Deidra Riberio
August 11, 2018
Deidra, known to friends and family as Dee, was born in Lynwood, California in 1961 to Karis and Edward Matthews and loved by her older brother, Tony Matthews. Made a native of La Mirada in her first year of school in 1966 at Garden Hill Elementary, Dee became active in sports, especially softball, and showed her energy and spirit while...
Teresa Maria Coleman
August 11, 2018
Born October 14th, 1935 in Douglas, Arizona, passed away on August 11th, 2018 in Pasadena, California, she was 82 years young. She was a Mother of 7 Children, Nana to 17 Grandchildren and GG to 21 Great Grandchildren. She raised her family alone after the death of her husband in 1978. This alone made her the most loving, caring and...
Paraskevi Karatzas
August 6, 2018
Paraskevi "Voula" Karatzas was born in 1928 in the Greek island of Paros. She was the second of nine children and the second daughter. After tragedy struck the family while she was still very young, Voula had to quickly learn how to grow up. While Greece was occupied by Nazi Germany, her father, Panayioti, suddenly died after receiving a beating...
Stella N. Morris
July 30, 2018
Stella N. Morris fell asleep in the Lord on July 30, 2018 surrounded by her dearest loved ones. Born January 15, 1930 in Wheeling, West Virginia to John and Helen Nicholas, Stella was a loving and dedicated daughter an incredible friend. She was a devout Orthodox Christian and a life-long member of Saint Sophia Cathedral. She loved her Greek community...
Frances Gloria Rabolini
July 17, 2018
Frances Gloria Rabolini died peacefully in her home on July 17, 2018. She was born on February 21, 1931, the only child of Antonio and Eugenia Dighera. She grew up in Temple City, CA. As a young woman, she met and married Richard C. Rabolini and they raised their family in Arcadia, CA where they were residents for nearly 60...
Anthony Athan Mastor
July 16, 2018
Anthony Athan Mastor passed away peacefully at his home in Bel-Air on July 16, 2018. Tony was born in Fredonia, New York. He grew up in the small town in northwestern New York with his parents, Athan and Kalliopi Mastor, who had emigrated from Greece, with his brothers John and Arthur, and his sister Evie. Tony played violin, piano, and...
Georgios Psara
July 13, 2018
It is with great sadness that Georgios Psara has fallen asleep unto the Lord. He is survived by his children Maria and Kyriacos Psara; his life partner Irini Dimopoulos and son Antonios Dimopoulos; his brother Andreas (Angela) Psaras; his sisters Marika (Georgios) Ioannou and Kiki Psaras; and his niece and nephews: Angelena and Kyriakos Psaras, Kyriakos Ioannou, and Angelos (Chara)...
Isaac Thomas Guilmet
July 12, 2018
Isaac Thomas Guilmet, 24 years old, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2018 at his home in Laguna Hills, California. The loving son of Roland and Barbara (Eno) Guilmet of Lowell, Mass., and brother to Kaila Guilmet and her partner, Porter Diteman of Brooklyn, NY. Isaac also leaves his grandmother, Priscilla Guilmet, of Central Village, Connecticut, and grandfather, Anthony Eno of...
Penelope "Penny" Philopoulos Spirtos
July 4, 2018
Penelope "Penny" Philopoulos Spirtos fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 90 on July 4, 2018 in Tucson, Arizona surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Greek immigrant parents, Andrew and Amalia Philopoulos, on February 4, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. She now rejoins her late husband of over 60 years, Jack Nicholas Spirtos, M.D. (2011). She...
Anna Zinelis
July 4, 2018
Anna Zinelis, 68, passed away after a brief illness, surrounded by her family in Santa Clarita, California. She was born in Greece on July 11, 1949 to parents, Elias and Vasiliki Velissaris. She is survived by her loving husband, Konstantinos Zinelis, 2 loving sons and a daughter.
Trisagion service will be held at 7 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Funeral...
Manuel Valaskantzis
July 3, 2018
Manuel Valaskantzis passed away on July 3, 2018. He is survived by his daughter Margitsa Vitogiannis. The Trisagion will be at 7pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at Saint John Greek Orthodox Church, 405 N. Dale Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92801. The funeral service will be at 11am on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, also at Saint John Greek Orthodox Church in...
Agopie Pappas
July 3, 2018
Agopie Pappas, nee Poulos, passed away peacefully in her home July 3, 2018. She was 91 years old. Born in Miami, Arizona to James and Despo Poulos in 1926, she was one of five daughters and three sons. Bessie Suter is the lone survivor of the eight siblings. Agopie's survivors also include her husband of 68 years, Harry Pappas, a...
Peter Gust Tripodes, Ph.D.
June 29, 2018
Peter G. Tripodes, long time resident of Venice, California, passed away on June 29, 2018 at the age of 89. He passed at his home, surrounded by his family. Peter was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Gust and Sophia Tripodes. He left Cleveland with his family at the end of August 1946 to come to southern California, arriving with his...
Vassiliki Nikolaos Daskalakis
June 26, 2018
Vassiliki Nikolaos Daskalakis, 70, passed away peacefully, in Orange, California, after an illness. She was born January 31, 1948 in Greece to Nikolaos and Eleftheria Daskalakis. Trisagion service was held on Friday, June 29, 2018 and the funeral service was held on Saturday, June 30, 2018. Both services were at Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 415 Dale Street,...
Caitlin M. Flynn
May 16, 2018
Caitlin Mary Flynn, of Tustin, CA, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 16, 2018.
Caitlin was born in Albany, New York on May 13, 1982 living most of her life in Guilderland, New York. She attended Guilderland HS where she participated in basketball, softball, lacrosse and track. She graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh earning a B.S. degree in Social Work...
Katherine "Kathy" Pentogenis
May 12, 2018
Katherine "Kathy" Pentogenis, resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away on May 12, 2018. Katherine was the youngest daughter of Gus and Christine Kappas from Kearney, Nebraska. Her older sisters are Ameilia, Lulu, and Alexandria. Her husband Michael Pentogenis preceded her death, passing on April 21, 2015. Katherine and her sisters Amelia Skoutaris, Lulu Kappas, and Alex Markos, are 50...
George Theodore Dupas
April 8, 2018
George Theodore Dupas was born on June 21, 1933 in Kalavryta, Greece to Theodore and Evangeline Dupas. He has one younger brother, Nicholas, who currently resides in Tripolis, Greece. Together, he and his brother grew up in the small village of Agios Nikolaos. After the war, at age eighteen, George immigrated to the United States to live with his great...
Todd Whiten Thomas
March 31, 2018
Todd Whiten Thomas, age 60, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family, and friends after a short battle with cancer. He was born on September 4, 1957 in La Porte, Indiana to Patricia Ann (Norrie) Thomas and Joseph Aaron Thomas, and was the oldest of three children. In 1969, Todd and his family relocated to Southern California. He...
Nick Monios
March 31, 2018
Nick Monios, Korean War Hero, union executive, civic leader, businessman, and inspiration to friends and family, died March 31, 2018, at the age of 89 after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. Nick was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania on May 6, 1928. He was the only child of Mary and James Monios, both from Chios, Greece, who did not meet...
Patricia Tavoularis Fettis
March 31, 2018
Patricia Tavoularis Fettis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts to Paniyota and Nicholas Tavoularis. Patricia, known by family and friends as Pat, moved to Los Angeles in 1933. In 1948 she married Peter G. Fettis. In the 1950s, they moved to the San Fernando Valley where she was very active at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and served as the Philoptochos...