Individual Details

Birth

Town Register (Dimotologion) for Theologos, Oinountos
Digital Image #DSC00343 & 344, taken July 2014 at the General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office by Carol Petranek
Number 49
Date of Registration: October 20, 1955

Zaharaki, Theodoros; father: Nikolaos; mother: Maria; born 1878 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registered in the Male Register of Theologos, line 120; year: 1878; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to death June 6, 1954.

Zaharaki, Georgia; father: Panagiotis Diatzikis; born 24 July 1895 in Karyes, Sparta;permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by marriage

Zaharaki, Panagiotis; born 21 December 1918 in Theologos; permanent residence: America; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registered in the Male Register of Theologos, line 371 for the year 1918; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage on May 20, 1943; number 50.

Zaharaki, Dimitria; born 25 July 1921 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage on February 12, 1950; number 161.

Zaharakis, Dimitrios; born 15 April 1926 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registerecd in Male Register for Theologos on line 4 for the year 1926; removed from record January 16, 1959 due to marriage on December 2, 1956; number 205; 34/59.

Zaharakis, Panagiota, [twin with Maria] born 22 August 1929 in Mystras; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage

Zaharakis, Maria, [twin with Panagiota] born 22 August 1929 in Sparta; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage on December 12, 1954

Zaharakis, Ioannis; born 28 June 1932 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: not given; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registerecd in Male Register for Theologos on line 3 for the year 1932; removed from record March 17, 1962 due to marriage; number 219; 9/1962.

Digital image DSC00343 & 344 in Zaharakis folder and Greek Archive folder.

Marriage

Marriage year from obituary of Maria.

Town Register

Town Register (Dimotologion) for Theologos, Oinountos
Digital Image #DSC00343 & 344, taken July 2014 at the General Archives of Greece, Sparta Office by Carol Petranek
Number 49
Date of Registration: October 20, 1955

Zaharaki, Theodoros; father: Nikolaos; mother: Maria; born 1878 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registered in the Male Register of Theologos, line 120; year: 1878; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to death June 6, 1954.

Zaharaki, Georgia; father: Panagiotis Diatzikis; born 24 July 1895 in Karyes, Sparta;permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by marriage

Zaharaki, Panagiotis; born 21 December 1918 in Theologos; permanent residence: America; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registered in the Male Register of Theologos, line 371 for the year 1918; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage on May 20, 1943; number 50.

Zaharaki, Dimitria; born 25 July 1921 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage on February 12, 1950; number 161.

Zaharakis, Dimitrios; born 15 April 1926 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: farmer; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registerecd in Male Register for Theologos on line 4 for the year 1926; removed from record January 16, 1959 due to marriage on December 2, 1956; number 205; 34/59.

Zaharakis, Panagiota, [twin with Maria] born 22 August 1929 in Mystras; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage

Zaharakis, Maria, [twin with Panagiota] born 22 August 1929 in Sparta; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: housework; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; removed from record October 20, 1955 due to marriage on December 12, 1954

Zaharakis, Ioannis; born 28 June 1932 in Theologos; permanent residence: Theologos; occupation: not given; Greek Orthodox; Greek citizen by birth; citizen of this community by birth; registerecd in Male Register for Theologos on line 3 for the year 1932; removed from record March 17, 1962 due to marriage; number 219; 9/1962.

Digital image DSC00343 & 344 in Zaharakis folder and Greek Archive folder.

Death

Death date and place from obituary.

Burial

Burial place of Elmwood Cemetery and date of burial from obituary.

Obituary

Obituary for Maria Plevritis
Chicago Sun-Times
Sunday, May 7, 2000, page 61A

Maria Plevritis, 70; operated grocery
The American Dream brought Maria and James Plevritis from a small Greek town to Chicago, a series of factory jobs and finally their own grocery store--and a second one they started so their sons could be self-employed. Mrs. Plevritis died Monday at her Belmont Central home after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 70.
The former Maria Zaharakis grew up in St. John Theologo near Sparta, Greece. One of her brothers had a friend named James Plevritis in a nearby small town. They met at a festival in Sparta, courted, then married in 1954. The eldest of their three sons, Paul, was born the next year. In 1956, the family moved to Chicago where Mrs. Plevritis' brother Peter had settled and they had two more sons.
In the early days, Paul Plevritis said, "my father worked at National Baking Co., and my mother worked at Hart Schaffner and Marx. She was a seamstress. She used to alter men's jackets at the factory, fixing other people's mistakes." Next, Mrs. Plevritis worked on the production line at the old Zenith plant on Austin, soldering transistors in television sets, a job she found nerve-racking. In 1967, they bought a small building at 6050 W. Diversey and opened the Spartan grocery store, doing business in front of the building and living in a small ground-floor apartment behind it. They prospered, bought a house 100 feet down the alley and, in 1974, expanded the store into all of the original building. They closed the store in 1982, thinking of retiring to Greece, Paul Plevritis said, "but I guess they got bored. Also, my brothers and I wanted to go into business for ourselves, and they wanted to help the family continue the business."
John was repairing radiology machines, Ted was a banquet waiter, and Paul was a Dominick's store manger when their parents opened Spartan Brothers grocery store on Harlem a few doors south of Touhy in 1989. The brothers all went to work at the store, specializing in Greek imports, American meats and cooking meats for parties.
"My mother loved to do things for her house in her spare time, sewing and embroidering tablecloths and dresser scarves," Paul Plevritis said. "She loved to cook and bake and make different kinds of desserts. Everything she made was good."
Mrs. Plevritis regularly attended Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church at 6041 W. Diversey, one block from her home. "She wouldn't move because the church was so close to the house, and she didn't drive," her son said.
In addition to her husband and three sons, survivors include three brothers, Panagiotis, Dimitrios and John Zaharakis; two sisters, Demetra Salaris and Pota Skliris, and five grandchildren.
Services were Thursday at Holy Trinity with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.