Obituaries

Stasia Bike Curran

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Mary Dome

Mary Dome

Oct 28, 2005

– Mary T. Plavecky Dome, age 88, of Shelton, died on Friday, October 28, 2005 in Lord Chamberlain Health Care Facility, Stratford. Born in Trumbull to the late Joseph and Julia Plavecky, she was a lifelong area resident. She was the widow of Richard Dome and is survived by her beloved sister Helen Sayles of Stratford and several nieces and...

Helen Demovick

Helen Demovick

Oct 27, 2005

Helen Dirga Demovick, age 97, of Stratford, died Thursday, October 27, 2005 peacefully at Ashlar of Newtown. Born in Bridgeport she has been a life long area resident living in Stratford for the past 61 years. Helen was a retired timekeeper for the Bassick Co for 46 years. She was a member of the Holy Ghost seniors, a charter member...

Florence E. Gabany

Florence E. Gabany

Oct 26, 2005

Florence E. Gabany, age 78, of Stratford, died on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 in her home. Born in Bridgeport to the late Ignac and Elizabeth Jenik Gabany, she was a resident of Stratford for 39 years. Florence was a retired secretary and computer operator for Harvey-Hubbell Company and was a member of the Baldwin Center Seniors, Sts Cyril and Methodius...

Theodosia Glowatsky Golub

Theodosia Glowatsky Golub

Oct 24, 2005

Theodosia Glowatsky Golub, age 93, widow of Samuel (Semyon) Golub entered into eternal rest on Monday, October 24, 2005 at Bridgeport Hospital. She was born in Parsons, PA. to the late Michael and Mary Glowatsky, and has resided in Stratford (Lordship) for over seventy years. Mrs. Golub, was a charter member of the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Choir, Stratford,...

Waldemar Brockert

Waldemar Brockert

Oct 24, 2005

Waldemar A. Brockert, age 85 of Stratford passed away on Monday October 24, 2005 in the Connecticut Hospice Branford. Mr. Brockert was born on April 8, 1920 in Odessa, Ukraine to the late Alexander G. and Olga (Voigt) Brockert and came to the United States in 1951 as a WW II refugee. He was a Stratford resident for over 40...

Anne L. Gajda

Anne L. Gajda

Oct 24, 2005

Anne L. Gajda, 88, died at the Lakewood Quarters Assisted Living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Monday, October 24th. Mrs. Gajda was born in Bridgeport on May 23, 1917 and lived in Connecticut until she moved to Baton Rouge 4 years ago. She worked for Dresser Industries for over 20 years before retiring. Mrs. Gajda was also a founding member...

Ted Urbaczewski Jr.

Ted Urbaczewski Jr.

Oct 23, 2005

Theodore C. (Ted) Urbaczewski Jr., age 55 of Stratford, formerly of New York City passed away on Sunday October 23, 2005 in his home. Ted, a retired Vice President at Morgan Stanley in New York City, was born in Bridgeport to the late Theodore Urbaczewski Sr. and Dorothy Verespy Urbaczewski of Stratford and had been a resident of New York...

Daniel Figuly Iii

Daniel Figuly Iii

Oct 23, 2005

– Daniel Figuly III, age 39 of Bridgeport passed away on Sunday October 23, 2005 in Bridgeport Hospital. Daniel, a plumber for Union Local # 777, was born in Bridgeport and has lived in Bridgeport for the past 20 years prior to that living in Orange, Texas where he graduated from Little Cypress High School. Survivors include his beloved mother...

Elizabeth Hubbs

Elizabeth Hubbs

Oct 21, 2005

Elizabeth Hubbs, age 92 of Milford, the widow of Charles Hubbs, died Friday, October 21, 2005 in Milford Hospital. Born in Yonkers, NY the late William and Josephine Liebespach Trede, she resided in Stratford most of her life, moving to Milford 26 years ago. She was a retired secretary for Bridgeport United Delivery. Survivors include her daughter Judy Conder of...

Helen Sedlak Butchko

Helen Sedlak Butchko

Oct 21, 2005

- Beloved mother, daughter, sister, and friend Helen S. Butchko entered into eternal life on Friday October 21, 2005 at Bridgeport hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Bridgeport, she was the eldest daughter of Anne Sedlak and the late Stephen Sedlak, and was a longtime Trumbull resident. A graduate of Warren Harding High School and the University of...

Anna Fialkovich Suhy

Anna Fialkovich Suhy

Oct 20, 2005

Anna M. Fialkovich Suhy, age 96 of Shelton, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2005 in Shelton. Mrs. Suhy, was born on August 3, 1909 in Granville, New York to the late John and Mary (Lazor) Fialkovich and has been a long time resident of Bridgeport and Shelton. She was a member of the Carpatho Russian Orthodox Church of St....

Emily Barbara Leskovsky

Emily Barbara Leskovsky

Oct 19, 2005

Emily Yacko Leskovsky, age 78 of Stratford, passed away on Wednesday October 19, 2005 in her home. Mrs. Leskovsky, a retired clerk for Columbia Records, was born in Bridgeport to the late John and Anna (Mudre) Yacko and has been a life long area resident. She was a long time member of Holy Name of Jesus Church Stratford. Survivors include...