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John Nicholas Politis

John Nicholas Politis

September 27, 2025

John Nicholas Politis was born on April 3, 1935, in Zanesville, Ohio to Stavroula and Nicholas Politis.  He passed away after a lengthy illness on September 27, 2025, in Los Angeles, California.

Zanesville, Ohio, (Home of the "Y" Bridge) is a small town with a small Greek community.  It was here that he befriended a young Greek...

Alexander Christ

Alexander Christ

September 20, 2025

Alexander "Alex" Christ, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at his San Francisco home on September 20, 2025, surrounded by family. He was 89. Born in 1936 to George and Venetia Christ, Alex was a proud San Franciscan. He attended Washington High School, UC Berkeley, and UCSF, where he earned his Doctor of Pharmacy. He served in...

Elaine Kourafas

Elaine Kourafas

September 20, 2025

Elaine Kourafas was born on November 17, 1929, in San Francisco, California, to James and Julia Pappas. She passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 20, 2025.

Elaine grew up surrounded by the vibrant Greek community of San Francisco, which remained a lifelong anchor in her faith and service. In 1948, she married the love of her life,...

Elizabeth "Betty" Lembesis Doss

Elizabeth "Betty" Lembesis Doss

September 10, 2025

Elizabeth Lembesis Doss, of Slidell, Louisiana, passed away on September 10, 2025, at the age of 91. She was born on November 7, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York. Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, Pinio and Nicholas Lembesis; her husband, John B. Doss III, with whom she shared 64 years of cherished memories before his passing; two...

Ellie Sakellariou Tarazi

Ellie Sakellariou Tarazi

August 3, 2025

Ellie Tarazi began her beautiful life in Athens, Greece, on May 29, 1939. She was the only daughter of Theodore and Antigoni Sakellariou. Ellie had a carefree childhood growing up in Athens, along with her younger brother, Lambro. One of her favorite outings as a child was walking to the gardens of Zappeion every Sunday with her father to...

Milly "Melpomeni" Daskalos

Milly "Melpomeni" Daskalos

July 27, 2025

Milly "Melpomeni" Loudi Daskalos was born on January 16, 1939, in Grevena, Greece, to her loving parents, Theodore and Evangelia Loudi. She passed away peacefully, joining her beloved husband, Chris Daskalos, who preceded her in death on August 28, 2024. They were inseparable partners in life and marriage for 66 beautiful years.

Milly is survived by her...

Marika Psihountas

Marika Psihountas

May 19, 2025

Marika Psihountas was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 28, 1952, to Marco and Thespe (Kavulakis) Psihountas, their beloved only child. She graduated from Brush High School and attended John Carroll University, where she nurtured her love for languages and culture.

Marika was extremely musically talented—She played the piano beautifully and could pick up and play nearly...

Alexandra Basil Vasilomanolakis

Alexandra Basil Vasilomanolakis

March 12, 2025

Alexandra Vasilomanolakis, aka Basil passed away just ten days before her 99th birthday, leaving behind a legacy of resilience, kindness, and unwavering love for her family, heritage, and faith. Born in Chania, Crete, Greece, in 1926, she lived a life marked by extraordinary courage, generosity, and devotion to those around her.

Her parents were John and Aglaia...

Randall "Randy" James Leal

Randall "Randy" James Leal

February 20, 2025

Randall James Leal, age 79, of Anaheim, California passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025. Randall J. Leal was born October 6, 1945 to Sebastian "Steve" Gonzalez, Jr. Leal and Eleanor Irene Leal in Robstown, Texas. They moved to the city of Maywood, California for sometime before moving to Compton, California for a better family life. Growing up, he...

Angelo Anastasios Boussiacos

Angelo Anastasios Boussiacos

June 6, 2024

Angelo Anastasios Boussiacos, 86, of Tustin, CA, passed away on June 6, 2024 at around 4:00am.

Angelo was born on December 8, 1937 to Anastasios and Fotini in Velo, Greece. After growing up in Greece for the first 17 years of his life, he took the journey to Canada then to Los Angeles, CA where he worked...

George Basilios Gatsinaris

George Basilios Gatsinaris

June 4, 2024

George Gatsinaris peacefully passed away in his hometown of Cerritos, California, at the age of 88 years old. George was born in Lamia, Greece, and the youngest of 7 siblings. While growing up in Greece he would help his father tend sheep paying close attention to his studies and would read books as much as possible.  He excelled in...

Frank Dimitrios Soris

Frank Dimitrios Soris

May 29, 2024

Frank Soris peacefully passed away at the age of 88 in Phoenix, Arizona on May 29, 2024.

Frank was born in Athens Greece and was an only child. At the noticeably early age of 5, Frank lost his parents during WWII.  He was left on his own to find his way to Tripoli where he stayed and...

Ann Kevin Kershaw

Ann Kevin Kershaw

May 25, 2024

Kevin was born on October 18, 1939. She was raised the youngest of five sisters in Valley Falls, Rhode Island by Mary Agnes (Brady) and Dr. Charles Eli LaSalle, as their eldest, a son, had preceded all in death. Kevie was lovingly spoiled at home and had vivid memories of her early childhood, such as: young Justin born on...

Eugenia "Jenny" Zettas

Eugenia "Jenny" Zettas

May 4, 2024

Eugenia Zettas passed away at the age of 91 in her Santa Barbara home on May 4, 2024, surrounded by her three daughters. Eugenia "Jenny" was born on January 22, 1933 in Tripolis, Greece to Alexandra and George Demos.

Jenny grew up in Berwyn, Illinois with her two sisters, Bertha and Helen. She graduated from Rosary College...

Lloyd Dewey Rinks

Lloyd Dewey Rinks

April 28, 2024

Lloyd Dewey Rinks was born on August 22, 1932, and died on April 28, 2024, in Santa Ana, California. His earthly life spanned 91-2/3 years. Lloyd was the sixth of eight children born to Dewey and Annabelle Rinks, who were sharecroppers in northeast Arkansas. In 1939, when Lloyd was seven years old, his family rented a pickup truck and...

Dorothy Mae Sutherland

Dorothy Mae Sutherland

April 27, 2024

Dorothy Mae Sutherland passed away peacefully at her home in Santa Ana, California, surrounded by her family on April 27, 2024. She was born January 6, 1930, in Newcastle, Washington to Kenneth Morton and Annie Louise Pearson.

After graduating from Renton High School in Washington, she went to Brigham Young University for a year and then on...

David Paul Kerr

David Paul Kerr

April 20, 2024

In loving memory of David Paul Kerr, who left us on April 20, 2024, at the age of 82. Born on September 2, 1941, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he was a beacon of light in our lives, guiding us with his wisdom and unwavering faith. David lived a life marked by service and dedication. Throughout his four years in...

Joann Moore

Joann Moore

April 13, 2024

JoAnn Moore, aged 93, passed away on April 13, 2024, in St. George, Utah, leaving a legacy of love and kindness. Born in Parowan, Utah, on December 8, 1930, to Ross and Nona Brown, JoAnn was a cherished daughter and sister to Ross, Leibert, and Louise. A wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her life was woven with threads of...

Very Rev. Fr. Peter Staviski

Very Rev. Fr. Peter Staviski

March 31, 2024

The Very Reverend Father Peter Staviski fell asleep in the Lord, on Sunday, March 31, 2024 after 85 years on this earth.

Fr. Peter was born to Peter and Anna Staviski in 1939 in Chartiers, Pennsylvania, his parents are from Bardejov, Slovakia and Snitnitsa Ukraine in the Carpatho-Russian Mountains. In 1954, he entered the Theological School of...

Lawrence Arthur Harrington, Jr.

Lawrence Arthur Harrington, Jr.

March 26, 2024

Lawrence Arthur Harrington, Jr. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, just 11 days before he would have turned 97. Larry was born on either April 6 or 7, 1927 (depending on who you believe, his mother or the doctor) in Fresno, CA to Lawrence Arthur Harrington, Sr. and Ruth Eulala Garrett Harrington. He grew up in Fresno...

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