Joseph Gulish

Gulish, Joseph
Joseph Gulish, age 87, of Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, formerly of Stratford, beloved husband of the late Anna Kerpchar Gulish, passed away on Monday, July 21, 2014, in his home. Joe, a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Army was born in Hasting-on Hudson, New York to the late Michael and Helen (Kostecki) Gulish and has been a life long area resident, before moving to Yarmouth Port. He was a graduate of Central Connecticut State University, and taught in the Carpentry Program at J.M. Wright Tech, Bullard Havens Tech, and Platt Tech, from where he retired as Department Chair. Joe was a life long member of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist in Bridgeport, where he was a former church officer and a member of the Male Chorus. He was a member of St. John's Masonic Lodge #8 AF&AM-Stratford, the Pyramid Shrine, and the Orthodox Square Club. Joe was also an avid fan of U-Conn Girls Basketball, and enjoyed attending his daughter Christine's concerts with the Chatham Chorale. He loved his life on Cape Cod, dining on Lobsters, Clams and Mussels. Survivors include his devoted children, Christine Vancisin and her husband Ken of Yarmouth Port, MA, Joseph Gulish and his wife Rose of Torrington, and Alan Gulish and his wife Denise of Stratford, 7 grandchildren Nicholas Vancisin, Alexander Vancisin and his wife Kathleen, Melissa, Joseph Jr., Jordan, Christopher and Jonathan Gulish, 3 great-grandchildren, Matthew Vancisin, Lydia Caruso, and Joseph Gulish, a brother George Gulish and his wife Mary of Shelton, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place on Thursday, July 24th at 9:15am in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 10:00 in the Carpatho Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist Mill Hill Avenue Bridgeport for a Requiem Funeral Service. Interment with full military honors will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. Panachida will be at 4:30 PM. Those desiring may make donations in Joe's memory to St. John's Church. For more information or to make an online condolence please visit www.adzimafuneralhome.com