Joseph M. Janega, age 85, of Stratford, beloved husband of the late Anna Moskal Janega, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury.
Joseph, a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Korean War, was born in Bridgeport to the late Joseph and Josephine (Dekan) Janega, and has been a life long area resident.
He was a 1946 graduate of Harding High School, and proudly served his country aboard the USS Kula Gulf. Joe worked for thirty-nine years at the Bridgeport Post, and retired from Sikorsky Aircraft.
He was a devoted member of St. Mark Church, Stratford.
Survivors include his beloved son, Joseph J. Janega and his wife Patrice of Colorado, brother Bill Janega of Seymour, and sister Ruth Ann Janega of Stratford, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will take place on Tuesday June 24th at 9:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford, and at 10 a.m. in St. Mark Church, Stratford for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be private. Friends may call on Monday, from 4-7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations in Joe’s memory to St. Mark Church 500 Wigwam Lane, Stratford, CT 06614 or to VITAS Hospice 99 Hawley Lane Stratford, CT. 06614.
For more information or to make an online condolence please visit www.adzimafuneralhome.com.