Edward M. Yacko, age 93, of Bridgeport, beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Blees Yacko, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2012 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mr. Yacko, a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was born in Bridgeport to the late Michael and Anna (Lois) Yacko and has been a life long area resident. He was a graduate of Central High School and North Carolina State University. Ed was a retired Chemical Engineer for Remington Arms, and was an avid fisherman. Survivors include his devoted children Richard Yacko and his wife Patricia of Monroe, David Yacko and his wife Virginia of NY, Patricia Wheeler and her husband David of MA, 7 cherished grandchildren Jeffrey Wheeler (Annette), Kristan Coffey (Dan), Keith Yacko (Patty), Amy Panek (Jeffrey), Holly Archibald (Brian), Amanda Pouyat, and Jonathan Yacko, 13 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place on Saturday June 2nd at 9:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford, and at 10 a..m. in the Carpatho Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist, Bridgeport for a Requiem Funeral Service. Interment with full military honors will be in St. John's Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may call on Friday from 4-7 p.m. Panachida at 4:30 p.m