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Mildred Billow Obituary

BILLOW Mildred Pavlik Billow, age 82, of Stratford, passed away on Monday, July 10, 2006 at Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs. Billow, a retired assembler for the General Electric Company was born in Bridgeport to the late Peter and Anna Pavlik and has been a life long area resident. She was a member of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist and their Mothers and Daughters Club and Senior Citizens, the Baldwin Center and the G.E. Quarter Century Club. She was the widow of Steve Billow. Survivors include her beloved daughters, Kathy Billow of Waterbury, Heidi Cavaliere of Stratford, Tina Billow and Inger Arum of Scotts Valley, Calif., and Stephanie Curran and her husband, Sean, of Shelton; six grandchildren, Michael, Julia, Leeanne, Katherine, Hallie and Stephen; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter, Millie, infant sons, Steven and Peter; and a granddaughter, Ashley. Funeral services will take place on Friday, July 14, at 9:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford, and at 10 a.m. in the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist for a Requiem Funeral Service. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. Panachida at 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations to St. John's Sr. "R" Club Scholarship Fund. To Make an online condolence please visit www.adzimafuneralhome.com.

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Published by Connecticut Post from Jul. 12 to Jul. 13, 2006.

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Katherine

July 28, 2007

Hi Nanny !!!! Its kat im in california visiting =] i wish you were here to share with the visit everyone misses you sooo much....we all love you....i love you sooo much !!!

July 14, 2007

Mom, Julia's 21st birthday party is today ... wish you were here. Love, Heidi

July 10, 2007

Mom,
It is so hard to believe its a year today, that you went to spend eternity with Daddy.
You are missed so much. I still just feel like you are just away in California, except for these two weeks, they are here and you not.
I want to thank you and so many others I do believe they are praying for Leeanne, and it is working so far.
I wish you could have been here for these two weeks.
I love you MOM.
s

June 12, 2007

Happy late anniversary, I am sure you and Daddy are dancing on the clouds.

love
s

katherine

June 2, 2007

Happy Anniversry <3

stephanie curran

January 4, 2007

Well Mom it is 2007, I am missing you alot,along with many others that love you. It is so weird not being able to hear your voice. I am sure you all are doing really well, the best ever. If you would not mind I have to ask you, would please watch over my Leeanne she is going through alot of stuff, I pray I know that should be enough, but I would like alittle more help on this one. Thanks MOM
I miss you!!

Heidi Cavaliere

December 27, 2006

Mom, we missed you at Christmas as we will at the New Year. We're all okay and know you are also. Julia, Kat and I love our new home ... and we're honored to live here because it was your home ... that you loved so much. Tomorrow I'm going to plant mums in front of the house remembering how you always wanted me to "plant the mums" ... and I would say "Where Mom?" ... "there's no room!" ... but I'm glad that I planted them for you around the patio ... you were right to want to plant them because they're so beautiful when they bloom in the fall after the summer flowers are gone. I'm planting them to the right of the front steps as you look at the house ... with the rosebush Stephanie got you to the left ... I'll take good care of the house for you Mom ... and paint it red ... because Daddy always wanted a red house ... it'll look nice ... love you Mom. Heidi

Julia Billow

December 27, 2006

Hi Nanny.
It was weird not having you with us on Christmas, even though you would have probably been in California, it was weird not talking to you Christmas morning, but I know you were watching all of us. I miss you so much. Your friend Anna Rabik died on Dec. 23, but I'm sure you already know that. Tell her we're sorry we didn't get to visit her in the hospital. I love & miss you nanny<3 Life just isn't the same. I'll be seeing you eventually, but until then I wanted to say "Hi" & "I love you"<3

December 7, 2006

hey mom,
christmas is in a couple weeks.
i have no idea what it will be like without even hearing your voice over the phone from tinas.
im really feeling it more everyday.
i just wanted to thank you and daddy for being good parents and taking care of me,all of us.

missing you & daddy, love stephanie

Katherine

November 28, 2006

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANNY !!!!!! I LOVE YOU =]

October 17, 2006

HEY MOM,
MISSING YOU ALOT, CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU, DREAMING ALOT WITH YOU AND DADDY. GOOD DREAMS.
I BELIEVE YOUR PASSING JUST CAUGHT UP WITH ME, THE SAME TIME FALL BEGAN. FALL IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR I KNOW YOU LOVED THE SPRING, BUT THE SMELLS AND COLORS OF FALL REMIND ME OF MY CHILDHOOD. GETTING READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH YOU COOKING AND BAKING LIKE CRAZY. ALL HOLIDAYS WERE ALWAYS SO GOOD AT HOME, ESPECIALLY THE FALL AND WINTER ONES. I WILL MISS YOU THEN THE MOST. I CANT STOP THINKING YOU WONT BE HERE FOR ANY OF THEM ANY MORE, ONLY IN SPIRIT AND YOU LOVED LIFE SO MUCH.
I REALLY WANTED YOU TO BE AROUND FOR ALITTLE WHILE LONGER, ALL OF US WANTED THAT IM SURE.
I KNOW YOUR IN A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU, BUT IM BEING SELFISH AND WISHING YOU COULD BE HOME AND HEALTHY FOR JUST ONE MORE HOLIDAY SEASON. I FEEL ALITTLE EMPTY ACTUALLY MORE THEN RIGHT AFTER YOU DIED I GUESS THATS NORMAL, IM REALLY JUST STARTING TO MOURN YOUR DEATH AND MISS YOU. BECAUSE YOU WERE AWAY ALOT IN CALIFORNIA.

OH WELL JUST WANTED TO TALK, I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME WHEN I TALK TO YOU WHEN IM IN MY CAR OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER, I NEEDED TO PUT IN DOWN IN WORDS.
YOU WERE A WONDERFUL MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER,SISTER,AND AUNT.
GOD BLESS YOU MOM.
LOVE YOU SO MUCH WISH I HAD ONE MORE SEASON. LOVE YOUR 4TH OF JULY BIG BABY.

STEPHANIE CURRAN

September 25, 2006

MOM,
I MISS YOU SO MUCH, I PLANTED SOME FLOWERS AT THE GRAVE, BUT THATS FOR SHOW, BELIEVE YOUR IN A MUCH BETTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE THEN ANY OF US CAN IMAGINE.
SOMEONE CAME IN THE OFFICE THE OTHER DAY TALKING ABOUT THE NAME KRAFIK AND I WANTED TO CALL YOU SO BAD. I NEEDED YOUR GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAMILY TREE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A RELATIVE OF UNCLE JOE AND AUNTIE ANNA. I WENT OVER YOUR HOUSE THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS SO DIFFERENT, BUT YET THE SAME. JUST KNOWING I CANT SEE YOU.
I SO WANTED YOU TO SEE MY CHILDRENS, CHILDREN AND HOLD THEM.
THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR MANY ATRIBUTES THE WAY YOU JUST SIMPLY LOVED BABIES ANYONES BABIES. YOU WERE A GOOD MOTHER I AM SURE YOU ARE A GREAT SOUL IN HEAVEN.
MISSING JUST TO SAY HOW ARE YOU FEELING.
I KNOW TATA IS BY YOUR SIDE AND MILLIE THE OTHER WITH THE BABIES ALL FULL OF LOVE.

LOVE YOU

Julia Billow

September 23, 2006

Nanny. I miss you so much. The house just isn't the same. I don't walk in the door anymore and see you sitting at the table checking your blood. Or making your rice with that fake butter you hated. Or asking me to sneak you cookies or candie or for a handful of my popcorn. I know you're in a better place now, with Tata and Millie but it's hard to be here without you. You are the strongest woman I've ever met. If I could be half as great as you were I would consider myself the luckiest person in the world. You were the most amazing person in my life and you've helped me through so many things. Life without you is so different, but I'm going to live it like you would have wanted me to. I miss you everday. Wait for me nanny. I love you<3

Heidi Billow Cavaliere

July 23, 2006

Dear Mom: "Strong" ... a word used by many to describe you in the days that followed your passing. I'll celebrate your strength for the remainder of my life ... while striving to become as strong a woman as you were ... thank you for everything Mom. All my love, Heidi

Peter Solari

July 21, 2006

What though the radiance

which was once so bright

Be now for ever

Taken from my sight,

Though nothing can bring back

the hour of splendor in the grass,

of glory in the flower

We will grieve not,

rather find strength

in what remains behind.



Nephew Peter Solari

Amy stabinsky

July 18, 2006

Dear Billow family,

I am deeply sorry for your lost, nanny/millie was an amazing person,mother,grandmother,friend,an

d wife ( from all the stories i've heard.)She was truly a special person and really cared for her family and friends,there were times where i would come to the house and she would be sitting in her chair smiling and being happy,and this one time when i slept over, and she couldnt sleep and me and kat couldnt sleep we had a very nice talk and she told us stories about her life, and it really touched me.



nanny will be very missed and loved.

we will never forget you



love always.

Amy <3

Katherine

July 18, 2006

This is what i read at my grandmothers funeral in memory of her....





We are here today to remember Nanny. Some may know her as Mildred, Millie, or Mrs. Billow but to me she was everything. She was there to take care of me when I was sick or when I had a bad day at school. She could always make me laugh. She was so independent and strong which is one of the many things that I loved about her. She knew just what to do in the worst situations. She may not be here anymore to nurture me but at least I'll know she's with me in spirit and that she'll always protect me.I am proud to say that for 15 years I was able to have her in my life and I wouldn't trade that for the world. My grandma was an amazing woman and where she is now she'll still be an amazing woman and she'll always be my nanny.

kat

July 18, 2006

nanny i miss you soo much.... I know that you're not suffering anymore and im happy about that but i still want you to be here just without the pain there are so many little things that remind me of you like 30 minute meals or arbys and all the cute little things you'd say that would bring a smile to my face i know that your with the others who missed you like your parents, sibilings, kids, grandchild and your husband-your dancing here on earth is paying off in heaven because i bet at this very moment you're dancing with tata just like you used to and you two are still the best dancers =]I love you sooo much you were such a big part of me and who i am and even though you are gone you will always remain a big part of me I love you nanny - your little italian mutt



love kat <3

STEPHANIE CURRAN

July 17, 2006

MOM, I WILL MISS YOU VERY MUCH I KNOW YOU ARE WITH DADDY, MILLIE AND ALOT OF GOOD FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT HAS ONLY BEEN A WEEK I KNOW, I AM BACK AT WORK AND SAY TO MY SELF OH CALL NANNY SEE HOW SHE IS. THEN I GET SAD, THEN I AM OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WALK WITH THE LORD AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT FOR US ALL.

MISSING YOU MOM

STEPHANIE

rebecca stabinsky

July 14, 2006

dear heidi and family,

i am so very sorry for nany's loss

she was such a good grandmother, mother and all the above.

she is very happy in heaven and is watching down on you!



Love,

rebecca lee

Debbie & Dave Riggott

July 13, 2006

Dear Heidi and family,

I can still remember the day when your mom, Mrs. Lovering, Mrs. Olzinski and Mrs. Daller welcomed Dave & me to the neighborhood 28 years ago bringing with them coffee & donuts. It was such a nice gesture that I'll always remember. Millie was a sweet person with a great smile and I enjoyed conversations with her several times on her front porch. My family and I are saddened by her passing and will keep her and all of you in our thoughts and prayers.

Lauren Riggott

July 12, 2006

Dear Heidi & Family,



I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I have good memories of Mrs. Billow and will always remember her.



Thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Sandra Addison & family

July 12, 2006

You will be greatly missed by all who knew you.



Love,

Patti Smith

July 12, 2006

Heidi/Stephanie:



So sorry to hear about your mom. She was a terrific lady! She will definitely be missed!



Love Patti

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