Elizabeth Blees Yacko, age 90 of Bridgeport, the beloved wife Edward Yacko, passed away on Wednesday October 20, 2010 in Connecticut Hospice, Branford. Mrs. Yacko, a homemaker was born in Stratford to the late Peter and Elizabeth (Albrecht) Blees and has been a life long area resident, and was an avid knitter and loved to travel to Nova Scotia. Survivors in addition to her beloved husband include her devoted children Patricia Wheeler and her husband David of Massachusetts, Richard Yacko and his wife Patricia of Monroe, and David Yacko and his wife Virginia of New York, 7 cherished grandchildren Jeffrey Wheeler, Kristan Coffey, Keith Yacko, Amy Panek, Holly Archibald, Amanda Pouyat, and Jonathan Yacko, 13 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers Robert Blees of Oregon and George Blees of Oxford, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place on Saturday October 23, 2010 at 8:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 9 a.m. in the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist Mill Hill Avenue Bridgeport for a Requiem Funeral Service. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Friday from 4-7 p.m. Panachida at 6:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations to St. John's Church or to Connecticut Hospice 100 Double Beach Road Branford, CT. 06405