The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

Dorothy Florence (Oleyar) Chulak

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Dorothy Florence (Oleyar) Chulak, age 95, of Shelton, entered into rest on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at Seacrest Retirement Center in West Haven. She was the devoted wife of the late John G. Chulak, Jr. Dorothy was born in Bridgeport on January 30, 1926, daughter of the late John and Mary (Minchak) Oleyar, and lived in Bridgeport before coming to Shelton in 1978. She helped her family run the Oleyar Butcher Market. After raising her children, she went on to serve as the House mother at the Bridgeport School of Nursing. Dorothy also was a member and served as VP and President of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church Ladies Guild in Bridgeport. She was a member of the St. Margaret Mary Church Ladies Club. She is the beloved mother of Denise Monks and her husband Kenneth, Barbara Conroy and her husband Thomas, and Judith Hejlik and her husband James, cherished grandmothe­r of Amy Cordon, Robert Monks, Kristina Conroy, Colleen Innamorto, Kelly McGannon, Thomas Hejlik and Daniel Hejlik, and great-grandmothe­r of Charles Innamorto. She was predecease­d by her daughter Regina Chulak and by a sister, Theresa Slossar. Friends may greet the family at the Riverview Funeral Home, 390 River Road, Shelton on Tuesday from 5 to 7 PM. Masks are required inside the funeral home. Her funeral procession will leave on Wednesday at 9:30 AM for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM at St. Margaret Mary Church in Shelton. Burial will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Trumbull. Memorial contributi­ons can be made to VITAS, 199 Park Rd. Ext., Ste 102, Middlebury, CT 06762 and to Team Inc., 30 Elizabeth Street, Derby, CT 06418. Online condolence­s can be offered to the family at www.riverviewf­h.com.

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