The following obituaries and article were published in the January 28, 2006 issue of The National Herald.  I am providing them as a possible tool for Hellenic genealogy research. ----- George P. NICOLETOPOULOS, Former Director of the International Monetary Fund, Passes Away at 84 Years of Age George P. Nicoletopoulos, who served as Director of the Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund, died on January 12, 2006 at the Hospice of the Washington Home in Washington, D.C. He had pneumonia. He was 84 years old.  Mr. Nicoletopoulos, a national of Greece, became a U.S. citizen in 1986, holding dual citizenship. He was educated at the University of Athens, Greece, and at Columbia University in New York. After practicing in Greece and working briefly in the Legal Department of the United Nations, he joined the IMF's Legal Department in 1949.  There he held a number of positions, rising to be Director from 1979 to 1985. His career spanned the for...

The following obituaries and article were published in the January 21, 2006 issue of The National Herald.  I am providing them as a possible tool for Hellenic genealogy research. ----- Byron ZAHARIAS, Immigrant Physician who Gave his Heart to Helping his Community, Passes Away at 81 By Linda Davis Contra Costa Times  ALAMO, Calif. - Byron Zaharias, believed to be the first physician to set up practice in Alamo, died on December 30 in Red Bluff from a sudden illness. He was 81. Zaharias, a Greek immigrant, made a name for himself as a community leaderin many areas during his 27 years in Alamo, advocating for a new high school and serving as the first committee chairman of the emergency room at John Muir Medical Center when the hospital opened in 1965. He also was the hospital's chief of staff in 1981. Zaharias was a staff surgeon at Kaiser Hospital when he moved his family from Oakland to Contra Costa in the 1950's. He opened a private medical practice ...

The Orthodox Observer, the national publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, functions as the primary news and information connection and is a direct physical link between the Archdiocese, the Metropolises, parishes and individual parishioners. The Orthodox Observer has a section titled "In Memoriam" where they print detailed death notices about clergy, presbytera's, and various other important members of the church. You can access the archives online at  https://www.goarch.org/publications/observer The following are notices printed in the years 2007-2009 January/February 2007 Fr. Nicholas Michael Sitaras Charles S. Sosangelis Fr. George Nicholas Thanos Fr. Peter N. Kyriakos May 2007 Fr. Michael C. Harmand Very Rev. James Mihalakis Fr. Demetrios Kavadas June 2007 Fr. Emmanuel Papageorge Katherine Pappas Margarite Chafos July/August 2007 Fr. Leonidas Kotzakis Presb. Sophronia Tomaras Fr. John H. Paul Fr. Dean Timothy Andre...