Margaret Loy Fanok, a longtime employee in what was then known as the geology department (now earth & environmental science), passed away on April 30 at the age of 101.

She spent the last 16 years of her life living in Springfield, Delaware County.

Ms. Fanok was born in Herndon, PA, and raised in Northampton with six siblings. Before her marriage to Nicholas Fanok in 1944, Ms. Fanok worked as a stenographer for the FBI in Philadelphia. While her children were still young, she re-entered the work force as a secretary for Sellers Methodist Church in Upper Darby.

She began working at Penn in 1966, where she worked as a secretary for the department of geology. She regarded the professors and students there as a second family, and they her. She officially retired in July 1983, but she continued to work part-time for the University until 1986.

Ms. Fanok was a devout person of faith and a lifelong member of the Order of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Matron. She also volunteered for many years as a member of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her daughters, Nancy Scanlon, Linda Dauberman, and Janice Williams; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.