Demetrious A. Mavromatis

MAVROMATIS, Demetrious A. Demetrious A. Mavromatis, 74, of West Hartford, and Athens, Greece, beloved husband of Josephine (Lobasz) Mavromatis, died, Thursday (June 7, 2007) at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He was born in Agrinion, Greece son of the late Athanasios and Maria (Theodorou) Mavromatis, and immigrated to Connecticut in the 1960's, he had lived in West Hartford since 1983. He was a well known Professor of Political Science, having taught for 18 years at Nathaniel Hawthorne College, Antrim, NH, he later taught in the Connecticut Community College system and St. Joseph College, West Hartford. Professor Mavromatis received his LL.B (Law Degree) from the University of Athens, a diploma in International Economics, from the London School of Economics, his master degree in International Relations from Lehigh University, Lehigh, PA, and a Masters Degree in History from Clark University, Worcester, MA and had completed studies for his Ph.D. at Clark University. He was a longtime member of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral. He enjoyed traveling and good company. He and his wife enjoyed traveling yearly to Greece and other European countries. He will be sorely missed by all his many friends here and abroad. He was a loving husband, brother, a loyal and devoted friend and a superb lecturer and entertaining, good humored raconteur and story teller. Besides his wife he is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, John and Filio Mavromatis of Athens, Greece; and daughter Anna Maria Mavromatis; a sister Norma Deligiannis and her sons, George and his wife Maria Deligiannis and their children, Kimon and Pantelis Deligiannis, Anna Maria Deligiannis; and son Philip and his wife Katerina Deligiannis all of Greece. A brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Raymond and Joann Lobasz of Vermont; a niece Kristen Touma and her husband Guy of Southington, and their children, Matthew and Nicholas; a nephew, Michael Lobasz and his wife Jennifer and their son, Jacek of Shelton; a niece, Karen Lobasz of New Canaan. He leaves many loving friends, among them, Michael Economou of Shrewsbury, MA, Michael Monroe of Arlington, VA, Rosemary Martocchio of Ellington, and Jacqueline Boxer particularly for her loving support. The family wishes to express their appreciation to, Dr. Barrak of St. Francis Hospital for his kind and compassionate care, loving attention and friendship, as well as Dr. Petruff, Dr. Shumway, Dr. Reale and the nurses and staff at St. Francis, especially Mary Hebb who provided care throughout his illness. The family would also like to thank the staff at St. Mary's Home, West Hartford. The funeral will be Monday, June 11, 10 a.m. in St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 433 Fairfield Ave., Hartford, with the Rev. James Bogiatzis officiating, burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Visiting hours will be TODAY, 2-4 p.m. at The Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke., Wethersfield, a Trisayion service will be held TODAY, 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Contributions in his memory may be made to: St. Francis Foundation, 114 Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105, or St. Francis Cancer Center, 114 Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105 or National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, 364 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02111. To share a memory with the family, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com.