Theresa A. (DelVento) Polifka

Theresa A. (DelVento) Polifka, 57, of Fairfield, co-owner of Henderson Trumbull Supply Company and the City Cement Block Company, died on February 6 in St Vincent Medical Center, Bridgeport. She was the sister of Robert DelVento of Newtown.

Born in Bridgeport, Mrs Polifka had been a Fairfield resident for the past 32 years. She was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary of American Legion Post #143 in Fairfield, a member and past co-president of the Stratfield Parent Teachers Association, and a member of the Builders Supply Credit Bureau.

She was pre-deceased by her father, Stephen DelVento. Survivors include her husband, Stephen J. Polifka, of Fairfield; three children, Stephen J. Polifka, Jr, of Fairfield, Louise Vezina of Fairfield, and Theresa Jakab of Milford; her mother, Louise (Chapman) DelVento of Easton; three other brothers, Stephen DelVento of Trumbull, Vito DelVento of Easton, and Russell DelVento of Easton; two grandchildren, James Vezina, Jr, and Nicole Vezina; and several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Funeral services were held on February 9 in the Spear Funeral Home, 39 S. Benson Road, Fairfield, and in St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 100 Saint John’s Drive, Trumbull. Interment followed in Saint Michael Cemetery, Stratford.

The Newtown Bee         February 11, 2000