Tassie S. (Dolly) Preftakes

Tassie (Dolly) Preftakes, 85, of Mason City, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Health Center. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 1311 2nd St. SW with Rev. Joseph Mirowski officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Monday at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church. A Trisagion service will be held at 6:00 PM at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave. 7th Floor, New York, New York, 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 NIACC, and ending as a computer-operations manager at Sperry and UNISYS until her retirement in 1990. She was a long-time 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, 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 & Renee Preftakes of Oklahoma City, OK; sisters, Anna Pappageorge of Copperopolis, CA, and Olympia (Bia) Papafrangos of Albuquerque, NM 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.

Cemetery:
Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave. 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001.

Visitation:
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Monday at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church. A Trisagion service will be held at 6:00 PM at the church.

Service:
Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday February 26, 2013 at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 1311 2nd St. SW with Rev. Joseph Mirowski officiating.