Panagiota Gotsis' Obituary
Panagiota Gotsis, 82, of Syracuse, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, surrounded by her loving family after a most courageous and heroic battle of multiple long illnesses.
Born in Platania, Greece, she immigrated to the United States in 1976 with her family. Panagiota's passion was her family as she spent her life devoted to them all. She had a great passion for cooking, gardening and traveling to her summer home in Greece. She was a devoted member of St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church. With a smile always on her face, she fed everyone who came into her house and made them feel like a part of the family.
Panagiota is predeceased by her son, Kostantinos; parents, Athanasios and Anastasia; brother, Vasilios; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Ioannis and Anastasia; sisters-in-law, Panagiota Tomkos and Dimitra Tsagaropoulou, and nephew, Athanasios Lyberopoulos.
Panagiota is survived by her husband of 58 years, Dimitrios; her 3 sons, John Gotsis (Nicole), Tommy Gotsis (Giovanna), Sam Gotsis & daughter Anastasia Calcagno (Anthony); daughter-in-law, Lisa Gotsis; four grandchildren, Eleni, Niko & Natalie & a baby on the way; brother, Sokratis (Tasia) of Montreal, Canada; a sister, Kristina Roumpou of Athens, Greece; sister-in-law, Efthimia Mihalakopoulou of Melbourne, Australia and several cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends in Syracuse, Canada, Greece and Australia.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 7, 2016 at St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 3:00– 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at the THOMAS J. PIRRO JR. FUNERAL HOME, 3401 Vickery Rd. (corner of Buckley Rd.) North Syracuse, NY.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of Central New York and St. Sophia's beautification fund.
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