Stanley Stephen Gardecki

GARDECKI Stanley Stephen Gardecki, age 74, beloved husband of Mary (Mahon) Gardecki of Stratford, entered eternal life Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Saint Joseph's Manor, Trumbull. Mr. Gardecki was born June 30, 1933 in Nanticoke, Pa., son of the late Stanley and Josephine Gritsko Gardecki and had been a longtime area resident. He was a United States U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War, and was retired from Sikorsky Aircraft after 43 years in the production control department, Bridgeport. For the past 17 years, Stanley and Mary vacationed in Aruba and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary there in October of this year. He also enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, camping and skiing and since his teen years, he went on a yearly hunting trip with his life long friends. Survivors in addition to his wife include his three children, Mary Jo Gardecki of Stratford, Stanley C. Gardecki of Hampton Bays N.Y. and Patricia Gardecki of Stratford; three brothers, Gerald Gardecki and his wife, Jeanne of Stratford, Gene Gardecki and his wife, Barbara of Newtown, and Daniel Gardecki and his wife, Trudy of Stratford; one sister, Dorothy Gardecki of Stratford; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends are invited to attend a funeral service on Friday, December 21, at 9 a.m. in the William R. Mcdonald Funeral Home, 2591 Main Street, Stratford and at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Grace Church, Stratford for a Funeral Mass of Christian Burial. Interment with full military honors will follow in Saint John's Cemetery, Monroe. Friends may call Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the ASPCA, ASPCA, 424 East 92nd Street 4th Floor, New York, NY 10128.