Mary J. Potok

Mary (Janosko) Potok, 86, of Newtown, died on August 19 at the Pope John Paul II Health Care Center in Danbury.

Mrs Potok, a homemaker, was born in Bridgeport to the late Michael and Susan Janosko, and had been a lifelong area resident before moving to Newtown two years ago.

She was a member of St John’s Church and its Mother’s Club and Senior Citizens, as well as a member of the Baldwin Center. She was the widow of Andrew Potok.

Survivors include her beloved son, Kenneth Potok and his wife Frieda of Newtown; three grandchildren, Beth Bonanuito and her husband Greg, Brian Potok and his wife Michele, and Benjamin Potok; two step-grandchildren, Aaron Johnson and Michele Witko; two great-grandchildren, Alex and Annie Bonanuito; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services took place on August 23 in the Adzima Funeral Home, 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford, and in the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist, Bridgeport, for a Requiem funeral service.

Interment was in St John’s Cemetery, Stratford.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 96 Oak Street, Hartford CT 06106.

The Newtown Bee        August 27, 2004