Angelo Peter Demos

Obituary of Angelo "Ange" Peter Demos
(October 17, 1924 November 7, 2024)
Angelo "Ange" Peter Demos was born on October 17, 1924 and passed away on November 7, 2024.
He was 100 years old.
Ange had an immeasurable zest for life and was positive, kind, and encouraging to everyone he met. Ange would often meet someone, ask them about themselves, and immediately tell them how great they were. He made everyone he met feel valued, appreciated, and loved.
One of Anges proudest accomplishments was fighting for our countrys freedom in World War II. As a World War II combat soldier, Ange fought in the greatest battle of the greatest war in U.S. history, The Battle of the Bulge. As a member of the 35th Infantry Division part of General George S. Patton's Third Army he fought in the Central Europe, Ardennes, and Rhineland campaigns in the European Theatre. Ange enlisted in the army as a private in 1942 and fought continuously in combat from October 1944 through May 1945. He remained in the reserves for more than thirty years where he rose to the rank of full bird colonel. As a reservist, he worked in intelligence at the Pentagon and later became the commandant for the 3387th Miami USAR School at The University of Miami. His many military accolades include The Bronze Star, The Legion of Merit, The French Legion of Honor. He is also a member of the 35th Infantry Division Hall of Fame and his picture hangs in the 35th Division Museum in Topeka, Kansas. Anges experience of sacrifice and triumph in WWII imbued him with a hunger for life that stayed with him to his final breaths.
Ange was born in Trenton, New Jersey. His family eventually moved to New York where he was the president of his senior high school class. He proudly attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was president of his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta. At Penn, he also starred in several shows with the Mask and Wig Musical Comedy Troupe where he was an accomplished actor and phenomenal singer.
Ange later attended the University of Miami School of Law. He was president of his law school fraternity, a member of ODK honor society, and director of the moot court. Upon graduating from law school, he had a successful law practice and was a member of the Florida Bar. Ange was a very prominent attorney in South Florida for seventy-one years.
In the community, Ange was a proud member of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Miami. He served on the Parish Council for twenty years and was the president of the Parish Council for six years. He was also a lawyer for The Diocese of Atlanta, served on The Archdiocesan Council of North and South America and was invested as an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the highest layman honor in the Greek Orthodox Church.
To Ange, family was life. Ange and his wife, Chrissie Demos, met on a blind date so colossally successful that it resulted in a sixty-one-year marriage. Chrissie managed Anges successful law office until earlier this year when Ange finally retired at the age of ninety-nine. The couple have two accomplished daughters, and four wonderful grandchildren. Their elder daughter, Stephanie Demos, is a prominent local lawyer and co-founder of the Miami theater company, Zoetic Stage. Their younger daughter, Cynthia Demos, owns a media company and is a well-known Emmy Award-winning former local TV news anchor.
Anges legacy of character, patriotism, love, and joie de vivre lives on in his wife and daughters, in his grandchildren, Katherine Demos-Brown, Jillian Demos-Brown, Brooke Rubino, and Gibson Rubino; with his sons-in-law, Christopher Brown and Matthew Rubino; and with his niece and nephews, Denise Demos, Mark Demos, Paul Demos, Andrew Demos, and Charlie Demos.
Colonel Angelo P. Demos was a proud American, a devoted church member, and a role model of a loving husband and great father. He loved being with his family, traveling, eating gourmet food, and attending musical theater. He died peacefully to the sound of grand old show tunes sung by those he most loved.
The viewing will be on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 5:30pm-8:30pm and the funeral will be on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 10am. Both the viewing and funeral are at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral at 2401 SW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL 33129.
After the funeral on November 20th, the internment with full military honors will be held at the South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth, FL, 33449.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in memory of Angelo Demos at https://pushpay.com/g/saintsophiamiami.
For more information or to leave condolences go to: https://www.stanfillfh.com/tributes.
Services
Visitation
Tuesday
November 19, 2024
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
2401 SW 3rd Ave
Miami, FL 33129
Service
Wednesday
November 20, 2024
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
2401 SW 3rd Ave
Miami, FL 33129
Cemetery
Florida National Cemetery
6502 SW 102nd Avenue
Bushnell, FL 33513