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Calliope Patricousis (Grandma Gialas) aged 115 years,eldest known area resident,died Tuesday,Feb.16,1965,at 2:45 o'clock at her home,736 Broad Ave.,Belle Vernon. She was born in Mesta,Chios,Greece on March 10,1849. She came to Stockdale from Greece in 1921,moving to Belle Vernon in 1951. She was a member of St.Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church,Monessen. Surviving are a daughter,Mrs.James (Virginia) Gialas,with whom she made her home since coming to this country,10 grandchildren,5 of whom are Mary Salidis and George Gialas,of Philadelphia,Irene Retos,of Monongahela,Caroline,at home and Angeline,of Baltimore,Md. Also surviving are 13 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband,Andrew in 1917. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Friday,Feb.19,at 12:30 p.m.followed by additional rites at Sr.Spyridon G.O.Church,Monessen. Interment,Belle Vernon Cemetery. Trisagion services at the funeral home,Feb.17,at 9 p.m.and Feb.18 at 9 p.m. Shelby D.Ferguson,funeral director.

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