Nicholas Joseph Surian

Nicholas Joseph Surian

Nicholas Joseph Surian of Biloxi passed away on Sunday, October 3, 2004, in Ocean Springs, MS.

He worked in the seafood industry in Biloxi and retired as a boat captain in the oil industry in Louisiana. He was a member of the Slavonian Benevolent Society and he was a Catholic.

Mr. Surian was an outstanding fisherman who began shrimping at the age of 10. He could throw a 12 foot castnet from waist deep water and was an excellent swimmer and diver. He loved eating pusharatas and persimmons and probably knew where every persimmon tree was in Biloxi and D'Iberville. He cherished the Farmers Market at Point Cadet, drinking morning coffee at McElroy's Restaurant and eating at the Slavonian Lodge.

Mr. Surian was preceded in death by his parents, Doma and Sam Surian; his first wife, Audrey; his second wife, Joyce; a brother, Matthew; six sisters, Katherine Pitalo, Jacobina Adams, Leopolda Taker, Matilda Neumann, Adele Kuluz and Mary Surian and a great granddaughter, Jessica Windham.

He is survived by a brother, Sam, of Woolmarket; two daughters, Jo Ann Windham of Pascagoula and Toni Repka of Brandon, MS; three sons, Nick of Biloxi, Danny and Gary of D'Iberville; ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He is also survived by his special nieces, Pat Caillavet, Joyce Glenn and Gloria Cruso of Biloxi and Kerry Neumann of Ocean Springs plus many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at 12 noon at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi where friends may visit from 10 a.m. till service time. Burial will follow in Biloxi City Cemetery.