Individual Details
William Louis Pappas
(17 Nov 1921 - 12 Jul 1998)
Carol Kostakos Petranek remembers: "Uncle Bill was quite the character. He always joked with us and made us laugh. He teased us children and gave us pennies. Sometimes his teased us a little too much and we would cry, but we always went back for more."
Comment by Catherine Pappas Kostakos, Bill's sister:
Bill always had a joking, jovial personality and he was a prankster, but when he came home from the war he was very quiet and subdued. It took a long time for him to regain his old personality back.
STORY:
Sunday night Oct 30 1938... My mother and Aunt Kay, listenedto the original "War of the Worlds". My Uncle Bill came rushing hom ea couple of hours later worried about an alien invasion. As always the graciousbig sisters (NOT!), they laughed and teased him unmercifully for years after!
Louis Pouletsos, post on FB, Oct 20, 2016
Events
| Census | 1920 | Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, United States |  |  | |
| Birth | 17 Nov 1921 | Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1939 | Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, United States | | ||
| Residence-shared | 1939 | (Louis Peter Pappas) Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, United States | | ||
| Military | 17 Aug 1942 | Sergeant, U. S. Army, 8th Air Force | | | |
| Residence | 1952 | Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 28 Apr 1957 | St. Dimitrios Church, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States - Pauline Peter Arabadzis | | | |
| Death | 12 Jul 1998 | Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States | | | |
| Obituary | 14 Jul 1998 | The Record - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States | | | |
| Burial | 22 Jul 1998 | Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Bilus | | |||
| FamilySearch ID | M4MD-6QH | ||||
| Social Security Application & Claims Index | | | |||
| Residence | Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, United States | | | ||
| Illness | |
Families
| Spouse | Pauline Peter Arabadzis (1923 - 2017) |
| Child | Pamela Pappas (1958 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Louis Peter Pappas (1882 - 1944) |
| Mother | Angelina K. Eftaxias (1896 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Peter Louis Pappas (1915 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Pappas (1916 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Catherine Pappas (1917 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Panagiota or Bertha Pappas (1918 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Nicholas James Pappas (1919 - 1995) |
Notes
Census
1920 US CensusHoboken Ward 1, District 0062, Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey
enumerated January 10, 1920
91 Court Street
Pappas, Louis, Head, rents, male, white, age 43, married, immigrated 1909, alien, can read and write; born in Greece, parents born in Greece; speaks English, occupation: waiter, restaurant.
Pappas, Angeline, wife, female, white, age 24, married, immigrated 1909, alien, cannot red or write, born in Greece; parents born in Greece, cannot speak English; no occupation
Pappas, Carton, son [should be Catherine, daughter], m [should be female], age 2 and 9/12; born in New Jersey, parents born in Greece
Pappas, Mary [should be Bertha], daughter, female, white, age 1 7/12; born in New Jersey, parents born in Greece
Pappas, Nicholas, son, male, white, age 3/12; born in New Jersey, parents born in Greece
Source: Ancestry.com
Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Hoboken Ward 1, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll:T625_1041; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 62; Image: 920DescriptionEnumeration District : 0062; Description: Hoboken City, Ward 1 (part), Election District 1 bounded by 1st, Hudson River, City line, Washington extdSource InformationAncestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Residence
Bill's Junior High Diploma 1939153 1st Street Hoboken
Residence-shared
Bill's Junior High Diploma 1939153 1st Street Hoboken
Military
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010Name: William Pappas
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1921
Death Date: 12 Jul 1998
SSN: 143142120
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 17 Aug 1942
Release Date 1: 28 Dec 1945
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Comment by Catherine Pappas Kostakos, Bill's sister: My brother Bill was drafted and served in the Army Infantry for two years. He was sent to England, right in the thick of the war. He was sent wherever he was needed. When he came home, he refused to talk about any of his experiences. When we asked questions, he would get up and walk out of the room. For a while after he came home, he would whisper and not talk in a normal voice. He spoke out of one side of his mouth. We think it’s because he spent so much time in a foxhole where men had to speak very quietly. Bill always had a joking, jovial personality and he was a prankster, but when he came home from the war he was very quiet and subdued. It took a long time for him to regain his old personality back. Both of my brothers served until the war ended.
Comment by Lois Pappas Ryan, Bill's daughter: I asked Bobby [Lois' husband] about the conversations he had with my father, and he said that he was a mechanic in the Air Force and never mentioned anything about fighting in Normandy. I know he was in Germany and France and possibly Austria, because he brought back some bayonets with him, which I have here from one of the countries.
Residence
Bill's documents - Appraisal for some Jewelry 1952708 Bloomfield Street Hoboken
Marriage
New Jersey, Marriage Index, 1901-2016 for William PappasBride Index, Year 1957
Arabadzis, Pauline and Pappas, William; File #09058; place of marriage: 09301; date of marriage (month) 04 (year) 57
Source: Ancestry.com, accessed October 14, 2020; Original data: Marriage Indexes. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.
Catherine Pappas Kostakos, Bill's sister, was the maid of honor at Bill & Pauline's wedding.
Death
Social Security Death Index:Name: William Pappas
SSN: 143-14-2120
Last Residence: 07675 Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America
Born: 17 Nov 1921
Died: 12 Jul 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951 )
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 about William Pappas
Name: William Pappas
SSN: 143-14-2120
Last Residence: 07675 Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, USA
BORN: 17 Nov 1921
Died: 12 Jul 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951)
Source Citation: Number: 143-14-2120; Issue State: New Jersey; Issue Date: Before 1951.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=47227080&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t35043080_p18738990947_ktidz0q3d35043080z0q26pidz0q3d18738990947z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q252c32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpidz0q252ctidz0q257cpidz0q26pgpsz0q3d18738990947
Given Name: William
Middle Name:
Surname: Pappas
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 22 August 1920
Social Security Number: 479-14-4985
State: Iowa
Last Place of Residence:
Previous Residence Postal Code:
Event Date: 27 December 1990
Age: 70
Citing this Record:
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1PD-FYZ : accessed 22 January 2015), William Pappas, 27 Dec 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: William Pappas
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1921
Death Date: 12 Jul 1998
SSN: 143142120
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 17 Aug 1942
Release Date 1: 28 Dec 1945
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Obituary
OBITUARY:Record, The (Hackensack, NJ) - July 14, 1998
Deceased Name: WILLIAM PAPPAS
WILLIAM PAPPAS, 76, of Westwood, formerly of Hoboken, died Sunday. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Arrangements: Becker Funeral Home, Westwood.
Source: GenealogyBank.com
Obituary
Record, The (Hackensack, NJ) - July 14, 1998
PAPPAS - William of Westwood, NJ on Sunday, July 12, 1998. Beloved husband of Pauline Pappas (nee Arabadzis). Devoted father of Pamela Bergonzoni and Lois Pappas. Dear brother of Bertha Pouletsos, Catherine Kostakus, and the late Nicholas Pappas. Loving grandfather of Michael and Angela Bergonzoni. Service at Becker Funeral Home, 219 Kinderkamack Road on Thursday at 10:30 AM. Interment at Westwood Cemetery, Westwood, NJ. The family will receive their friends on Wednesday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
Source: Newspapers.com
Burial
FindAGrave:Name: William L Pappas
Alias: Bilus
Death or Burial Place: Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America
Cemetery: Westwood Cemetery
Death Date: 12 Jul 1998
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1921
MEMORIAL ID 217665517
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:69ZC-5XPZ : 18 December 2020), Bilus, ; Burial, Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America, Westwood Cemetery; citing record ID 217665517, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Bilus L Pappas
Name: Bilus L Pappas
Service Info.: SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1921
Death Date: 12 Jul 1998
Cemetery: Westwood Cemetery Company
Cemetery Address: 21 Kinderkamack Road 201 664 7161 Westwood, NJ 07675
Source Information:
National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator
URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VAcemeteries&h=5437972&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&ssrc=pt_t35043080_p18738990947_ktidz0q3d35043080z0q26pidz0q3d18738990947z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q252c32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpidz0q252ctidz0q257cpidz0q26pgpsz0q3d18738990947&tid=35043080&tpid=18738990947&rhSource=3693
Alt name
Bilus is the official name on government records.Social Security Application & Claims Index
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007William Pappas
[William Louis Pappas]
SSN: 143142120
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1921
Birth Place: Hoboken Huds, New Jersey
Death Date: 12 Jul 1998
Father: Louis Pappas
Mother: Angelina
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Feb 1940: Name listed as WILLIAM PAPPAS; Dec 1946: Name listed as WILLIAM LOUIS PAPPAS
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
Residence
From Lois Pappas Ryan to Carol Petranek, April 2012:I took a look thru some papers and found the following addresses. I thought my father used to mention something about Washington Street, but I didn't see any papers with that address. Hope this fills in some blanks.
Dad's Birth Certificate 1921
91 Court Street Hoboken
Dad's Junior High Diploma 1939
153 1st Street Hoboken
Appraisal for some Jewelry 1952
708 Bloomfield Street Hoboken
Illness
Recurrent colon cancerFirst occurrence: 47 years old
Second time: age 60's
Third time: Age 75
surgeries: 3 bowel resections; no radiation or chemo for any surgeries
Prostate cancer
Age: mid 60's
Treatment: hormone therapy for approx. 10 years.
At time of biposy, it was determined that cancer had spread to lymph nodes
Age 76: prostate cancer metastasized to bones.
Death occurred approx. 4 months after diagnosis of metastasis
Endnotes
1. Year: 1920; Census Place: Hoboken Ward 1, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1041; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 62; Image: 920.
2. "1920 United States Federal Census for Nicholas Pappas." 1920 United States Federal Census for Nicholas Pappas. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
3. "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1PD-FYZ : accessed 22 January 2015), William Pappas, 27 Dec 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..
4. Year: 1920; Census Place: Hoboken Ward 1, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1041; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 62; Image: 920.
5. "1920 United States Federal Census for Nicholas Pappas." 1920 United States Federal Census for Nicholas Pappas. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
6. "Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006." Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
7. "William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007." William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
8. "William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014." William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
9. Fold3.com and Ancestry.com.
- U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
- U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
10. "Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006." Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
11. "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44025_11_00032-01834?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020..
12. "New Jersey, Marriage Index, 1901." 2016 for William Pappas https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61253/images/48618_b428701-00021?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020..
13. "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1PD-FYZ : accessed 22 January 2015), William Pappas, 27 Dec 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..
14. "Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006." Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
15. "William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007." William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
16. "William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014." William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
17. The Record at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/498492207/?article=6d32c9e3-ba2a-4467-abe1-7a9c08505b31&focus=0.65218216%2C0.4219691%2C0.8050396%2C0.5075515&xid=3355&_ga=2.143015349.1296311032.1602688435-1224586476.1592181699. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020..
18. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:69ZC-5XPZ : 18 December 2020), Bilus, ; Burial, Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America, Westwood Cemetery; citing record ID 217665517, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
19. The Record at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/498492207/?article=6d32c9e3-ba2a-4467-abe1-7a9c08505b31&focus=0.65218216%2C0.4219691%2C0.8050396%2C0.5075515&xid=3355&_ga=2.143015349.1296311032.1602688435-1224586476.1592181699. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020..
20. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006, National Cemetery Administration.
21. "Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006." Bilus L Pappas in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
22. The Record at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/498492207/?article=6d32c9e3-ba2a-4467-abe1-7a9c08505b31&focus=0.65218216%2C0.4219691%2C0.8050396%2C0.5075515&xid=3355&_ga=2.143015349.1296311032.1602688435-1224586476.1592181699. Accessed 14 Oct. 2020..
23. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:69ZC-5XPZ : 18 December 2020), Bilus, ; Burial, Westwood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America, Westwood Cemetery; citing record ID 217665517, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
24. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
25. "William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007." William Pappas in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sep. 2016.
26. Family Member, Lois Pappas, April 2012.