Richard C. Miterko

Richard C. Miterko, 67, of Bridgeport, died on October 18 in Bridgeport Hospital.

He was the brother of Ann Andras of Newtown.

Born in Bridgeport, he was a lifelong city resident. Mr Miterko was a retired toolmaker for Auto-Swage Company and was a US Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the V.F.W. Raymond Goldbach Post 9460, the Male Chorus and choir at St John’s Church.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Margery Ann (Fisch) Miterko; a daughter, Kristina Galpin of Fairfield; two sons, Scott Miterko of Brooklyn, N.Y. and Donald Miterko of Tillamook, Ore.; four grandsons, Edward Galpin, Jr, Joshua, Brian and Christopher; a brother, Peter Miterko of Trumbull; another sister, Mary Stephen of Milford; a special aunt, Margaret Stewart of Devon; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held on October 21 in the Adzima Funeral Home, 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford, and in St John the Baptist Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church, Bridgeport. Interment was in St John’s Cemetery, Stratford.

Donations in his memory may be made to Stratford E.M.S. Association.

The Newtown Bee          October 22, 1999