Dena MICHAEL

MICHAEL, Dena (Zepatos)

Age 92, of Wellington, FL and Syosset, NY passed away after a long illness on November 5, 2012. She is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, Constantine Z. ?Mike? Michael; her son, Nicholas Michael of Bedford, MA and her daughter, Maria Michael of Dix Hills, NY. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law, Jane Turner Michael and her grandchildren, Elyssa, Adam, and Christopher Michael and Ephthalia and Florian Schwarzinger Michael. Dena was the first-born daughter of Ephthalia (Danatos) Zepatos and Gerassimos ?Jerry? Zepatos of Kefalonia, Greece. Dena Michael was a long-time and devoted member of St. Catherine?s Greek Orthodox Church in West Palm Beach, FL and of St. Paul?s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hempstead, NY. She served enthusiastically as President of the Choir at both churches, was as an active member of the Philoptochos of St. Catherine?s and served as Secretary of St. Anna?s Philoptochos at St. Paul?s for several terms. A fellow choir member said ?It is difficult to find words to describe how much she was loved by everyone who knew her.? In her youth, Dena Michael sang with the famed Greek music instructor and choral leader, Nikos Roubanis, composer and arranger of the Middle Eastern song Misirlou. She also danced with a Greek folk group for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and at the 1939 World?s Fair in New York City. Viewing and Trisagion prayers will be offered on Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM at QUATTLEBAUM FUNERAL HOME, 1201 So. Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach. A Church Service honoring her memory will follow at 12 Noon at St. Catherine?s Greek Orthodox Church, 110 Southern Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33405. A Memorial Service will take place at a later date at Towers Funeral Home, 2681 Long Beach Road, Oceanside, NY 11572, followed by her internment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to either St. Catherine?s Greek Orthodox Church or to the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul, 110 Cathedral Avenue, Hempstead, NY 11550. Eternal be her Memory. QUATTLEBAUM FUNERAL HOME Family Owned and Operated (561) 832-5171

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