Sarah

Kefaleas

KEFALEAS, Sarah (nee Tzanakos), also known to many as "Aunt Sarah" or "Auntie Sue", passed away peacefully on Monday, January 28th at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey. Born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Sarah was a graduate of Lowell High School, and was married for 44 years to George Kefaleas, who predeceased her in 1986. They moved to the NYC area in the forties, and were homeowners in Cliffside Park, NJ since the fifties. Her employment career in NY and NJ included multiple decades with Duro- Test Corp in North Bergen, NJ, from where she retired. Sarah is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Angela and James Roumas of Ridgefield, NJ, and is predeceased by her other sister and brother-in-law. "Aunt Sarah" is also survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and lifelong friends in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Arizona. A true lifetime philanthropist, she has enriched countless friends and strangers lives. She has also been an active member and leader in the Cliffside Park and Ridgefield senior communities, and also proudly served in the Greek Orthodox community in Fairview and Tenafly, NJ and in her native Lowell, Massachusetts. A wake will be held on Sunday, February 3, 2013 from 1pm-5pm at A.K. Macagna Funeral Home 495 Anderson Avenue Cliffside Park , NJ. Funeral service will be held at M.R Laurin & Son Funeral Home in Lowell, Massachusetts on Tuesday, February 6, 2013 at 10 am, burial immediately following at West Lawn Cemetery in Lowell. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. John Theologian Greek Orthodox Cathedral 353 E. Clinton Avenue Tenafly, N.J. 07670