Margaret (Demas) Fudala, 89, of Strafford, N.H., and Salem, Mass., passed away quietly, with her loving and devoted husband Stanley, by her side, on Saturday, February 4, 2012.
Marge was born on August 7, 1922 in Salem to Peter and Christina (Gianakopoulos) Demas.
Marge grew up and was educated in Salem, graduated from Salem High School and then went on to Hawthorne Business School. Marge was a longtime resident of Strafford, N.H., on Bow Lake, where she made many of her fondest memories, as well as in Salem.
Marge began her career at GTE Sylvania on Boston Street and later, on Endicott Street in Danvers. She worked there for 45 years as the supervisor of the steno department.
Marge was a member of the Bow Lake Garden Club and the Daughters of Penelope. She was also a devoted member of the St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, in Peabody. Marge enjoyed gardening, making crafts, cooking, traveling, and decorating her beautiful homes. She aspired to have the “most beautiful garden on the lake” every year, which we can proudly say, that she most often did. Marge was the most kind, generous, caring and loving woman that most people had ever known. She did everything with an amazing amount of patience, grace and class.
Grateful for having shared her life are her adoring husband of 44 years, Stanley T. Fudala; her sister Athena (Demas) Nickole and her husband, George, of Saugus, MA; sister-in-law Jody Plecki, Fort Worth, Tex.; first cousins, Christo Dadasis of Salem, and Esther Anton, also of Salem. Marge also leaves a number of cousins in Greece; her two goddaughters Stephanie (Andrian) Souris and Kitty Kontos; nephews Alan Andrian, Ted Nickole, and Ned Nickole; and numerous nieces and nephews who loved her dearly.
She was predeceased by her father and mother, Peter and Christina Demas; her best sister Mary Andrian; her first cousins Despina Dadasis, Charles and Peter Anton, and Anna Pernokas.
ARRANGEMENTS: Calling hours will be held Tuesday from 2 to 4pm and 6 to 8pm, at Murphy Funeral Home, 85 Federal St. (corner of North Street) in Salem.
Her funeral will be held Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:15 am from the Murphy Funeral Home with funeral services at 10 am at St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, 7 Palelogos St., in Peabody, MA. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, Greek School, 5 Paleologos St, Peabody, MA, 01960. For online guest book or additional information, please call 978-744-0497 or visit www.MurphyFuneralHome.com.
