Individual Details

Birth

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Census

1940 US Census, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Enum. District: 24-50 Page: 7B Family: 184
Line: 69, 319 Pearl Street
Diakomas, John, head, male, white, age 49, married, not in school, finished 3rd grade; born in Greece, naturalization: first papers; lived in same place in 1935; occupation: dishwasher in restaurant
Diakomas, Anna; wife, female, white, age 43, married, not in school, finished 3rd grade; born in Greece, lived in same place in 1935
Diakomas, George, son, male, white, age 16, single, school: finished first year of high school; born in Pennsylvania; lived in same place in 1935
Diakomas, Mary, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, school: finished first year of high school; born in Pennsylvania; lived in same place in 1935
Diakomas, Bessie, daughter, female, white, age 12, single, school: finished 8th grade, born in Pennsylvania, lived in same place in 1935
Source: MyHeritage; accessed August 17, 2019

Death

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Obituary

Chicago Tribune (IL) - March 21, 2003
Deceased Name: STATHIS, MARY DIAKOMIS
Mary Diakomis Stathis, 78, made her transition on March 12, 2003 near her home in Clearwater, FL. She was born in Monessen, PA on Oct. 28, 1924. Her husband, Gus Stathis, of Chicago, IL and Clearwater, FL, as well as her daughter, Georgia Stathis of Pleasant Hill, CA, survive her. She is also survived by five grandchildren, to whom she is known as "yiayia" starting with James Stathis, 24, Timothy Stathis, 17 and Meghan Stathis, 15 of Chicago and Alexandra Maria Nunes, 21 and Gus John Nunes, 18 of Pleasant Hill, CA. She is also survived by her loving sister and brother-in- law, Bessie Diakomis Komondorea and George Komondorea of Tennessee. Additional survivors are Toula and George Stathopoulos (her brother-in-law); and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Mary Stathis had survived her son, James Stathis, who passed away in 1998; George Diakomis, her brother, who passed in 1970; and her parents, Anna Kossenas and John Diakomis of New York City. A wife and homemaker prior to marrying, Mary Stathis, who grew up in New York City, worked for the war effort in World War II making 5 mm bullets for the servicemen abroad. Always a proponent of education, she also worked for the American Schools of Correspondence prior to marriage. In High School she was offered scholarships for college to continue in both science, as well as art, where she painted the "Blue Hills of Pennsylvania", but chose to go to work to help her parents during the Great Depression of the United States. She was a past president and member of many Greek Orthodox Women's organizations including The Daughters of Penelopes, Ahepa and St. Helen Women's Philoptochos. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in the name of Mary Stathis to either St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Oak Lawn, IL; St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Palos Heights, IL or SS. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Palos Heights, IL. Viewing will be at BlakeLamb Funeral Home, 4727 W. 103rd St., Oak Lawn, on Friday, March 21 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Viewing Saturday, March 22, 9 a.m. until time of Funeral Service 10 a.m. at SS. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 11025 S. Roberts Rd., Palos Heights, IL. Info, 708-636-1193 or 773-735-4242.
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St. Petersburg Times (FL) - March 14, 2003
Deceased Name: STATHIS, MARY DIAKOMIS
STATHIS, MARY DIAKOMIS, 78, of Clearwater, died Wednesday (March 12, 2003) at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater. She was born in Monessen, Pa., and came here in the 1980s from Chicago. She was a homemaker and during World War II worked in a factory making bullets. She was an artist. She was a past president and member of several church women's organizations. She attended Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Clearwater. Survivors include her husband, Gus; a daughter, Georgia Stathis, Pleasant Hill, Calif.; a sister, Bessie Diakomis Komondorea, Tennessee, and five grandchildren. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Belcher Road Chapel, Clearwater.
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