Individual Details

Bessie Tragos

(15 Sep 1923 - Mar 2015)

Betty (Bessie) Kontopoulos nee Tragos, 96 yrs. young, beloved wife of Peter (Butch). Cherished mother of the late James, late Ted, and Cynthia (Steve) Rentas. Loving Grandmother to Nicholas, Lorin, Peter, Trish and Ted. Proud Great Grandmother to Teddy, Alexis, Christopher and Allysa. Devoted to TIKI and ZOE. Betty will be missed by many for her wit, humor and caring nature. Private services. Published in a Chicago Tribune Media Group Publication from Mar. 20 to Mar. 21, 2015

Events

Birth15 Sep 1923Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Census (family)-shared23 Apr 1930(James Nikolas Tragos and Helen P. Monanderos) Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
DeathMar 2015

Families

SpousePeter "Butch" Kontopoulos (1918 - 1985)
ChildTeddy Kontopoulos (1939 - 1941)
ChildJames G. Kontopoulos (1941 - 2009)
ChildLiving
FatherJames Nikolas Tragos (1883 - 1958)
MotherHelen P. Monanderos (1903 - 2003)
SiblingNicholas James Tragos (1924 - 2018)
SiblingSam Perikles J. Tragos (1928 - 1979)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

James N Tragos Head M 46 Greece - Manager, food products Co.
Helen Tragos Wife F 26 Greece
Bessie Tragos Daughter F 6 Illinois
Nicholas Tragos Son M 5 Illinois
Perikles Tragos Son M 1 Illinois
Jennie Kardos Sister-in-law F 21 Greece

Endnotes

1. "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPC-HNWD : 18 May 2016), Bessie Tragos, 15 Sep 1923; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 59659, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 100,496,191..

2. "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPC-74D4 : 18 May 2016), Bessie Tragos, 15 Sep 1923; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 39791, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 100,480,210..

3. "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSPT-4B2 : accessed 24 December 2014), Jennie Kardos in household of James N Tragos, Chicago (Districts 1251-1500), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1480, sheet 41B, family 762, line 56, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 479; FHL microfilm 2,340,214..