Andrew Warde High School Family Mourns Loss of Longtime Math Teacher Theodore Huminski

Theodore "Ted" Huminski, age 82, beloved husband of the late Eleanor Blotney Huminski of Stratford, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 at Bridgeport Hospital.

Born in Bridgeport December 20, 1927, he was the son of the late Alexander and Stella Huminski. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines during World War II as a seaman and towards the end of the war enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in the Far East. He received the WW II victory Medal and Medal of Japan Occupation.

As an educator, Ted taught in several school districts, but most notably in Fairfield at Andrew Warde High School. He was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, the Baldwin Center, and the Shelton and Milford Seniors. He was an accomplished ballroom dancer and was an avid bowler at Nutmeg Lanes.

"As with the news of the passing of any of our teachers, I am sorry to hear that we lost Mr. Theodore Huminski. I remember all my Math teachers very well," wrote Tony Procaccini, a 1976 Warde graduate.

"Mr. Huminski was thorough and methodical, and knew his material," added Procaccini, president of the AWHS Class of 1976 30-year reunion committee. "I am fortunate to say that I excelled in his class, and still remember many of the concepts I learned then.

"From a personal perspective, he seemed a bit on the quiet side, but that's only my impression," he added. "Many years after high school I met a friend of his or a family member - can't remember which now - in Rome, Italy, purely by coincidence. My condolences to his family members."

Survivors include two sons, Bruce Hume and his wife, Eileen Cahill, of Wilton, and Scott and his wife, Dana Huminski, of Gilbert, Ariz.; two grandchildren, Christopher and Julianna Hume of Wilton; three sisters, Dee Pagliuco and Mary Fortuna, both of Trumbull, and Ellie Accardi of Bridgeport; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, August 20, 2010, at 10 a.m. in St Mark Church, 500 Wigwam Lane, Stratford. Interment with military honors will be at Mt. Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport. There will be no visitation. The William R. McDonald Funeral Home, Stratford, is in care of arrangements.

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