February 25, 2022

Soteria P. Stavropoulos was born in 1935 in Aetos, Messinias, a region in the Peloponnese area of Greece, as one of 12 children. She lived through WWII and experienced extreme hardship during the Nazi invasion of Greece. On September 11, 1943, the Nazi's invaded her village, where they burned the family home, as well as the agricultural land that...

February 6, 2022

Constantino "Gus" Stratos passed away peacefully at home in Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, February 6, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Gus was born on August 24, 1927. He was the son of Greek immigrants, Stratos George and Evdokia George. After his graduation from Huntington Park High School in 1945, Gus joined the Merchant Marines where he served for...

February 5, 2022

Rose Marie Mackie, 91, a long-time resident of Garden Grove, California, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2022. She was born on May 8, 1930, in New York state to Alfred and Agnes Rizzo. As a child, Rose moved with her family to San Diego where she attended and graduated from Coronado High School. She eventually moved to Santa...

February 1, 2022

Peggy Aronis, affectionately known as Pagonia, was born in 1932, in Athens, Greece. She was four years old when her mother, Margarita, took Peggy and her younger brother Spiro to the United States. There they rejoined their father, Dino, who had prepared the way. The family settled in Los Angeles.

Peggy's first desire was to become an...

January 29, 2022

Alexandria Markos 93, of Woodland Hills, California passed away on January 29, 2022 after a battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Alexandria was born on September 3, 1928 to Gust and Christina Kappas in Kearney, Nebraska. She was the third of four sisters who truly loved one another and were extremely close their entire lives. Alexandria attended Kearney High...

January 22, 2022

Kyriakos John Frankos was born on March 7, 1933, in Asea, a small village of about 400 people. He was the son of Ioannis and Konstantina Fragos and had two sisters and three brothers. Throughout his childhood, Kyriakos dreamed of coming to America after high school. In 1951, at age 19, he immigrated to the United States, settling in...

January 20, 2022

Panayota "Popi" Skourtas Dogris passed away January 20, 2022 at Long Beach Memorial Hospital due to Leukemia.

She was born March 12, 1938 in Vartholomio, Greece. She grew up with an older sister Chrisoula (Bonaparte) and younger brother Thanasis Skourtas (Pandora). Popi spent her early childhood going to school and visiting her family farm in the summer....

January 18, 2022

Dr. Niles Guichet passed away peacefully at St. Joseph Hospital on January 18, 2022 following complications from dementia and a fall.

Niles Guichet was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was allowed to start college, LSU, before he graduated from high school. With this early start, he graduated from Loyola Dental School in New Orleans at the...

January 13, 2022

Constantin Balanos 76, passed away into the arms of our Lord on Thursday, January 13, 2022; after his long battle with Lewy body in Parkinson disease. Constantin was born in 1945 in Athens, Greece. He was the youngest of 3 siblings born from his mother Garifalia and father Ioannis. Constantin worked in the family business from a young age...

January 9, 2022

On Sunday, January 9, 2022, Christos L. "Chris" Carnakis, California civil attorney of Beligan & Carnakis, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 51.

Chris was born on January 26, 1970 in Bellflower, California to Leonidas and Filomila Carnakis. Shortly after, his family moved to the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. An excellent student, he earned his...

January 7, 2022

Tedde Smith was an amazing wife, mom, grandma, daughter, sister and friend. She entered heaven to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 7, 2022 after a two year battle with breast cancer where she joined her husband Bert, the love of her life.

Tedde was born to Theodore and Lucille Pilacinski on June 7,...

January 5, 2022

For some of us life can be an adventure. Unimaginable forces intervene leading to journeys unexpected, and pathways explored that were once beyond one's grasp, but now marked with our own footsteps. Bessie Marinos had such a life. There was trepidation, courage, fear and most importantly in the end, the everlasting embrace of unconditional love she shared with her...

December 20, 2021

Evangelina Gutierrez age 69, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 peacefully sleeping in her home in Long Beach, California.

Eva was born to Jose & Helen Gutierrez on Friday, August 15, 1952, in Carlsbad New Mexico at St Francis Hospital.

She is the big sister to five siblings Joe Jr, William, Lupe, Richard and...

December 13, 2021

Theodora was born in the small mountain village town of Valtetsi in the Central Peloponnese region of Greece on May 20, 1935. She was the second child and eldest daughter of Panayiotis and Panayiota Sarantopoulos. She was raised with love by her father and stepmother along with her 5 siblings, Christos, Yiannoula (Jannie), Chrisostomos, Evthokia (Vickie) and Vangelis.

December 9, 2021

Sophia Halekakis passed away peacefully December 9, 2021. She was a member of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox church in Northridge California. She was actively involved in church activities and events. She enjoyed bowling with her husband for the church's bowling league. She liked spending time with family and friends in her community and her fondest memory was making and...

December 4, 2021

Fred Sebring passed away peacefully in his home on December 4, 2021, with family around him. Fred was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Payson Sebring, and by his brothers Herbert and Robert Sebring and his sister Caroline Henry. He is survived by his sister Mildred Benedict, by his six children (Judith Sebring, Candace Powell (Lee), Penelope Daugherty...

December 1, 2021

Diane Pruett was born on March 27, 1941 in Los Angeles, California to Steve and Helen Callas. Her father and mother were Greek immigrants, and Diane was the second of four children in the Callas family. She is survived by her husband, Vernon Pruett, and their three children: Steven Pruett, Karen Pruett Scherrer, and Pamela Pruett Zimny; by their...

November 22, 2021

Dimitrios Anargyros Damilatis of La Crescenta, CA, fell into eternal sleep on November 22, 2021. Dimitrios was born on June 17, 1934 in Kalamata, Greece. He was the first child born to Anargyros and Golfo (Gyftakis) Damilatis. His baby sister, Maria, 4 years younger, passed away just shy of her first birthday, leaving Dimitrios to be raised as an...

November 12, 2021

Louis Carlos Maya, 78, of Los Angeles, gained his wings on November 12, 2021 in Seal Beach, California. He passed away peacefully among the love of our heavenly father and in the hearts of all those he loved.

Louis was born on April 21, 1943 to Frank and Maria Maya. He was part of a family of...

November 9, 2021

Aloise "Lolly" Ann Withorne, age 86, of Anaheim, CA, entered the spirit world on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.

She was born on October 16, 1935 to Fred and Mary Mason, in Cleveland, Ohio.

She graduated from Lakewood High School in 1953.

On July 24, 1965, she married the love of her life Harold...