SOUTHBURY- Mr. Jan F. Sokolowski, 56, of 140 Quaker Farms Road, died Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at Griffin Hospital. He was the husband of Christine (Kacprzynski) Sokolowski.

Mr. Sokolowski was born August 26, 1950 in Poland, son of Nikodema (Wojenski) Sokolowski of Stratford and the late Anthony Sokolowski. He came to the United States when he was 8 years old and was raised in Stratford. He graduated from Bunnell High School and had attended Bryant College in Rhode Island and Johnson and Wales University. Mr. Sokolowski has resided in Southbury for over 20 years, previously living in Newtown.

Mr. Sokolowski was former owner of Johnny's Fruit and Produce in Bridgeport and was member of the Carpenters Union, Local 210. He was a self employed building contractor and presently a home building advisor. He was a communicant of St. Thomas the Apostle Church and as a young boy was a communicant of St. Michael's Church, Bridgeport, where he served as an altar boy.

Besides his wife of 34 years and his mother of Stratford, he leaves a son John Joseph Sokolowski, two daughters, Tanya Sokolowski LaBonia and her husband Leonard and Donna A. Sokolowski, all of Southbury, three grandchildren, Natalie, Isabella and Robert LaBonia. He also leaves numerous nieces and nephews, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was predeceased by a brother, Joseph Sokolowski.

Memorials: Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492.

Location: Munson-Lovetere Southbury

Funeral: St. Thomas the Apostle

Services: A funeral Mass will be held on Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 733 Oxford Road, Oxford. Burial will be in Long Hill Cemetery in Trumbull

Visitation: Friends may call the Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main St. North on Sunday from 3-7 p.m.