Obituaries

Anna Suchara Costello

Anna Suchara Costello

Aug 10, 2013

Anna S Costello, 82 of Stratford, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2013 surrounded by her family. Born in Bridgeport on November 23, 1930; daughter of the late Frank and Susie (Goffa) Suchara. Anna leaves behind her devoted husband of 59 years, Clifford Costello. She was the loving mother to Suzanne Dinan and her husband William of Monroe; Janet Costello...

Jason C. Pierce

Jason C. Pierce

Aug 10, 2013

Jason C. Pierce, age 65 of Stratford, beloved husband of Donna Sawczysyn Pierce passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2013 in his home. Jason, a retired Real Estate Appraiser was born in Bridgeport to Loretta Daignault Goneau of Bridgeport and the late Edmond F. Goneau Sr. and has been a life long area resident. He was an avid Hunter and...

Ann Welehorsky Kosturak

Ann Welehorsky Kosturak

Aug 9, 2013

Ann Welehorsky Kosturak, age 93, of Stratford, the beloved widow of Samuel Kosturak, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2013 in St. Joseph's Manor, Trumbull. Ann was born in Bridgeport to the late Nicholas and Mary (Phili) Welehorsky and has been a life long area resident. She was retired from Read's Department Store in Tumbull, where she worked in sales....

Mary Katherine Lucas

Mary Katherine Lucas

Aug 8, 2013

Mary Katherine "Kay" (Karvosky) Lucas age 85 of Stratford, the beloved wife of the late Aldolf (Al) Lucas entered into eternal rest surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, August 8th 2013. Born in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Eleanor and Walter Karvosky. Kay was a Stratford resident for most of...

Ruth A. Gernat

Ruth A. Gernat

Aug 6, 2013

Ruth A. Birk Gernat, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 in St. Vincent's MC, Bridgeport. Ruth was born in Bridgeport to the late Gustave and Emma (Klein) Birk, and has been a resident of Southport for the past 9 years. Prior to that she lived in Stratford (where she grew up) and Bridgeport (where she raised her...

Elizabeth E Zaletta

Elizabeth E Zaletta

Aug 3, 2013

Elizabeth E. (Betty) Zaletta, 94, beloved wife of the late John W. Zaletta and mother of Judy Pifko passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2013. Born in Bridgeport to John and Elizabeth Kraynak on September 17, 1918, she was one of eight children. Betty has resided in Trumbull, CT. for the last 55 years. A graduate of Warren Harding High...

William L. Meyer

William L. Meyer

Jul 30, 2013

William L. Meyer, age 79, of Stratford, beloved husband of Rosalie Lisi Meyer, passed away on Tuesday July 30, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital. Bill, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, was born in Bridgeport to the late Ludwig and Martha (Umlandt) Meyer and has been a life long area resident. He was retired from the State of Connecticut...

Margaret M. Zaieski Dombkowski

Margaret M. Zaieski Dombkowski

Jul 29, 2013

Margaret M. Zaieski Dombkowski, age 88, of Bridgeport, the widow of Theodore Dombkowski, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2013 in Westfield HCC, Meriden. Mrs. Dombkowski, a retired assembler for Valve Corporation of America was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania to the late Frank and Alice (Bagulvich) Zaieski and has been a long time area resident. Survivors include her beloved...

Arlene Frances Zayas

Arlene Frances Zayas

Jul 25, 2013

Arlene F. Zayas, age 73, of Monroe formerly of Stratford, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital with her loving family by her side. Born in Bridgeport to the late Angelo and Carmella (Mazzy) Forti, she was a life-long area resident. Arlene was retired from the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield where she worked in...

Karen Lynn Shulick

Karen Lynn Shulick

Jul 25, 2013

Karen Lynn Shulick, age 30, of Stratford, beloved daughter of George and Sandra (Ciaffone) Shulick passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Gaylord Specialty Hospital in Wallingford. Born on September 1, 1982 a true Angel to her family, and has been a lifelong long Stratford resident. Karen graduated from Ripton School in Shelton in 2004 where she was also...

Edward A. Jalbert

Edward A. Jalbert

Jul 15, 2013

Edward A. Jalbert, age 89, of Stratford beloved husband of Hilda Lizotte Jalbert, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2013 in Golden Hill HCC, Milford. Mr. Jalbert, a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Army was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts to the late Adelard and Eva (Page) Jalbert and has been a long time area resident. He was a retired...

Joan S. Czarnota Cholko

Joan S. Czarnota Cholko

Jul 13, 2013

Joan Cholko, 95, of Huntington, CT. died peacefully under hospice care at Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT. on Saturday, July 13. She was born in Bridgeport, CT. on December 22, 1917, the daughter of the late Frank and Josephine Czarnota. Joan was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Alphonse F. Cholko and all of her siblings – eight sisters...

Leo Diblasi

Leo Diblasi

Jul 11, 2013

Elia (Leo) Diblasi, 57 of Stratford, passed away Thursday July 11,2013 in Branford Hospice surrounded by his loving family. Leo, survived by Linda Weiss, his soul mate and loving companion of 16 years and his daughter Lori who he loved dearly and was so proud of, was born in Bridgeport to the late Liberatore and Grazia Capuano DiBlasi, was the...

Stephen Kollar

Stephen Kollar

Jul 4, 2013

Stephen Kollar, age 91, of Shelton, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2013 in Maefair HCC, Trumbull. Mr. Kollar, a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Navy was born in Bridgeport to the late Cornell and Mary (Suhanovsky) Kollar. Steve was a graduate of Harding High School Class of 1939, and had been a long time resident of Fort Lauderdale,...

Wesley Kerekonish

Wesley Kerekonish

Jul 2, 2013

Wesley Kerekonish, age 95, died peacefully in the early morning hours of July 2, 2013 in the comfort of his Stratford home, after a brief illness. Born in 1918, in Dunmore, PA, he was a son of the late Frank and Anna Varga Kerekonich. He was a 1936 graduate of Dunmore H.S. where he served as class president and was...

Pauline Pilat Hunyadi

Pauline Pilat Hunyadi

Jul 2, 2013

HUNYADI – Pauline Pilat Hunyadi, age 89, of Stratford, the widow of Joseph Hunyadi, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Hunyadi, a retired employee of AVCO, was born in Bridgeport to the late Stanley and Anna (Kubczak) Pilat and has been a life long area resident. Survivors include her devoted children Mark Hunyadi and his...

Robert E. (Biff) Tyrrel

Robert E. (Biff) Tyrrel

Jun 27, 2013

Robert E. (Biff) Tyrrel, age 69, of Stratford, beloved husband of Barbara Bacik Tyrrel, passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2013 in St. Vincent's MC, Bridgeport. Biff, a proprietor of On Track Karting, was born in Brooklyn, New York to the late Robert E. and Juanita (Menendez) Tyrrel. In addition to his wife, Biff is survived by his four devoted...

Lillian Rose Mohrwinkel

Lillian Rose Mohrwinkel

Jun 21, 2013

Lillian Rose Roskosh Mohrwinkel, age 94 of Stratford, the beloved widow of Herman C. Mohrwinkel, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2013 in her home. Born and raised in Bridgeport, to the late Andrew and Anna (Pudel) Roskosh, Lillian graduated from Harding High School, Bpt Normal School and Booth and Bayliss Business College. She was a secretary at Jenkins Valves,...

Edward J. Perkowski

Edward J. Perkowski

Jun 21, 2013

Edward J. Perkowski formerly of Stratford, CT went to the Lord on June 21, 2013 in Burlington, VT. He was the beloved husband (62 years) of, Sophie Perkowski. Ed was born in Bridgeport, CT on October 7, 1921 and moved to Poland with his parents and brother when he was a year old. He grew up in Poland and when...

Alexander Krshisezki

Alexander Krshisezki

Jun 14, 2013

Alexander Krshisezki, age 57, of Milford, beloved husband of Cindy Crosby Krshisezki, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013 in Yale New Haven MC. Alex, a Sergeant with the Department of Public Safety at Fairfield University was born in Bridgeport to the late Igor and Alexandra (Tshrkov) Krshisezki and has been a life long area resident. He was a graduate...