life long area resident. He was...
Anna Mccrea
Aug 12, 2011
Anna McCrea, age 98, of Stratford, the beloved widow of George T. McCrea, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Taylor, Pennsylvania to the late Stephen and Mary (Demetri) Micknick, Anna has been a longtime Stratford resident. Survivors include her loving children Richard McCrea of Stratford and Georgia Smith and her husband John Robert of...
Milton Perez Soto Sr.
Aug 12, 2011
Milton Perez Soto Sr., age 88, of the Huntington section of Shelton, passed away on Friday, August 12, 2011 in Lord Chamberlain Health Care Center with his family by his side. Born November 11, 1923 in Aguda, Puerto Rico to the late Arturo and Juana (Perez) Soto and has been a long time Bridgeport resident. Milton was a Veteran of...
Claudia Sczyrek
Aug 11, 2011
Claudia Sczyrek, age 83 of Bridgeport the widow of Anthony Panko and Clem Sczyrek, passed away in Lord Chamberlain Heath Care Center after a long illness. Born November 27, 1927 in Sworsville, Pa to the late Alex and Anna Laytar and passed away the evening of August 11, 2011. Claudia worked at Acme United for many years and volunteered at...
Diane Jane Willard
Aug 11, 2011
Diane J. Willard was born in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 1948 and died on August 11, 2011 in Bridgeport, CT. She was the daughter of Charles E. Thomas and the late June K. Thomas, formerly of Mardela Springs, Md. Diane graduated from Mardela High School, and also attended Rippowam High School in Stamford. She served in the U. S....
Carol Jane Richards-Babey
Aug 10, 2011
Carol Jane Richards- Babey, age 61, of Stratford, beloved wife of Michael A. Babey passed away suddenly in her home on Wednesday August 10, 2011. Carol, a retired- Tax Accountant for Pitney Bowes was born in Bridgeport to Earl and Elizabeth (Helbig) Richards of Pittsburg, New Hampshire and has been a life long area resident. She was a graduate of...
Rita Elizabeth Seresin
Aug 5, 2011
Rita Elizabeth Seresin, age 84, of Shelton, passed away peacefully after a sudden illness in Connecticut Hospice, Branford. Rita, a retired employee of Dictaphone (Pitney Bowes) was born in Bridgeport on February 8, 1927, to the late George and Anne (Ryback) Seresin. She spent many years living and working in Beverly Hills, California, returning to settle in Stratford, after her...
Helen Mesaros Hoff
Aug 5, 2011
Helen Hoff, age 94, of Stratford, passed away on Friday, August 05, 2011 in the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield. Born in Bridgeport to the late George and Annie (Sedlak) Mesaros she has been a life long area resident. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Theodore Hoff and her son Theodore. Survivors include her daughter-in-law Claire Hoff;...
Joseph D. Inman Sr.
Jul 31, 2011
Joseph D. Inman Sr., of Stratford, beloved husband of Patricia Kelly Inman, passed away on Sunday July 31, 2011 in Lord Chamberlain HCC, after a courageous one-year battle with Lung Cancer. Joe, a U.S. Marine Corp. Veteran, was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire to the late Warren and Margurette (Tobin) Inman, and has been a long time area resident. He...
Andrew John Nelson Ii
Jul 31, 2011
Andrew John Nelson II passed away at his home on Sunday July 31, 2011. He was born on January 22, 1947, to the late Andrew J. and Marjorie (Lescheshen) Nelson. Andy lived in Stratford all of his life attending Eli Whitney Elementary School, and Wooster Middle schools before graduating from Frank Scott Bunnell High School in 1965. He attended and...
Helen Zemola Hallstrom
Jul 28, 2011
Helen Zemola Hallstrom, beloved wife of the late Kenneth Hallstrom, passed away on Thursday July 28, 2011 at the Carolton H.C.C., Fairfield. Mrs. Hallstrom, a homemaker, was born in Brandon, Colorado to the late John and Mary (Szendrock) Zemola and has been a long time area resident. She was an avid bowler and dancer, and was a member of the...
Laurie Macarthur Murray
Jul 26, 2011
Laurie Belle (MacArthur) Murray of Shelton, born November 28, 1934 in Buffalo, NY passed away on July 26, 2011 with her loving family by her side. Daughter of Bruce Ernst and Winifred (Snyder) MacArthur, Laurie attended Hamburg, HS, Allegheny College and Syracuse University (Kappa Kappa Gamma) earning a BS degree in Education. Laurie taught at schools in Pittsburgh, PA, Corning,...
Frank G. Mencel
Jul 25, 2011
Frank G. Mencel, age 88, of Stratford, the beloved husband of Nettie Drachowsky Mencel, passed away on Monday July 25, 2011 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mr. Mencel, the proprietor of Mencel Roofing Company, was born in Bridgeport to the late Andrew and Katherine (Kotrady) Mencel and has been a life long area resident. He was a WW II Veteran of the...
Katherine Safko
Jul 21, 2011
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...
Mary Brinsco
Jul 19, 2011
Mary Brinsco, age 96 of Shelton formerly of Bridgeport, the beloved widow of Andrew Brinsco, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Stratford to the late Joseph and Magdalena (Stupak) Hudak, she has been a life long area resident. Survivors include nieces Eleanor Dugan, Mary Ann Pando, Dorothy Barwick; nephews Michael and Nicholas Hudak; several...
Rita Nogic
Jul 18, 2011
Rita E. Nogic, age 68 of Bridgeport, passed away in Lisbon, CT on Monday, July 18, 2011. Born in Bridgeport to the late Edmund Shannon and Evelyn (Vincent) Shannon Hawley, Rita has been a lifelong city resident. She was a member of the Pequannock Yacht Club where she was a lifetime member of the Woman's Auxiliary. Survivors include her beloved...
Peter Francis Cleary
Jul 14, 2011
Peter Francis Cleary, age 81, of Milford passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 14, 2011 in Gardner Heights HCC of Shelton, with his beloved wife and 3 loving daughters by his side. Born in Bridgeport to the late Frank and Helen (Astram) Cleary he has been a life long area resident. Peter was a veteran of the US Army serving...
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