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George T. Vlahos
1931 - 2017
George T. Vlahos
1931 - 2017
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George Vlahos Obituary
George started college later in life and worked a 40-hour week while attending classes. He was the first male to take courses at Mercyhurst College and was a graduate of Gannon College.
He was a Math, Physics and Chemistry teacher in the Erie School District for 22 years, retiring in 1984. In addition to teaching, George was a tax preparer, which, upon his retirement, evolved into a successful family business – Vlahos Accounting, Inc.
He was a member of the Nuova Aurora Club and the Retired Teachers Association and a life member of the Erie Maennerchor Club. He was also a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, where he served as a Eucharistic Minister.
He was an avid fan of the New York Yankees and had the memorabilia to show it. He was so proud of the Cubs winning the World Series. If it wasn't the Yankees, then it had to be the Cubs!
He loved his family, especially his wife Columbia, and would still get a sparkle in his eye every time he saw her. There is no greater love than theirs.
He took great pride in his children's and grandchildren's achievements. If you talked to him, you could see him shine when he spoke about his wife and family.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his great-grandson, Dominic Pagliari; his sisters, Joni Colonna and Lucille Hutzler; and brother, Michael Vlahos.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years Columbia Fargiorgio DiPlacido Vlahos of Erie; three daughters, Deborah Pagliari, RNFA (Raymond), Corinne Dyakon, RPh (William), and Darlene Vlahos, Esq., all of Erie; and one son, Patrick Vlahos, D.O. of Pittsburgh, Pa.; sister-in-law, Maria Vlahos of Peabody, Mass.; and 14 grandchildren, Michelle Maslanka, Nicholas Pagliari, Brian Vlahos, Stephen Pagliari, Jennifer Vlahos, Erin Bosley, Anthony Pagliari, William Dyakon, Jr., Christopher Dyakon, Sarah Peebles, Karren Vlahos, Rebecca Vlahos, Katelynn Vlahos, and Hannah Vlahos. He is also survived by 17 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the John R. Orlando Funeral Home, Inc., 2122 Raspberry Street, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Additional calling hours will be held on Friday at Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 4855 West Ridge Road, from 9 to 10 a.m.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church, 1626 West 26th Street, at 11 a.m. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum.
To continue George's legacy, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Barber Foundation, 100 Barber Place, Erie, PA 16507, or to the Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie, 1645 West 8th St., Erie, PA 16505.
George's family would like to thank Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, Saint Vincent Health Center 4th Floor, their Dialysis Team, Rev. Dennis Martin, and DaVita for their wonderful care.
To send condolences, visit www.orlandofuneralhome.com.
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January 9, 2017
The Vlahos family Sorry to hear about George thoughts and prayers to you all. Dan Biletnikoff
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Philip Papotnik
January 8, 2017
Columbia and Family,
So Very Sorry for Your Loss.
I just heard about Georges Passing late Friday
Philip Papotnik (Raven Sound)
Sherry (Miller) Schaaf
January 7, 2017
Dearest Columbia, Debbie, Corinne, Darlene and Patrick, I send my deepest sympathy to you all on the passing of your beloved George. I have the BEST childhood memories of spending time at your home on West 25th Street, and am so happy I was able to talk with George again at Westminster Family Medicine a few years ago. He was certainly a terrific man and will be sorely missed.
Lisa Seth Causgrove
January 6, 2017
Corinne and Family, I was sorry to hear of your dads passing. I have memories of both of your parents being such nice people. I know what a difficult time this is for you all. Please know you're in my thoughts and prayers old friend.
January 6, 2017
Columbia ,Darlene & Vlahos family. We want to extend our deepest sympathy on George's passing. Our thoughts & prayers are with you. Jack & Shirley Jordan.
Art & Diane Tubbs
January 6, 2017
Dear Columbia and family,
May the happy memories help you and your family ease the pain of your loss. Your in our thoughts and prayers with sincerest sympathy.
Ron and Paula Avione
January 6, 2017
Vlahos family,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
Ron and Paula Avione
January 6, 2017
Vlahos family,
January 6, 2017
Please accept our deepest sympathies.
Ange&Came DeSanto
January 6, 2017
Dear Columbia & Family,
Our deepest sympathy for you loss.
Gerge was a fine Gentleman. May God give you all strength
at this time..
Most sincerely,
Ange & Carme DeSanto
January 6, 2017
Columbia & Family
Your marriage & life together are an example each of us should pattern - family first.
I thought I loved the Yankees & baseball, but was no match for George & Columbia.
God continue to bless you as we share in your loss.
Trudy & Dave DeCarolis
Cape Coral, FL
Rene DiBello Menc
January 6, 2017
Columbia and family,
Our deepest sympathy for the loss of this wonderful,wise man. My parents both treasured his friendship,and I have many fond memories of George and Columbia throughout the years. Keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers...
Sincerely
Rene DiBello Menc & Richard Menc
Danny & Judy Perfetto
January 5, 2017
Columbia
So sorry for your loss.
Jimmy Perfetto
January 5, 2017
Columbia
Our condolences on the passing of George he was always a friend .
Nancy DiLoreto Langowski
January 5, 2017
Dear Debbie and Family, I am so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with the Vlahos family during this most difficult time. May you find peace and comfort with the help of family, friends and memories.
Donald pulice
January 5, 2017
Dear Vlahos Family
Our thoughts & prayers to all your family.
George & I go back a long time . We spent many days at St Marys gym playing basketball.
Later in life we always seemed to see him and
Columbia In church & even St Marys During my stay . Rest in peace . God Bless
Don & Rinda Pulice
Dunedin Florida
Cecelia & Dianne Payne
January 5, 2017
Columbia & Family:
We are so sorry to hear about George's passing. May God bless you and your family.
Mary Adiutori
January 5, 2017
Greatest math teacher I ever had. Strong Vincent High School.
David Zaffino
January 5, 2017
I am so sorry for you loss. Mr. Vlahos was a great teacher. He made Chemistry a fun learning experience. He had a good sense of humor and incorporated that into his teaching. I feel blessed to have met him and had him as a teacher (Class of 1981 - Tech Memorial)
Debby Heubel-Manczka
January 5, 2017
Corinne and Family.
So sorry to hear of your father's passing. I will keep you all in my prayers.
Bernadine Caldwell
January 5, 2017
Columbia and family,
You have my sincere sympathy on the death of George. He was a long time friend, beginning with working together at Strong Vincent and contiinuing to being neighbors for several years. My prayers are extended to the entire family.
Bob Ferragine
January 5, 2017
To the Vlahos family,
I was deeply saddened to hear of George's passing.George has been doing our taxes for many years and my wife and I also knew George from teaching for the Erie School District.
George was such a great guy and treated everyone with great respect.
Whenever we went in to see George we always talked about sports,family and our old teaching days.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Bob nd Carol Ferragine
Wally & Shelly Brown
January 5, 2017
Debbie & Family, Our deepest sympathy, we pray that in the midst of your sorrow you find comfort in all the joyful memories shared.
Gery Nietupski
January 5, 2017
To the Vlahos Family--- Please accept my deepest condolences on George's passing. May your many memories of a life well lived bring you comfort in the days ahead.
January 5, 2017
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Marietta Ledonne
January 5, 2017
Corrine,
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences to you and your family.
Marietta (Fachetti) Ledonne
Jody Donovan
January 4, 2017
Dear Vlahos Family~
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. May God be with all of you at this difficult time in your life. What a great man George was. I will always be forever grateful for both his and Columbia's kind and encouraging words to me after many of my losses. I too went to college to become a teacher a little later while also working. During many visits to Dorothy's house or her family's special events, George and Columbia always made a point of asking how school was going for me. Thank you George and Columbia for all of your special prayers. It's people like you that make the world a better place.
Debra/Barry Capell
January 4, 2017
A most interesting guy who loved life and his family - he did our taxes for many years and we always enjoyed visiting with him at that time. Love to all, especially Columbia and Darlene. You are a very special family who had a very special husband and father. God bless!
January 4, 2017
My sincere sympathy to Mr. Vlahos's family. He was a wonderful teacher - not only in science class but also about life's lessons. He always spoke fondly of his wife and family.
Michele (Brown) Sokolowski - Tech Memorial '77
January 4, 2017
Corinne, Bill and boys,
Please accept our sympathy on the loss of your father and grandfather. It was apparent that he took great pride in all of your accomplishments and truly loved his family dearly. Always the teacher, I remember Billy and Chris counting the coins from his pockets when he was visiting. He certainly will live on through your memories of cherished times spent with him. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
The Sadaly Family
The Fried Family
January 4, 2017
Condolences to the Vlahos family from the family of the late Jim Fried. Jim always spoke fondly of George during the many years he worked for Vlahos Accounting. They're surely reminiscing now inside the pearly gates.
Robert and Janice Koca
January 4, 2017
We wish to extend our condolences to the family of George Vlahos. May God bless you during these troubling times
Karen Schwenk Rivera
January 4, 2017
Columbia my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I've known you and George most my life, he was a great man and I'm very sad to hear of his passing. I pray that God will put his arms around you and your family to comfort you during this difficult time.
Carol DiBello
January 4, 2017
Dear Vlahos Family, I was shocked to see that you have lost George. My deepest condolences. I have so many good memories of him and your family when we lived across the street from each other on West 25th St. Columbia, Darlene, Corrine, Debbie, Patrick you are in my heart and my prayers for strength and peace go out to you.
Carol DiBello
Christine McClure
January 4, 2017
Darlene, Deborah, Ray, Corinne and family--
Deepest sympathy on the loss of George. He was surely a member of that Greatest Generation.
Kris (Lombardo) Copeland
January 4, 2017
My deepest sympathies. He was a great teacher
George & George in October 2016
Evelyn & Marty DePalma
January 4, 2017
Dear Debbie, Corinne, and Pat, Marty and I send our condolences and prayers, your Dad was a light in your lives and he was the best friend that our Dad could ever have. God bless you and your families!
Paula Lojak
January 4, 2017
Debbie, My condolences to you and your family at this time of sorrow
Ron and Mary Zimmer / Zimmer's Service Center, Inc.
January 4, 2017
Our sincere sympathies to Columbia and all of the Vlahos family. We were so sad to hear of the loss of one of the greatest men in Erie. Everytime I walked into his office, the first thing he asked me was "how is Mary?" (my wife). He was instrumental in building my business. I will never forget that he prepared a three-year projection for the bank loan and charged me nothing. George understood people and what they needed to make their dreams come true. A teacher to the end, he taught me to be a businessman with a heart. He will be missed.
Mary Jane Carson
January 4, 2017
Dear Debbie, Ray, Nick, Steve and Anthony, my deepest sympathies are with you and your families, on the loss of your dad, father-in-law and grandpa. May he be resting in peace with our Lord and all the Angels. God Bless George and all of you. With love, prayers and sympathy. Mary Jane
Carole (Cacchione) Theiss
January 4, 2017
To Columbia,
Sincerest sympathy and prayers to you and your family.
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