Angeline "Becky" Demeris

She was a graduate of Lamar High School and served with distinction as the City Secretary for the City of Houston. In addition to her years of service to the City, Mrs. Demeris was involved in many philanthropic organizations and charities. She was a member of the Houston Chapter of the Maids of Athena and maintains the distinction of being elected its first Grand President in 1954. Additionally, she held numerous offices in the Daughters of Penelope at the district and national levels, and was elected Grand President in 1988.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Nick Charles Demeris; her mother, Sara Angelos; and her sister and brother-in-law, Tina and James Z. Vamvakias.

She is survived by her sister, Harlene Angelos Corlett; nephews, Jeffrey James Vamvakias and his wife Jennifer and their children, Demetri and Sophia of Newport Beach, OR, Gregory James Vamvakias and his wife Jeana of Dallas, TX, and Dean Anthony Mazzola and his wife Kristy and their children, Vincent, Madelyn, Nina, and Nicholas of Flower Mound, TX.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family beginning at ten o'clock in the morning on Monday, the 29th of January 2024, at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 3511 Yoakum Boulevard in Houston, where the funeral service is to commence at eleven o'clock in the morning, with Rev. Fr. Demetri Tagaropulos and Rev. Fr. Efstratios J. Magoulias, officiating.

The interment will immediately follow, via an escorted cortege, at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.

In lieu of customary remembrances, the family kindly requests memorial contributions in Becky’s honor be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601 (alz.org).