Zoye Marino Fidler

October 17, 1930 – April 23, 2023

Zoye Marino Fidler passed away after a brief illness at home with family around

her. She was 92. Zoye was born in Seattle, the first of two daughters of Greek

immigrant parents, Marinos Marinopoulos and Erene Frangopoulou. She

graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1948 and attended the University of

Washington until she married Jim Fidler in 1952. They raised their three children

in the same family home she grew up in. Zoye had a lifelong interest her Greek

heritage and a deep-rooted desire to give back to her community. She was involved

with many cultural and church activities throughout her life.

In the years following her divorce she decided to make a transformational change

and moved to Southern California, settling in Los Angeles where she lived the past

four decades. She worked as a top-performing sales representative for a technology

company, and in various administrative positions for the Jewish Federation of

Greater Los Angeles, until her retirement in 1999.

Devout and deeply spiritual, Zoye was an active member of Saint Nicholas Greek

Orthodox Church, where she organized educational church tours during the annual

Valley Greek Festival. During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics she was liaison for

the Greek Olympic team. In 1985 she co-founded the Greek Heritage Society of

Southern California, and served as president for many years. Her desire to

document oral histories of the Greek American immigrant experience eventually

became the impetus for three award-winning documentary films that covered a

span from 1900 – 2018. In 2009 she was awarded the prestigious Theodore Saloutos

Award by the American Hellenic Council.

For those who had the privilege of experiencing her hospitality, Zoye was known as

a welcoming and enthusiastic host. She delighted in putting together gatherings of

friends and family for any occasion, and there was always room at her table.

Zoye’s life wasn’t always easy, but she was relentless in her commitment to make

the most of it.

Zoye was pre-deceased by her parents and her sister Marian Skarpelos. She is

survived by children: William Fidler (Alia Pirzada), Zoye Marinopoulou (Charmaine

Slye), James Marinopoulos, granddaughters Anne and Amalia (Phil), and great

grandchildren: Marino, Loretta, and Spyridon.

A Trisagion Service will held at Bastian and Perrot, Oswald Mortuary, 18728

Parthenia Street, Northridge, California on Tuesday, May 2nd at 7:00 pm. Funeral

Services will be held at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 9501 Balboa Blvd.

Northridge, California on Wednesday, May 3rd at 11:00 am. Remembrances may be

sent to the Greek Heritage Society, P.O. Box 7652 Thousand Oaks, CA 91359.