Angela Ielasi

Angela Joy Ielasi, passed away peacefully in her home in Athens Georgia on the morning of February 28, 2025. She was born on July 10, 1957 in Adelaide, South Australia, to Harry & Barbara Caust. She is survived by one brother, Phil Caust of Gold Coast, Australia and her husband of 28 years, Steve Ielasi, whom she married October 19, 1996. 

Angela, affectionately known simply as Ang by her loved ones, was a woman of many talents. She was a gifted seamstress, cake decorator, jewelry maker and gardener - just to name a few. In Adelaide she worked as manager of Spotlight, a fabric and home decorating store, before opening up her own flower shop, Sweet Pea Flowers, which she and Steve ran together until their move to the US where she started Tarangela Studios creating jewelry, handbags and other handmade items. She was a vendor at the Athens Farmers Market for 10 years and served on the board for 8 of those years.

 But her real passion was serving in various ways in her church, The Revival Fellowship, which she joined in 1983 after experiencing the life changing power of receiving the Holy Spirit. In the fellowship in Adelaide, she assisted in many ways, for example making wedding dresses, cakes and flower arrangements for countless assembly weddings. She loved helping with costume and set design for the legendary Don’t Knock Noah play where she was cast as the “Old Woman” for 20 years as well as many other stage performances the church presented.

In 2007, Ang and Steve began a new adventure by moving to the States to support a small Revival Fellowship assembly starting up in Athens Georgia with Steve eventually becoming pastor. In the church there, she continued to serve right up until her final days doing everything from cleaning bathrooms to looking after children to organizing camps to coming up with many “scathingly brilliant ideas” to support the work over the years. She will be deeply missed by Steve and her family and the fellowship in Athens, who know two things with great certainty; there will only ever be one Ang Ielasi, and they will see her again one day soon. 

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday March 8th at Lord & Stephens Funeral Home at 4355 Lexington Rd, Athens at 11 am. All who knew and loved her are invited to attend.