Helen Bourandas

Helen Bourandas, 87, of Roswell will be laid to rest at South Park Cemetery. A memorial graveside service is scheduled Friday, February 25, 2011 at 11:00 am at South Park Cemetery with Father Bob Tally officiating. She passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at Mission Arch Care Center in Roswell. Helen was born September 2, 1923, to George Georgeas and Panoria Honjas Georgeas in Detroit, Michigan. She married her loving husband of sixty- three years on December 26, 1947 at the Holy Church of Annunciation in Detroit, Michigan. She has been a part of the Roswell community for the past 25 years moving here from Butler, Pennsylvania. “Family, Family, Family” would best describe Helen’s interests. She was Greek, Mexican, and so “American” in cooking and baking. Helen was awed by sunrises, sunsets, the stars, and planets. In her spare time she would knit or crochet and was delighted by the birds that fed in the backyard and turtles that came to her back door for feeding. She attended services at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church and loved to read her Bible. She had many family, friends, and acquaintances who will miss her dearly. Those left behind to cherish her memory are her husband Dimitro Bourandas; children: Becky Robertson and husband Andy of Roswell, Vanessa Bourandas of Powell Wyoming, Kathy Bourandas of Riverton Wyoming, and Michael Bourandas of Stockton, CA; grandchildren: Greg Robertson and wife Ashlee, JoJo Robertson Weast and husband John, Alexander Bourandas and wife Emily of Houston, TX, and Artemus Bourandas of Iraq; great grandchildren: Michael and Tyler Robertson of West Lafayette, IN, and Fergus Bourandas of Houston, TX; nieces and nephews: Kathleen Tavoularis, Pandora Buterakos, Charles Tavoularis, Nikolas Tavoularis, Elias Tavoularis, Leonidas Tavoularis, Pierre Tavoularis, Diana Georgeas, Maria Georges, George Georges, Byron Georges, and Peter Georgeas; daughter in law Angelina Bourandas of Stockton, CA; grand nieces and nephews; great grand nieces and nephews; and friends and acquaintances who were like family both near and far away, you know who you are, who visited, called or prayed for Helen. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Mary Tavoularis and Calliope Pappas; and brothers Peter Georgeas, Mathew Georgeas, and Charles Georges. A special thanks to Father Bob and Bess, for all the support shown through this most difficult time in our lives. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Roswell Huamane Society. Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory.

Helen Bourandas

September 2, 1923 - February 18, 2011