Toula A. Laganas
Beloved sister, dedicated and respected school teacher
Toula A. Laganas, the sixth and beloved daughter of the late Constantine and the late Anastasia (Andrianopoulos) Laganas, sadly and quietly left our earthly home for a heavenly one on Sunday, August 16th embraced by her loving family.
Toula was blessed with the gifts of kindness, sensitivity, generosity, strength, boundless energy, good health, quiet humility all wrapped up with grace, dignity, smiles and a loving heart.
Family was special to her,..harmony, peace, joy and respect were the ingredients she held dear.
She valued and cherished her friends of old and always welcomed new acquaintances, eagerly extending a helping hand to all.
Toula was blessed with creativity in the arts..Music was one of her passions and as a pianist, she made the keys shout or whisper…She held her listeners in awe as she played Chopin’s Polonaise in A-flat major..She delighted in creating and stitching needlepoint designs; in tending to the flower garden and entertaining in her beloved home.
Toula did her undergraduate studies at Lowell Teachers College and earned her Master’s Degree and her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study from Boston University. She was a member of Pi Lambda Theta Chapter, a national honor society for women in education.
Her teaching career in the Newton Schools, which spanned over 40 years, was one of dedication and her greatest delight was sharing her classroom with her little students in a colorful, warm and comfortable atmosphere for learning.
Toula enjoyed her association as an admirer and participant in the Lowell Girls Club; Lowell College Club; Concord Museum; Whistler House; Merrimack River Valley House; and the Women’s Auxiliary, Philoptochos of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
With all Toula’s blessings, the most treasured gift to us and will continue to be, is Toula. She is the “gift” our good Lord gave to all of us to continue to love and keep in our hearts forever.
She will be dearly missed by her sisters, Olga Laganas of Lowell, Theda Triantafel of Andover, Patricia Dukakis of Wellesley and her brother-in-law, Charles P. Sarantos of North Andover; her nephew, Constantine “Dino” Sarantos, his wife Elizabeth and their children Alyssa and Christopher Sarantos; her niece, Anastasia S. Taskin and her husband Cengiz of NYC; her niece. Amalie Ann George of Needham.
In addition to her parents, Toula was predeceased by her sisters, Mary Laganas, Iris Sarantos and Helen George and her brothers-in-laws, George P. Triantafel, George S. George and Arthur G. Dukakis.
Friends may call at the O’DONNELL FUNERAL HOME 276 PAWTUCKET ST. at Fletcher from 4 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday, August 19th. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Funeral Service on Thursday morning August 20, 2015 at the HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, 62 Lewis St. in Lowell at 11 o’clock. Burial in Westlawn Cemetery. E-condolences/directions at www.odonnellfuneralhome.com. For those who wish, memorial remembrances may be directed to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Elevator Fund, 62 Lewis St, Lowell, MA 01854 or the Boston Children’s Hospital Trust, Hellenic Cardiac Fund, 401 Park Drive ~ Suite 602, Boston, MA 02215 Attn: Kate Civetti. Arrangements by Funeral Directors James F. O’Donnell, Jr. and John W. Crane (978 or 866) 458-8768.
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