Anneliese "Lisa" Mark Tanis

She is predeceased by her mother Anna Mark Adler (1982), father Frank Mark (1944), and brother Frank Mark Jr. (1949).

She is survived by daughters Anastasia and Stephanie, brother James Mark (Cincinnati, OH & St. Petersburg, FL), cousins in Germany, as well as four beautiful, adoring grandchildren that she doted on constantly and loved intensely. For Lisa, sun rose and set with those four kids and she had a special relationship with each one.

Lisa attended G.A.R. Memorial High School in her hometown of Wilkes-Barre, PA, and graduated with distinction from Wyoming Valley Hospital Nursing School.

She spent most of her adult years in New York and New Jersey having worked at St. Luke’s Hospital in NYC and Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. Lisa held many head nurse positions during her nursing career in specialties such as allergy & immunology, day-surgery, bloodless medicine, and pediatric craniofacial reconstructive surgery. In retirement, she served as nurse at blood pressure clinics in Watertown and Framingham, and was proud to serve on the Board of Trustees at her condo association.

Lisa’s great joy was singing. She sang for 45 years in Greek Orthodox choirs of St. Athanasios in Paramus, NJ and Taxiarchae in Watertown, MA. She was an alto that could harmonize with any piece of music and performed in many combined choirs for religious dignitaries. She was a member of Sts. Anargyroi Church in Marlborough, MA.

Lisa, fluent in German and the regional dialect Swabian, had a natural love of language and culture; she thoroughly enjoyed learning about and speaking any language, as well as the cultural traditions of that nation. From this love of learning, Lisa enjoyed traveling to Germany, Greece, Egypt as well as throughout the southwest U.S. Native American sites.

Visitation and funeral is by personal invitation only and will be held on Tuesday, February 21st at the Duckett-J.S. Waterman & Sons Home of Memorial Tribute, 656 Boston Post Rd, Rt. 20, Sudbury. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am at Sts. Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church, 9 Central St, Marlborough. Interment will be in Edgell Grove Cemetery, 53 Grove St, Framingham.

In lieu of flowers, the family ask for donations to The Metropolis of Boston Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians. You can learn more about the organization at: http://www.boston.churchmusic.goarch.org. They do NOT have online donations. Donations will need to be mailed. Checks can be made out to "MBFGOCM” and mailed to Greek Orthodox Church Musicians. ATTN: Cynthia Alex at: 3 Paul Revere Road, Lexington, MA 02421 and Please indicate “In Memory of Lisa Tanis" in the memo section. Thank you.