Margaret Pristas Jakim, age 94 of the Huntington Section of Shelton, the widow of Michael Jakim passed away on Friday February 24, 2012 in Gardner Heights Health Care Center in Shelton. Born on December 2, 1917 in Curtisville, PA to the late Michael and Mary (Zipay) Pristas, and married her husband Michael on January 25, 1934 she has been a longtime area resident. Margaret was a retired assembler with Dresser Industries in Stratford where she also was a member of the Quarter Century Club. She was a parishioner of St. John's Byzantine Catholic Church where she was a member of the ladies guild and the baking crew. She loved to cook and bake especially holiday cookies and breads. She also enjoyed knitting and crocheting and taking walks. In addition to her parents and husband she is predeceased by her brother Michael Praestas, sisters Anna Koritko, Susan Koritko and Mary Jakim, also her infant grandson Timothy Christian. Survivors include her devoted daughters, Rosemary Christian and her husband Bud with whom she lived with in Shelton and Eleanor Coletta and her husband Carl of Easton; her beloved granddaughter Christine Booth and her husband Eric of Trumbull; her cherished great-grandsons Samuel, Benjamin, Brayden and Joshua; several nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will take place Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 9:00 am in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 10:00 am in St. John's Byzantine Catholic Church, 100 St. John's Lane, Trumbull. Internment will take place in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friends may call on Monday from 4-7pm Panachida will take place at 5:00pm. Those desiring may make donations in Margaret's memory to St. John's Byzantine Catholic Church.