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Obituary
Northwest Indiana Times / Post-Tribune
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Angela Maria Volan, Ph.D., of Chicago, passed away in her sleep from
complications due to Marfan syndrome, at her parents' home in
Schererville, Indiana on Sunday, June 25, 2006, at the age of 35.
Angela was to begin her teaching career in the fall as a professor of
Art History at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. A
Fulbright Scholar and an Onassis Scholar, she was completing a
post-doctoral fellowship at Princeton University. She received her Ph.D.
in 2005 from the University of Chicago, as well as her master's degree
there in 1997. She earned her bachelor's degree at the University of
Michigan in 1993. She was a 1988 graduate of Andrean High School in
Merrillville, Indiana. She was born in Gary, Indiana in 1970.
Angela is survived by her parents, Dr. George and Helen Volan of
Schererville; three brothers, John (Carolyn) Volan of Durham, New
Hampshire, Stephen Volan of Bloomington, Indiana, and Gregory Volan of
Chicago; one nephew, Isaac Volan of Durham, New Hampshire; and numerous
loving aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
directly at SS. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 8000
Madison, Merrillville, Indiana, the Reverend Fathers Theodore Poteres
and Evagoras Constantinides officiating. Burial to follow at Calumet
Park Cemetery, Merrillville. A Trisagion prayer service will be held
Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m.
Friends may call at the Geisen Funeral Home, 7905 Broadway,
Merrillville, on Wednesday, June 28 from 4 to 8 p.m.
Memorial donations may be made in memory of Angela M. Volan to: the St.
Luke Orthodox Mission, 9825 Indianapolis Blvd., Highland, Indiana,
46322-2622; or to the National Marfan Foundation, 22 Manhasset Ave.,
Port Washington, New York, 14650.
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