Above: "Big Pa Pou" Charles (Kostaki) Stathis (Stathoyianopolis) Father of Demothenes C. Stathis

 

 

Above: Demothenes C. Stathis with His Mother and Father

 

 

Above: Demothenes C. Stathis and Brother Pete Stathis

 

Above: Pete Delaporta 1921 Syracuse, WWI Veteran, Future Patriarch...not yet a Father of the 4 Girls

 

He was always trying various occupations. See Thea Eleni's Memoriers

Link to Thea Eleni's Memoriers

 

 

Above: Delaporta Family: Matriarch Theodora (Center), Pete (little Pa Pou), Paraskevi (Nouna), 4 Girls: Eleni, Barbara, Maria, Corina

 

 

Above: 4 Delaporta Sisters

 

 

Above: Maria Delaporta (Stathis), HS Graduation, Central High, Syracuse 1943. Maria was an Honor Student and was also awarded at Graduation the Virgil Medal for Latin. Maria was Salutatorian from Roosevelt Jr. High School 4 years earlier.

 

 

Above: Demo C. Stathis, believed to be his High School Senior Photo

 

 

Above: Greek School 1935, Maria age 9 in front Row. Includes her sister, Barbara, and other lifelong Greek friends. Such a cast of characters, all the first generation children of turn-of-the-centery Greek Immigrants coalesced in Syracuse, N.Y. One can understand the bond that they all felt and shared in Syracuse, and for many, shared for their whole lives.

 

Above: Maria by Classic Car, Downtown Syracuse

 

Above: Young Maria, maybe still Delaporta, Maybe Newlywed Mrs. D.C. Stathis