65696_Tassie “Dolly”_Preftakes
Mason City — Tassie “Dolly” Preftakes, 85, of Mason City, Iowa, died Tuesday, Feb.19, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Health Center.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 1311 Second St. S.W., with the Rev. Joseph Mirowski officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church. A Trisagion service will be held at 6 p.m. at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., Seventh Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Tassie “Dolly” Striggles was born March 23, 1927, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Demos and Georgia (Alexandropoulos) Striggles. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines in 1945 and married James P. Preftakes of Mason City on May 1, 1949.
Dolly worked in the computer field for more than 50 years, beginning with the state of Iowa, continuing with the Mason City public school system and North Iowa Area Community College, and ending as a computer-operations manager at Sperry and UNISYS until her retirement in 1990.
She was a longtime member of the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Mason City, and was active in many church endeavors, including Philoptochos, choir and the annual Greek Festival.
Dolly enjoyed her gardening, flowers and reading. She loved her church, her husband, her children, her family and her friends.
We loved her generous, gracious spirit. We loved her sweet smile and girlish giggle. We miss you, MOM. We will always love you.
Dolly is survived by her daughter, Pamela P. Wingrod of Havertown, Pa.; son and daughter-in-law, Nicholas and Renee Preftakes of Oklahoma City, Okla.; sisters, Anna Pappageorge of Copperopolis, Calif., and Olympia (Bia) Papafrangos of Albuquerque, N.M., and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; nephews, Charles Papafrangos and Phillip Striggles; brother, Theodore Striggles; and husband, James, in 2001.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City IA 50401, 641-423-0924; www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.