Obituaries

Ronald Yurecko Jr.

Ronald Yurecko Jr.

Apr 1, 2014

Ronald Yurecko Jr., age 44, of West Haven, passed away suddenly on April 1, 2014 in his home. Ron, a self-employed truck driver, was born in Bridgeport, beloved son of Ronald and Judith (LeRoy) Yurecko Sr., and has been a life long area resident. He was a 1987 graduate of Stratford High School. Ron...

John J. Kane

John J. Kane

Mar 28, 2014

John J. Kane Jr., age 64, of Stratford, beloved husband of Joyce Thurkettle Kane, passed away on Friday, March 28, 2014 at West Haven VA Medical Center. John, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Viet Nam War, was born in Bridgeport to the late John and Ruth (Muzzreall) Kane Sr., and has been a life long area resident. He...

Ann Patrick Potak

Ann Patrick Potak

Mar 27, 2014

Ann Patrick Potak, age 90, of Trumbull, beloved wife of Andrew Potak, passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2014, with her husband by her side, in Bridgeport Hospital. Ann, a homemaker, was born in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, to the late Andrew and Anna (Semanko) Patrick and has been a life long area resident. She was an active member of the...

Nathalie Macura Soroka

Nathalie Macura Soroka

Mar 27, 2014

Nathalie T. Macura Soroka, age 90, of Milford, beloved widow of the late John J. Soroka, passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2014 in West River Health Center, Milford. Nathalie, a homemaker was born in Bridgeport to the late Theodore and Helen (Miller) Macura, and has been a life long area resident. She was a U.S. Navy Veteran, serving...

Muir Anderson Jr.

Muir Anderson Jr.

Mar 27, 2014

Muir Anderson Jr, age 81, of Stratford, beloved husband of Ilene B. Stokum Anderson, passed away on Thursday March 27, 2014 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mr. Anderson, a U.S. Army Veteran, was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania to the late Muir and Isabelle (Morris) Anderson. He had worked for Jeannette Glass, and General Tire, before moving to Stratford, CT, where he...

Joan A. Miller

Joan A. Miller

Mar 15, 2014

Joan A. Devitt Miller, age 80, of Stratford, beloved wife of Robert Miller, passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in Griffin Hospital. Joan, a homemaker, was born in Bridgeport to the late John F. and Ella (Zenyhe) Devitt, and has been a life long area resident. Survivors in addition to her husband, include her devoted children, Lisa Avila...

Lorine Houghton Bilisko

Lorine Houghton Bilisko

Mar 14, 2014

Lorine Houghton Bilisko, age 88, of Shelton, formerly of Bridgeport, the beloved widow of George Bilisko, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2014 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Bilisko, a retired RN for Bridgeport Hospital, was born in Wooster, Massachusetts to the late Algion and Edna (Manning) Houghton and has been a long time area resident. Lorine was an avid...

Eleanor Peters Morse

Eleanor Peters Morse

Mar 10, 2014

Eleanor Peters Morse, age 70, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully in her home on March 10, 2014 with her family at her bedside. Ellie Morse was born in New York City, and lived her early life at the family's summer home in Great Barrington, MA. She later moved to Fairfield, CT, where Ellie attended Dwight School, and...

John J. Madara

John J. Madara

Mar 10, 2014

John Madara, 51, died peacefully at home with his family in Stratford, CT on Monday, March 10th, 2014, after a fierce battle with brain cancer. He was born April 10th, 1962, to Helen Madara (Blackford) and the late Glenn Madara in Queens Village, NY. He graduated from Holy Cross High School in Queens, received his Associates degree from Queensboro...

William Thomas Romatzick

William Thomas Romatzick

Mar 8, 2014

William Thomas Romatzick Jr., passed away suddenly March 8th, 2014, in Vermont, with his wife by his side. He was born June 21, 1953 to William T Romatzick Sr. and Ethel Wagner Romatzick. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his wife of 37 years Susan and his three sons, Jeffrey and his wife Alicia, Thomas and his wife Rose,...

Sharon K. Dirga

Sharon K. Dirga

Mar 8, 2014

Sharon K. Browning Dirga, age 68, of Milford, beloved wife of Peter Dirga, passed through the Gates of Heaven from her home, on March 8, 2014, surrounded by her family, after a long battle with cancer. Sharon was born on December 22, 1945 in Bridgeport, CT, the beloved daughter of the late George and Carmeda Browning. She graduated from Harding...

Adam J Pjura

Adam J Pjura

Feb 26, 2014

Adam J. Pjura age 92 of Trumbull passed away on Wednesday February 26, 2014 in Bridgeport Hospital. Adam was born in Bridgeport, to the late William and Kristina Pekar Pjura, where he attended Hall and Harding High Schools and went on to Ohio University, playing two years of Varsity baseball and receiving a BS in Science. He received his Masters...

Craig A. Hudak

Craig A. Hudak

Feb 26, 2014

Craig Allen Hudak. Craig and Mariann Hudak enjoyed walking the beach admiring the sun glistening on the waves. They shared the joys and sorrows of life experience for over forty years within a special bond. Craig Allen Hudak passed away, Thursday morning, February 26th, 2014. He was a gentle soul. A tool maker, working first for his father at Latham...

Maria Pruss Wilson

Maria Pruss Wilson

Feb 25, 2014

Maria Pruss Wilson, age 88, of Milford, the widow of Edward Milowski, and Cleveland Wilson, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Wilson, a retired employee of Best Western Hotels, was born in Poland to the late Stephen and Catherine Pruss and has been a long time Milford resident. She was a member of the Ladies...

Gladys Karasik

Gladys Karasik

Feb 22, 2014

Gladys Karasik, age 89 of Stamford, the beloved widow of Milton Karasik passed away in Regency Heights of Stamford on Saturday, February 22, 2014. Born in the Bronx, New York to the late Abraham and Kate (Kramer) Lukin, Gladys has been a long time Stamford resident and was retired from Bloomingdales Department Store. Survivors include her devoted children, Ian Karasik...

Helen Susan Jankowski

Helen Susan Jankowski

Feb 20, 2014

Helen Skirkanich Jankowski, age 86, of Stratford, beloved wife of Henry Jankowski, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2014, in Regency House Health Center, Wallingford. Helen, a retired Business Manager for the Town of Stratford, Board of Education, was born in Bridgeport to the late Michael and Susan (Kerpchar) Skirkanich, and has been a life long area resident. She was...

Jayne A. Kuchma

Jayne A. Kuchma

Feb 16, 2014

Jayne Annette Kuchma, of Stratford, reposed in the Lord on Sunday, February 16, 2014, with her family at her bedside, after a long illness. The daughter of Nina Maximena Kuchma and the late Philip Kuchma Sr., Jayne was born in Bridgeport on November 7, 1957. As a lifelong Stratford resident, she was a former employee of St. Vincent's Medical Center...

Stephen M. Ellias

Stephen M. Ellias

Feb 15, 2014

Stephen M. Ellias, age 64, of Stratford, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014 in Bridgeport Hospital. Stephen, a retired Letter Carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, was born in Bridgeport, beloved son of the late Stephen and Christine (Norko) Ellias, and has been a life long area resident. He attended Holy Name Elementary School and was a graduate of...

Marilyn Kapral Lonzenski

Marilyn Kapral Lonzenski

Feb 15, 2014

Marilyn Kapral Lonzenski, age 74, of Stratford, beloved wife of Paul Lonzenski, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014, in Ludlow H.C.C., Fairfield. Marilyn, a homemaker, was born in Bridgeport to the late Edward and Helen (Filakovsky) Kapral, and has been a life long area resident. Her family would like to thank the staff of Ludlow Health Center for their...

William G. Riep

William G. Riep

Feb 14, 2014

William G. Riep, age 64, of Trumbull, beloved husband of Helen Panas Riep, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 in his home. William, a retired Electrician for Sikorsky was born in Bridgeport to the late Otto and Edna (Hafele) Riep and has been a life long area resident. He was an avid fan of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and...