Stephanie Irene Norko

NORKO Stephanie Irene Norko, age 86, passed away peacefully in the presence of her loving family at St. Vincent"s Medical Center, Bridgeport, on Friday, June 11, 2004. Born on November 22, 1917, to the late Alexander and Leokadya Cwalina, she was a lifelong resident of Bridgeport and a parishioner of St. Michael the Archangel Church. She is survived by her three devoted children, Stephanie Irene Stypinski and her husband, Louis, of Fairfield, Joseph Andrew Norko Jr. and his wife, Marie, of Stratford, and Alexis Ann Lauren Morrill of Jupiter, Fla.; her three loving granddaughters, Kendra Lee Morrill and her husband, Breton Johnson, of Evanston, Ill., Jennifer Lynn West and her husband, Francis, of Fairfield, and Stephanie Beth Stypinski of Fairfield; her great-grandson, Alexander Trent Johnson of Evanston; her sisters, Ann Rastelli, Mary Schoenknecht and S. Judith McDermott, all of Bridgeport, and Agnes Sadowski of Wharton, N.J.; numerous nieces and nephews; and many friends and members of her extended family whose lives have been touched by her thoughtfulness. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 55 years, Joseph Andrew Norko Sr.; her brothers, Joseph and Donald Cwalina; and her sisters, Jean Borkowski and Ida Martin. Stephanie will be remembered as a wonderful mother, grandmother, friend and caregiver. She loved to play bingo, shop, watch her game shows and Notre Dame football on TV. Friends are invited to call on Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Commerce Hill & Radozycki Funeral Home, 4798 Main Street, Bridgeport (on the Trumbull line). It is requested that family members and friends go directly to St. Michael"s Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Trumbull. Flowers and Masses are welcome, although those desiring to do so may make contributions in her name to St. Michael the Archangel Church, 310 Pulaski Street, Bridgeport, CT 06608.