Obituary of Margaret Prassinos

Margaret Prassinos, of Parsippany, formerly of Madison, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at her home. She was 85.

Margaret was born on June 16, 1933 on the island of Kastelorizo, Greece to the late Dimitrios and Maria Giannakis. Her family fled war torn Greece during WW2 and settled in Madison where she raised her cherished family and lived for over 60 years. She moved to Parsippany three years ago.

Before retiring, Margaret had a career spanning over 15 years fabricating medical devices for the Aircast Corporation in Summit after many years in the food service at St. Joseph’s in Morristown and St. Elizabeth College. Her dedication and hard work improved many people’s quality of life.

She was a woman of tremendous faith in God, great love for her church and her Greek heritage. Margaret was a longtime and very active parishioner of St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church in Randolph. She was the past vice-president of the church’s ladies organization, the Philoptochos Society. Margaret will also be fondly remembered by several generations of children from when she taught Sunday school at the church for over 20 years.

She loved crocheting and was well known for her Greek cookies. She took great pride in her needlework and worked to fabricate items that she would donate to nursing homes, shelters and hospitals, along with other women from with her church group. Margaret will leave behind a legacy of extreme giving to others. She put family, friends and strangers before herself and will be deeply missed by all that knew and loved her.

Margaret leaves behind her two daughters, Maria Prassinos of Parsippany & Anna Prassinos of Summit; many cousins, nieces, nephews and dear friends.

Funeral services will begin at 8:15AM on Friday, December 21, 2018 at the Madison Memorial Home, 159 Main Street, Madison followed by a 10:00AM funeral service held at St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church, 1447 Sussex Tpk., Randolph. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery in Chatham. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend a visitation to celebrate Margaret’s life from 7-9PM on Wednesday and 2-4PM & 7-9PM on Thursday at the funeral home.

Charitable contributions may be made in Margaret’s memory to St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church, 1447 Sussex Tpk., Randolph, NJ 07869.