Obituaries

Mary K. Babey

Mary K. Babey

Oct 13, 2008

Mary Kosch Babey age 78 beloved wife of the late George Babey, passed away on Monday October 13, 2008 at Kimberly Hall Nursing Home in Windsor, CT. Mrs. Babey was born in Bridgeport to the late John and Anna (Stelbasky) Kosch on December 31, 1929. She graduated from Stratford High School. Columbia Records, White Walk Market and Monarch Equipment were...

Walter A. Czekaj

Walter A. Czekaj

Oct 13, 2008

Walter A. Czekaj age 72 of Stratford passed away on Monday, October 13, 2008 in Connecticut Hospice Branford. Walt was born in New York City to the late Joseph and Helen Gianotti Czekaj and has been a life long area resident. Football had played a big roll in the life of Walter A. Czekaj. Fortunately for Stratford High School, Walt's...

Adela M. Dearing

Adela M. Dearing

Oct 10, 2008

Adela M. " Adeline" "Auntie Ad" Dering age 96, of Stratford the widow of Gustav Dering, died Friday, October 10, 2008 in the West River Heath Care Center in Milford. Born in Hartford to the late Adolph and Emilie (Mueller) Blaschke, she was raised in Bridgeport and has lived in Stratford for over 50 years. Auntie Ad was the oldest...

Helen Billick Premak

Helen Billick Premak

Oct 8, 2008

Helen Billick Premak age 86 of Stratford, widow of Alexander A. Premak passed away on Wednesday October 8, 2008 in St. Vincent's Medical Center Bridgeport. Mrs. Premak a retired inspector for Remington Rand was born in Stratford to the late Peter and Victoria Billick and has been a life long area resident. She was an avid bowler and belonged to...

Val B. Dickinson

Val B. Dickinson

Oct 8, 2008

Val Dickinson April 08, 1961-October 08, 2008 If you have been blessed by being a friend of Val's, we know you will share in our deep sorrow over her passing this week. Val, with her vivacious smile, her positive attitude, and willingness to never say "no." She has touched many people's lives by just doing whatever she could do to...

Thelma G. Yakush

Thelma G. Yakush

Oct 3, 2008

Thelma G. Yakush, age 88 formerly of Monroe died Friday, October 03, 2008 in Maefair Health Care Center in Trumbull. Born in Bridgeport to the late George H. and Ann P. (Mink) MacDermott, she has been a lifelong area resident. Thelma was very active in her later years with the Monroe Senior Center. She was a retired Clerk for the...

Dosanjos Mason

Dosanjos Mason

Oct 3, 2008

Dosanjos Bento Mason, age 78, of Stratford died Friday, October 3, 2008 in Bridgeport Hospital. She was the proprietor of Mason's Cleaning Service. Survivors include her children; Michael Gerber, Michele Mason and Sharon Mason; her foster daughters Brenda Brannigan, Alice Dubois and Jean Perry; 2 granddaughters Andrea Fratarcangeli and Samantha Gerber; 4 sisters Priscilla Lewis, Germaine Ponte, Esther Acucena and...

Robert R. Brown

Robert R. Brown

Sep 30, 2008

Robert R. Brown age 83 of Bridgeport passed away suddenly on Tuesday September 30, 2008 in St. Vincent's Medical Center Bridgeport. Mr. Brown a WW # II Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to the late Rocco Pace and Mae (Krozky) Brown Pace and has been a long time area resident. He was the...

Richard J. Kasper

Richard J. Kasper

Sep 29, 2008

– Richard J. Kasper age 64 of Huntington passed away on Monday September 29, 2008 in Bridgeport Hospital after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family. Richard, Vice President of Finance for Star Distributors Inc of West Haven, was born in Bridgeport to the late Peter and Martha (Babey) Kasper and has been a life long area resident. He...

Linda Charak Collazo

Linda Charak Collazo

Sep 24, 2008

Linda Charak Collazo, age 57 of Stratford passed away on Wednesday September 24, 2008 in Connecticut Hospice Branford. Linda, a teacher for the Stratford Board of Education, at Franklin School was born in Bridgeport beloved daughter of Mary (Hajus) Charak of Stratford and the late George R. Charak and has been a life long area resident. She was a graduate...

William A. Roberts

William A. Roberts

Sep 21, 2008

William A. Roberts Jr., age 87 of Stratford passed away, on Sunday September 21, 2008 in St. Joseph's Manor Trumbull. Mr. Roberts a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Navy was born in Bridgeport to the late William and Louise (Doughty) Roberts and has been a life long area resident. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service, and after...

Joseph P. Malyszka

Joseph P. Malyszka

Sep 14, 2008

Joseph P. Malyszka age 89 of Trumbull passed away on Sunday September 14, 2008 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mr. Malyszka a World War # II Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp was born in Bridgeport the youngest of twelve children to the late Joseph and Rose (Jackewicz) Malyszka and has been a life long area resident. Joe served aboard the Battleship...

Kevin Andrew Bradley

Kevin Andrew Bradley

Sep 13, 2008

Kevin Andrew Bradley, age 28 formerly of Milford, died suddenly on Saturday, September 13, 2008 in his home in Horsham, PA. He was the loving husband of Julia Glemser Bradley and the youngest son of Kevin and Denise McDermott Bradley of Milford and the beloved brother of Lisa and Paul Bradley of Milford and proud father to his son Aidan....

Catherine Novak Choomack

Catherine Novak Choomack

Sep 11, 2008

Catherine Novak Choomack of Fairfield passed away on Thursday September 11, 2008 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Choomack, a retired CNA for United Health Care Agency was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania to the late Andrew and Mary (Persel) Novak and has been a long time area resident. She was the widow of James Choomack. Survivors include her beloved sons James and...

Katherine Hluska Dankulich

Katherine Hluska Dankulich

Sep 7, 2008

Katherine Hluska Dankulich age 90 of Bridgeport the widow of John Dankulich passed away on Sunday September 7, 2008 in Milford Hospital. Mrs. Dankulich, a retired employee of Universal Manufacturing was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania to the late John and Anna (Rudnansky) Hluska and has been a long time area resident. Survivors include her beloved children Michael Dankulich and his...

Lee Herbert Penny

Lee Herbert Penny

Sep 6, 2008

Penny - Lee Herbert Penny, age 81, of Stratford, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2008 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born on April 2, 1927 to the late Herbert Lee Penny (who also passed away on September 6 in 1984) and Josephine Hanock Penny. He was a graduate of Bassick High School class of 1945 and proudly served...

John Skapyak

John Skapyak

Sep 6, 2008

John Skapyak, age 76 of Stratford, beloved husband of the late Marilyn Egirt Skapyak passed away on Saturday September 6, 2008 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mr. Skapyak, a retired mason for Distillio Constrction Company was born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania to the late Michael and Mary (Hoboken) Skapyak and has been along time area resident. He was a member of the...

Mildred A. Swidar

Mildred A. Swidar

Sep 4, 2008

Mildred A. Swidar, age 89, of Stratford, the beloved wife of the late Alexander Swidar, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 4th, 2008 in the Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Bridgeport on October 28, 1919 and a lifelong area resident, Mrs. Swidar was a homemaker who worked briefly for the General Electric Company in Bridgeport during WW II...

Theodore W. Papach

Theodore W. Papach

Sep 2, 2008

Theodore W. Papach, age 88 of Tamarac, Florida passed away on Tuesday September 2, 2008 in Harbor Chase Health Center, Tamarac. Mr. Papach, a WW # II Veteran of the U.S. Army was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to the late Wasil and Tekla (Siwicz) Papach and has been a long time area resident before moving to Florida 15 years ago....

David A. Cholewinski

David A. Cholewinski

Sep 2, 2008

David A. Cholewinski age 35 of Stratford passed away on Tuesday September 2, 2008 in the Hebrew Health Center Hospice, West Hartford. David, a graduate of Bunnell High School was born Bridgeport to the late Edward S. Cholewinski Sr. and Mary Ann Grazul Cholewinski of Stratford. He was an employee of Stop and Shop in Shelton until his illness. Survivors...