Dena Michael

92 years old, of Wellington, FL and Syosset, NY passed away after a long illness on November 5th, 2012. She is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, Constantine Z. 'Mike' Michael, her son Nicholas Michael of Bedford, MA and her daughter Maria Michael of Dix Hills, NY. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law, Jane Turner Michael and her grandchildren Elyssa, Adam, and Christopher Michael and Ephthalia and Florian Schwarzinger Michael. Dena was the first-born daughter of Ephthalia (Danatos) Zepatos and Gerassimos 'Jerry' Zepatos of Kefalonia, Greece.

Dena Michael was a long-time and devoted member of St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church in West Palm Beach, FL and of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hempstead, NY. She served enthusiastically as President of the Choir at both churches, was as an active member of the Philoptochos of St. Catherine's and served as Secretary of St. Anna's Philoptochos at St. Paul's for several terms. A fellow choir member said "It is difficult to find words to describe how much she was loved by everyone who knew her."

In her youth, Dena Michael sang with the famed Greek music instructor and choral leader, Nikos Roubanis, composer and arranger of the Middle Eastern song Misirlou. She also danced with a Greek folk group for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.