Obituaries

Genevieve Chludzinski Peterson

Genevieve Chludzinski Peterson

Oct 25, 2006

– Genevieve Chludzinski Peterson, age 79 of Stratford, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday October 25, 2006 at Connecticut Hospice Branford. Mrs. Peterson widow of Harold F. Peterson was the daughter of the late Stacia and Telespor Chludzinski. A true "Southie" she was born in Boston, MA and resided there and in Dorchester for 42 years before moving with her...

Stephen Havanec

Stephen Havanec

Oct 24, 2006

Stephen Havanec, age 83, of 1721 West Schwartz Blvd, Lady Lake, Florida, died on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 in his home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to the late Stephen Havanec Sr and Mary Shikos Havanec, he was a resident of Lady Lake, Fl for many years. Mr Havanec was a retired Foreman at Sikorski Aircraft and a WW#2 Veteran of...

Stephen E. Fedorko

Stephen E. Fedorko

Oct 23, 2006

Stephen E. Fedorko age 89 of Stratford died peacefully on October 23, 2006. Survived by and beloved husband of Mildred G. Fedorko, father to Michael Fedorko and his wife Debbie, Barbara Fedorko and Patricia Cacace, grandfather to Stephen John Fedorko. He is also survived by his brother and best friend John Fedorko, sisters Marge Jankura, Dorothy Weaver and her husband...

Mary Mihelik Sepelak

Mary Mihelik Sepelak

Oct 20, 2006

Mary Mihelik Sepelak, age 85 of Stratford passed away on Friday October 20, 2006 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Sepelak, a homemaker was born in Scranton, PA to the late George and Mary (Kuhar) Mihelik and has been a long time area resident. She was a member of the Slovak Catholic Sokols and was the widow of Michael Sepelak. Survivors include...

John Casey Leslie

John Casey Leslie

Oct 19, 2006

John C. Leslie "Casey" age 86 of Stratford passed away on Thursday October 19, 2006 surrounded by his family in St. Joseph's Manor Trumbull. Mr. Casey a retired toll collector for the State of Connecticut was born in Glace Bay NS, Canada and has been a long time area resident. He was a former milkman in the Stratford area for...

Frances Sarnik Lucas

Frances Sarnik Lucas

Oct 17, 2006

– Frances Sarnik Lucas, age 79 of Stratford passed away on Tuesday October 17, 2006 in St. Vincent's Medical Center Bridgeport. Mrs. Lucas, a retired proofreader for the Bridgeport Post, was born in Bridgeport to the late Joseph and Mary (Fedus) Sarnik and has been a life long area resident. She was a member of the Baldwin Center Seniors and...

Frances Urda Maiden

Frances Urda Maiden

Oct 17, 2006

Frances Urda Maiden age 88 of Bridgeport passed away on Tuesday October 17, 2006 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Maiden, a homemaker was born in Bridgeport to the late Paul and Bertha Urda and has been a life long area resident. She was a graduate of Harding High School and has been a long time member of Sts. Cyril and Methodius...

Joseph Timothy Dinan

Joseph Timothy Dinan

Oct 15, 2006

Joseph Timothy Dinan, age 47 of Stratford, died Sunday, October 15, 2006 in Bridgeport Hospital. He is the son of the late Joseph and Margaret Mihalik Dinan. Survivors include two sisters Mary Ann Kalinowski of Stratford and Margaret Eberle of Windsor; three Brothers William Dinan of Monroe, John Dinan of Mt. View, CA and James Dinan of Trumbull and several...

Anna Balas

Anna Balas

Oct 13, 2006

Anna Koman Balas, age 97, of Redding, passed away on Friday, October 13, 2006 in her home. Born in Duquesne, PA to the late Vasil and Julia Kovacs Koman, she was a resident of Huntington for 23 years and in Redding for 6 years. Mrs. Balas was a retired factory worker for Remington Rand Company. She was the widow of...

Mary B. Malchisky

Mary B. Malchisky

Oct 13, 2006

Mary B. Malchisky, age 96, formerly of Stratford, now living in Rumford, Maine, the widow of George Malchisky, died Friday, October 13, 2006, in Rumford Community Home. Born in Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania, to the late Andrew and Mary Billy Basala, she had lived most of her life in Stratford before moving to Maine 11 years ago. She was a retired...

Daniel W. Jarosko

Daniel W. Jarosko

Oct 7, 2006

Daniel W. Jarosko, age 64 of Bridgeport passed away suddenly on Saturday October 7, 2006 in Bridgeport Hospital. Daniel was born in Bridgeport to the late Gus and Margaret Dolyak Jarosko and has been a life long area resident. He graduated from Warren Harding High School class of 1959 and was an avid fan of the Harding basketball and football...

Carolyn Gruda Vitko

Carolyn Gruda Vitko

Oct 4, 2006

Carolyn Gruda Vitko, age 74 of Shelton widow of Lawrence E. Vitko Sr. passed away on Wednesday October 4, 2006 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Vitko, a retired employee of W.E. Bassett Company of Shelton, was born in Ernest, Pennsylvania to the late Anthony and Josephine Gruda and has been a long time area resident. Prior to working at W.E. Bassett...

Gloria Martino Moher

Gloria Martino Moher

Oct 3, 2006

Gloria Martino Moher, age 49 of Stratford passed away on Tuesday October 3, 2006 in Yale New Haven Medical Center, after an eleven year battle with cancer, during which she showed tremendous courage and dignity. Gloria, a district secretary for RGIS Inventory Specialist of Milford was born in Bridgeport to Mary Biacco Martino of Bridgeport and the late Nadzar Martino...

Arthur W. Stremple

Arthur W. Stremple

Oct 2, 2006

Arthur W. Stremple age 83, of Bridgeport passed away on Monday, October 02, 2006 at St Joseph Manor in Trumbull, Born in Bridgeport to the late William and Lillian (O'Rourke) Stremple he has been a life long city resident. He was a WW II veteran of The U.S. Army. Arthur retired from the City of Bridgeport Public Works Department. Survivor...

Eileen R. Carroll

Eileen R. Carroll

Sep 27, 2006

Eileen R. Carroll age 82 of Stratford passed away on Wednesday September 27, 2006 in her home. Eileen, a retired Administrative Assistant for Shell Oil Company for over forty years, was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to the late Andrew and Anna (Coleman) Carroll and had been a long time area resident. She was a graduate of Marywood Seminary Class of...

Thomas L. Hoffman

Thomas L. Hoffman

Sep 26, 2006

Thomas Louis Hoffman, age 50, of Stratford, a patrolman with the Stratford Police Department, died suddenly on Tuesday, September 26, 2006. Tom (aka "Koos") was born in Bridgeport to the late Louis S. and Josephine B. Siok Hoffman and has been a lifelong Stratford resident. He graduated from the Stratford Public School System and attended the University of New Haven...

Joseph M. Gutman

Joseph M. Gutman

Sep 26, 2006

Joseph M. Gutman, age 72 of Bridgeport a lead-driver for Enterprise Rental Car of Wilton since 1993 passed away on Tuesday September 26, 2006 in St. Vincent's Medical Center Bridgeport. Mr. Gutman, a Korean War Veteran of the U.S. Army serving as a border guard in the Panama Canal, was born in Bridgeport to the late Joseph and Theresa Gutman...

Clara Gianini Gargiulo

Clara Gianini Gargiulo

Sep 23, 2006

Clara Gianini Gargiulo, age 86 of Stratford passed away on Saturday September 23, 2006 in Lord Chamberlain Health Care Center Stratford. Mrs. Gargiulo, a homemaker was born in New Haven to the late Arthur and Jeanette (Gunther) Gianini and has been a life long area resident, living in Holly wood Florida from 1975 –1990. Survivors include her beloved children Ann...

Pauline Pearl Zentkovich

Pauline Pearl Zentkovich

Sep 22, 2006

Pauline Pearl Goldrick Zentkovich, age 82 of St. Petersburg, Florida passed away on Friday September 22, 2006 after a long illness in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Zentkovich, a retired assembler for Sikorsky Aircraft was born in Hartford and has been a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida for the past twenty- five years, prior to that living in Bridgeport, Stratford and Milford,...

Vera Forson Sholomicky

Vera Forson Sholomicky

Sep 20, 2006

Vera Forson Sholomicky, age 70 of Bridgeport passed away suddenly on Wednesday September 20, 2006 in Bridgeport Health Care Center. Mrs. Sholomicky a retired bookkeeper for the City of Bridgeport Welfare Department was born in Bridgeport to the late Myron and Mary Forson and has been a life long area resident. Survivors include her beloved husband Harry Sholomicky Sr. her...