HELEN TSOURAS

1921 - 2015

HELEN TSOURAS Helen Tsouras, of Los Angeles, fell asleep in the Lord Saturday, May 16, 2015. She was born May 30 1921, in Salt Lake City, to Petros and Evangelia Zolintakis, from the Island of Crete, Greece. She was one of 10 children. During World War II, Helen worked for the Army at Fort Douglas. In 1947, she married her sweetheart, Ted Tsouras, and moved to Las Vegas, where she resided for 63 years. She was a founder of the Greek Orthodox Philoptochos (Friends of the Poor) Society in the 1950s and one of the first board members of the newly founded St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in 1962. She remained a pillar of the church all of her life. Her husband, of 50 years, passed away in 1998. Helen is survived by her sister, Billie Salevouris of San Francisco; her son, Peter Tsouras (Patricia) of Alexandria, Va.; her daughter, Lynn Doering (Bruce), of Los Angeles; her grandchildren, Ted Tsouras (Erika) of Flagstaff, Ariz., Peter Tsouras (Erin) of Washington, D.C., Katie Doering (Eric Puestow) of Los Angeles, and Kathryn Hornbeck (Joseph) of Arlington, Va.; and great-granddaughters, Eleni and Althea Tsouras. Helen devoted herself to her family and church. Her daughter remembers that Helen set such a high bar for us and gave us such strong foundations in life. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 26. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 27, all at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 5300 El Camino Road, Las Vegas, NV. Burial following at Palm Memorial Park-Downtown, 1325 N. Main St., Las Vegas. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 5300 South El Camino Road, Las Vegas, NV 89118.