Alice, Aliki Tsevdos, age 95, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. She was born in Canton, Ohio to Jenny Katsikas (deceased) and Nicholas Kapsalis (deceased), from Icaria, Greece, on December 1, 1920, the start of the Jazz Age and adopted the era's exuberance throughout her life. Raised by her mother and beloved uncle Jim Katounis (deceased) through the turbulence of Prohibition and the Great Depression, Alice learned the value of hard work and resiliency. Wife of Michael T. Tsevdos (deceased), she was widowed in 1964 and raised her two daughters as a single, working mother. She spent most of her working career in hospital administration at Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
Alice overcame many hardships, but kept a positive outlook on life. Always close to her family she enjoyed the company of her sisters, Mary Lampros (deceased), Irene Karadimas (deceased) and many cousins. A source of comfort and joy, Alice touched the lives of many.
She is survived by her daughters, Carla Nolidis, husband Pete, their son, Christopher and Jenny Tsouvalas, husband John, their sons Michael Demopulos, wife Patricia, Charles and James.
There will be a Trisagion service at St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Church, 778 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena, CA. on Tuesday, March 15 at 7PM. Funeral services will be held at the church on Wednesday, March 16 at 11AM. Alice will be interred at the Greek Orthodox Section at Rose Hills Memorial Park. In Lieu of flowers please donate to Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church or Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Church at 2504 N. St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas 78212 or Saint Jude's Hospital PO BOX 50 Memphis, TN 38101-0050.
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LIFE'S HAPPINESS

By: Aliki Tsevdos
If you discover life is not exactly as you think it ought.
Be not dismayed and fear ye not, for all the things you haven't got.
Don't waste your time trying to find that idiotic place sublime
That blissful state called happiness, where there's no pain or weariness.
Happiness is the place designed for the human race
It all begins when you're first born and ends when Gabriel blows his horn.
All life in its' entirety complete with joy and agony make up the state of happiness
That's all it is, no more, no less.

There's no need to philosophi, if with a few rules you live by.
These rules herewith I now submit, and here they are therefore to wit.
Eat when you're hungry, drink when you thirst.
Don't strike when you're angry, laugh till you burst.
Love all things, but never lust.
Fight back like hell, and cry when you must.

Rise when you stumble, no shame to be humble.
When you've done your best, take time to rest.
And though to prosper is your aim, don't strain yourself, it's all in vain.
For to gain is not how much you get, instead, the friends that you have met.
And in conclusion, I hereby state, no matter what your luck or fate.
As long as you are still around, it sure beats being in the ground.