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November 6, 2012
Services
Family will receive friends on Sunday, November 11, 2012 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
The funeral service will take place on Monday, November 12, 2012, 11:00 AM at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 467 Grandview Ave., Wyckoff, NJ (please meet at the church). Entombment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa, NJ.
Prodromos Siris, age 79 of Lincoln Park, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
One of seven children, Prodromos was born in 1933 to Vasilios and Zouboulia Psiris in Kardamena, Kos, Greece.
Following graduation from high school, Prodromos attended Prometheas, a technical school where he received training to be a ships mechanic. He then joined the Royal Navy of Greece where he served as a ship's mechanic.
With very little money in his pocket and seeking opportunity and fortune, Prodromos emigrated to the United States in 1956. With the help of his cousin, Irene Romeo, he met his future wife in Washington Heights, New York. Her name was Haido Tsonos and it was love at first sight! With little money in their pockets but allot of love in their hearts Prodromos and Haido were married on May 8th, 1960 at the St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in New York. The young couple settled in Washington Heights and started a family. Their 1st born was Bill and a year later Leo, their 2nd born, was born.
Prodromos opened up his 1st business, a luncheonette, in the Wall Street area of New York City. Over the ensuing years, Prodromos enjoyed a long prosperous career buying, operating and selling various restaurant and fast food establishments. He was the first in his family to come to this country and make it easier for others to follow; he taught other family members the restaurant business and they eventually moved on to start and succeed in their own food establishments. Prodromos was a profoundly generous man who was known for working hard and sharing the fruits of his labor and experience with his fellow man. One of his greatest joys was training and helping other family members from his native Greece to get started in their own food establishments and become as successful as he was.
A man of deep spiritual faith, he loved to give gifts to various Greek organizations including the churches in Greece and the USA. He never forgot his roots and left a generous amount of money to the school in his hometown of Kardamena, Kos, Greece.
Prodromos was an active member and officer of various Greek-American social organizations representing immigrants from his native land; they included the Koakos Syllogos Hippocrates and AHEPA.
Throughout his life Prodromos travelled to many destinations all over the United States, Canada and Europe, but he especially loved trips to the tropical islands. His passion was his family first and his friends just as close as first! The Siris house was always host to numerous family get-togethers.
Prodromos is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Haido; his two loving sons: Bill and Leo; and his two sisters and one brother: Xrisi Hatzimihalis, Maria Vasilidis and Nikos Siris, all of Greece.
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Family will receive friends on Sunday, November 11, 2012 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
The funeral service will take place on Monday, November 12, 2012, 11:00 AM at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 467 Grandview Ave., Wyckoff, NJ (please meet at the church). Entombment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa, NJ.
November 6, 2012
Services
Family will receive friends on Sunday, November 11, 2012 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ.
The funeral service will take place on Monday, November 12, 2012, 11:00 AM at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 467 Grandview Ave., Wyckoff, NJ (please meet at the church). Entombment will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery in Totowa, NJ.
Prodromos Siris, age 79 of Lincoln Park, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
One of seven children, Prodromos was born in 1933 to Vasilios and Zouboulia Psiris in Kardamena, Kos, Greece.
Following graduation from high school, Prodromos attended Prometheas, a technical school where he received training to be a ships mechanic. He then joined the Royal Navy of Greece where he served as a ship's mechanic.
With very little money in his pocket and seeking opportunity and fortune, Prodromos emigrated to the United States in 1956. With the help of his cousin, Irene Romeo, he met his future wife in Washington Heights, New York. Her name was Haido Tsonos and it was love at first sight! With little money in their pockets but allot of love in their hearts Prodromos and Haido were married on May 8th, 1960 at the St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in New York. The young couple settled in Washington Heights and started a family. Their 1st born was Bill and a year later Leo, their 2nd born, was born.
Prodromos opened up his 1st business, a luncheonette, in the Wall Street area of New York City. Over the ensuing years, Prodromos enjoyed a long prosperous career buying, operating and selling various restaurant and fast food establishments. He was the first in his family to come to this country and make it easier for others to follow; he taught other family members the restaurant business and they eventually moved on to start and succeed in their own food establishments. Prodromos was a profoundly generous man who was known for working hard and sharing the fruits of his labor and experience with his fellow man. One of his greatest joys was training and helping other family members from his native Greece to get started in their own food establishments and become as successful as he was.
A man of deep spiritual faith, he loved to give gifts to various Greek organizations including the churches in Greece and the USA. He never forgot his roots and left a generous amount of money to the school in his hometown of Kardamena, Kos, Greece.
Prodromos was an active member and officer of various Greek-American social organizations representing immigrants from his native land; they included the Koakos Syllogos Hippocrates and AHEPA.
Throughout his life Prodromos travelled to many destinations all over the United States, Canada and Europe, but he especially loved trips to the tropical islands. His passion was his family first and his friends just as close as first! The Siris house was always host to numerous family get-togethers.
Prodromos is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Haido; his two loving sons: Bill and Leo; and his two sisters and one brother: Xrisi Hatzimihalis, Maria Vasilidis and Nikos Siris, all of Greece.
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