Obituaries
Anna Yaroschak Karaffa
Dec 7, 2005
Anna Yaroschak Karaffa, age 93, of Stratford, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 in Wilton Meadows Health Care Center, Wilton. Born in Beckovce, Czechoslovakia, she was a resident of Stratford for 40 years. Mrs Karaffa was a retired assembler for Remington-Rand Company and was a member of the Baldwin Center Seniors and St John's Seniors. She was the widow...
Judith Zyla Potok
Dec 6, 2005
– Judith Anne Zyla Potok, age 64, of Trumbull, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born in New Haven, to the late Walter and Caretha Brages Zyla, she was a lifelong area resident. She was a retired meat department manager at Stop and Shop and was the widow of Paul Potok. Survivors include her beloved son...
Edward Hluska
Dec 2, 2005
Edward M. Hluska, age 79, of Bridgeport, died on Friday, December 2, 2005 in Bridgeport Manor Health Care Center. Born in Dunmore, PA to the late John and Anna Rudnansky Hluska, he was a resident of Bridgeport for over 50 years. Mr Hluska was a retired Utility man for Sikorsky Aircraft and was a WW#2 Veteran of the U.S.Navy. Survivors...
Francis Kochis
Dec 2, 2005
Francis Kochis, age 87 of TrFrancis "Frank" Kochis, age 87 of Trumbull, died Friday December 2, 2005 in St. Vincent's Medical Center Bridgeport. Born in Bridgeport to the late John and Anna (Hornak) Kochis, he has been a lifelong Trumbull resident. Frank was a retired General Supervisor for the Remington Arms Co. He was on the Trumbull Zoning Board of...
Cecelia M. Sekelsky
Dec 2, 2005
Cecelia Haydon Sekelsky, who has resided at Maefair H.C.C. for the past 3 ½ years died on December 2, 2005 at the age of 96. She was a 60 year resident of Stratford and was a member of St. Mark's Church for 40 years. She born in Bridgeport in March of 1909 to the late John and Catherine Kaskie and...
Caroline Salamon Schultz
Nov 30, 2005
Caroline Salamon Schultz, age 84 of Shelton, passed away on Wednesday November 30, 2005 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Schultz, a retired sales manager for Barker's and King's Department Stores, was born in Bridgeport to the late William and Anna (Knapik) Salamon and has been a life long area resident. Survivors include her beloved husband Alexander Schultz, her devoted children Charles...
Caroline Sokody Norko
Nov 27, 2005
Caroline Sokody Norko, age 85 of Bridgeport, passed away on Sunday November 27, 2005 in Bridgeport Health Care Center. Mrs. Norko, a retired assembler for Bryant Electric was born in Bridgeport to the late Michael and Lydia Sokody and has been a life long area resident. She was the widow of Frank Norko, and was a member of the United...
Mary Nyszik
Nov 25, 2005
Mary Kaladish Nyszik, age 89, of Bridgeport, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2005 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Greenwich to the late Lawrence and Marina Kaladish, she was a resident of Bridgeport for many years. She was an avid gardener and bingo player and was a member of the Holy Ghost Seniors. She was the widow of Reginald Nyszik...
Ann M. Skripe
Nov 24, 2005
Ann Messick Skripe, age 99, of Stratford, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2005 in Hewitt Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, Shelton. Born in Trumbull to the late Michael and Barbara Voytko Messick, she was a Stratford resident for many years. She was the widow of Cornelius Skripe and is survived by her beloved niece Thea Bartlett of Trumbull...
Michael Babyak
Nov 21, 2005
– Michael Babyak, age 94, of Mohawk NY, formally of Milford, CT passed away Monday November 21, 2005 at St Luke's Medical Center in New York. Born July 14, 1911 in Bridgeport, son of the late John and Mary (Kapral) Babyak, he was educated in the Bridgeport school system. Michael served in the U.S. Army in Hawaii prior to WWII...
Nicholas Veranko
Nov 19, 2005
–Nicholas Veranko, age 92, of Stratford died on Saturday, November 19, 2005 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Throop, PA to the late Josef and Mary Ezepchick Veranko, he was a resident of Stratford for over 60 years. Mr Veranko was a retired plater at Dresser Industries and was a WW #2 Veteran of the U.S.Army. He was a member of...
Ethel Adzima Kernicky
Nov 18, 2005
Ethel H. Adzima Kernicky, age 84, of Branford, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2005 in her home. Born in Bridgeport to the late Stefan and Helen Krehel Adzima, she was a resident of Branford for 20 years. She was a member of St John the Baptiat Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church and was a retired Legal; Secretary for Atty Salvatore DePiano.....
Stasia Bike Curran
Nov 15, 2005
Stasia Bike Curran age 94 of Stratford, passed away on Tuesday November 15, 2005 in St. Vincent's Medical Center Bridgeport. Mrs. Curran, beloved wife of the late Charles Curran, was born in Wallingford to the late Mary and Jacob Bike. She was a Stratford resident most of her life and worked for seventeen years at General Electric and retired from...
Gennaro J. Mangiacapra
Nov 14, 2005
Gennaro J. Mangiacapra, age 83 of Hicksville, New York, passed away on Monday November 14, 2005 in North shore Hospital Long Island, New York. Mr. Mangiacapra, a WW # II Veteran of the U.S. Army, was born in Capodrise, Italy to the late Francesco and Speranza (Capasso) Mangiacapra and has been a resident of New York for 40 years prior...
Ann Pekar Janis
Nov 11, 2005
Ann Pekar Janis, age 93, died on Friday, November 11, 2005 in Tucson, Arizona, where she had resided for the past 27 years. She was born in Bridgeport on December 23, 1911, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Lacko Pekar. Ann married Stanley J. Janis in June, 1937. The couple resided in Fairfield and Redding until moving to Tucson in...
Clara Natalie Martenuk
Nov 11, 2005
Martenuk – Clara Natalie Martenuk 74, of Stratford, died Friday November 11, 2005 in Bridgeport Hospital after losing her valiant fight with cancer. Born in Bridgeport to the late Emil and Elizabeth Phelke Martenuk she resided in Stratford until moving to Bridgeport in 1980. Clara was a graduate of Stratford High School class of 1949, and the University of Bridgeport...
John C Farrell
Nov 8, 2005
John Charles (Jack) Farrell, age 69, of Stratford, died on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 in St Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport. Born in Bridgeport to the late Lawrence and Virginia Grutz Farrell, he was a resident of Stratford for many years. He was a graduate of Harding High School, class of 1954 and was a peacetime veteran of the U.S. Marine...
Edward Gilchrest Sr.
Nov 6, 2005
- Edward A. Gilchrest, Sr. age 77 of Stratford, passed away peacefully on Sunday November 6, 2005 in Bridgeport Hospital, after suffering from recent strokes he had been in a coma. Mr. Gilchrest, a WW # II Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp, was born in Cheshire and moved to Stratford in 1950. He was the former proprietor of the...
Lewis Dvorsky
Nov 5, 2005
– Lewis Dvorsky, age 85, of North Fort Myers, Florida, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2005 in Hope Hospice, Coral Gables, Florida. Mr. Dvorsky, a WW # II Veteran of the U.S. Army was born in Bridgeport to the late William and Pauline Adamec Dvorsky, he was a resident of Florida for 34 years and prior to that he...
Mary Miko Tesla
Nov 3, 2005
Mary C. Miko Tesla, age 85 of Stratford, passed away on Thursday November 3, 2005 in her home. Mrs. Tesla, a homemaker was born in Bridgeport to the late Stephen and Anna Miko and had been a long time Fairfield resident, moving to Stratford 3 years ago. She was a member of St. Emery's Church Ladies Guild and was a...
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