James Andrew Demetriou, Ph.D.
January 16, 2020
James Andrew "Jim" Demetriou, Ph.D. passed away on January 16, 2020, having celebrated his 96th birthday three weeks earlier. He was born on December 26, 1923 in Santa Ana, California, the second son of Andreas and Maria Demetriou, immigrants from the Kalavryta region of Greece. The family moved to Huntington Park in the 1920s, where his parents operated small...
Panajiotis "Panos" Sotirios Pentheroudakis
January 9, 2020
Panajiotis Sotirios Pentheroudakis, 89, went home to the Lord on January 9, 2020, in San Diego, surrounded by his loving family.
Born August 14, 1930, in Athens, Greece, he was the son of Emmanouel and Chrisoula Pentheroudakis. His father was a military doctor during World War 2, whose career and multiple postings resulted in Panos and his...
Nick John Gritsonis
January 6, 2020
Nick Gritsonis passed away suddenly of a massive heart attack on January 6, 2020 at the age of 60.
Nick was born on March 5, 1959 and was adopted as a baby by his parents John Gritsonis and Muriel Gritsonis. He was named after his father's one brother Nick, who was shot down as an airplane tailgunner...
Ray Mott
January 5, 2020
Brother Ray Mott passed away January 5, 2020. Funeral services will be held for him this Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the Arcadia Stake Center, 150 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia, CA 91007. The viewing will be from 9 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. The funeral will begin at 10:00 a.m. Brother Mott has been a loyal servant to our Heavenly...
G. Harold Tseklenis
December 29, 2019
G. Harold Tseklenis, long an active member of the Downey community in Southern California and a tireless advocate for the arts and culture, passed away on Sunday afternoon, December 29, 2019 in Downey. He was a genuine friend, colleague and mentor to all who knew him.
Harold was born on October 13, 1930 in Pyrgos, Greece and came to the United...
Elias Bikouvaris
December 28, 2019
Elias Bikouvaris, also known as Louie, was 64 when he passed away in his home in Huntington Park on December 28, 2019. Elias was born on November 15, 1955, in Athens, Greece. At the age of 5 he made his way to the United States to live what was perceived as the "American Dream." In 1978 he met his...
Demetra Gallanes
December 26, 2019
Demetra "Dee" Gallanes entered into eternal life on December 26, 2019 peacefully surrounded by her family. Dee was born on May 27, 1921 to George and Christina Gallanes in Peoria, Illinois. The family moved to San Bernardino in 1922 where her 3 younger siblings were born. Dee was preceded in death by her parents and all three of her...
Martha Flores Rodriguez
December 25, 2019
Martha Flores Rodriguez passed on to be with her Lord and Savior on Christmas evening, Wednesday, December 25, 2019 in her daughter's home in La Mirada, California surrounded by her loved ones. She was 90 years old.
She was born on March 23, 1929 in Mexico City, Mexico to Ignacio Rodriguez and Josefa Flores. Martha was the...
George Chatzis
December 21, 2019
George Chatzis, beloved husband and father, passed away peacefully at his home in Anaheim on December 21, 2019 at the age of 85.
George was born in the village of Nestani, Greece to Andreas and Konstantina. The youngest of four children, he left the village at age 14 to work in his uncle's produce business in Athens...
Eleftheria Ragias
December 3, 2019
Eleftheria "Ritsa" Ragias was the second child born in a set of twins in January 1942 to Christo and Vasiliki Katsiberis in the village of Achaiko, Achaias outside of Patra, Greece. She was the youngest of six children.
Her lifelong love of learning started at an early age where one could find her studying late into the...
Linda Varis Kollias
November 28, 2019
Born Eleftheria Varis on November 2, 1943 in Arahovitika (near Patras), Greece to Constantina (née Loukopoulos) and Vasilios Varis, the second of five children. Linda is predeceased by her beloved husband, Harry Kollias, and is survived by her son, Bill Kollias, daughter, Sophia Kollias, son & daughter-in-law Jim and Doris Kollias, and grandchildren, Harrison Kollias and Christina Kollias.
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Maria G. Pegadiotes
November 16, 2019
Maria G. Pegadiotes, 82, passed away peacefully at her home in Rosemead, California on November 16, 2019.
Maria was born on July 6, 1937 in Sparta, Greece to Stamatiki and Evangelos Kapitsas. She was the third oldest of her siblings, joining Theodora (+) and Panayotis, and later joined by Dimitris (+). Although her childhood coincided with the...
Maria Callas
November 8, 2019
Maria Callas, 89, passed peacefully in her home on Friday, November 8, 2019.
She was born November 15, 1929 in Athens, Greece to Eleni Stefanakou and Kyriakos Stefankos. She was 1 of 7 siblings. She went to both the University of Athens, majoring in Chemistry and studied Textile Design at the Athens Polytechnic. With determination and the...
Demetra "Litsa" Stavropoulos
November 8, 2019
Demetra Bobolakis Stavropoulos, passed away on November 8, 2019 in Arcadia, California. She was born on November 10, 1938 in Piraeus, Greece to Vasilis and Konstantina Bobolakis. She is survived by her older sister Chrysanthy and her younger brother George. After experiencing World War II as a young girl, she enjoyed her idyllic teen years in Piraeus, swimming in...
Georgia Kouros
November 4, 2019
Georgia Kouros was born on January 5th, 1924 in the village of Nestani in Arcadia, Greece, and was the last surviving child of Philip and Athena Reveliotis. She grew up in a time of poverty, followed by the German occupation of her village from 1940 - 1944, and the Greek Civil War from 1946 - 1949. Having survived the...
Fragouly Hatziris
October 22, 2019
Fragouly Hatziris, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. He was born on May 7, 1944
Trisagion at 7pm on Friday, October 25, 2019. The funeral will be at 12:30pm on Saturday, October 26, 2019. Both services will be held at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Long Beach, California. Interment...
Mary M. Gallardo
October 22, 2019
* Her children were always first in her life.
* Grandkids were her second love.
* Loved to go to the casinos.
* Entrepreneur in the restaurant business in her young days.
* She was an old fashion chef and loved to cook.
* Liked to sing her old...
Rodou Panayides Loizides
October 21, 2019
Rodoulla Loizides, wife for 55 years of restaurateur George Loizides, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2019 surrounded by her family. She passed away at the age of 77, just six days after her husband.
Rodoulla Panayides was born September 29, 1942, in Kathikas, a small Greek village on the island of Cyprus; her first name means...
George Loizides
October 15, 2019
George Loizides, 83, beloved owner of George's Greek Cafe, passed away at home on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 after a long battle with lung cancer. He was surrounded by his immediate family. George was a loving and faithful husband of 55 years to Rodoulla Loizides, and father to his three children, Demetrios (Jimmy), Euripides (Rip) and Nicky. He was...
Tina C. Lilis
October 3, 2019
Tina C. Lilis, owner of The Pizza Place and Garden Cafe passed away on October 3, 2019 at the age of 59. Tina was born on December 5, 1959 to Alexia and George Smyrniotis. She was the older sister to Niki Smyrniotis. Tina was loving mother and grandmother to her 3 children, Chris, Alexia and Anayia and her 5...