Mersina KARAKLA

16 SEP 1910 - 5 NOV 2006

• BIRTH: 16 SEP 1910, Pamfela, Mytelene, Greece
• DEATH: 5 NOV 2006, Newport, Newport County, RI

1.  Stanley HIOTAS

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[N14703] Birth: Sep. 16, 1910
Death: Nov. 5, 2006
Mersina J. (Karakla) Hiotas, 96, of 156 Kay Street, Newport, RI, died at Heatherwood Nursing and Subacute Center, Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Demetrios S. Hiotas. Born in Pamfela, Mytelene, Greece, she was the daughter of the late Efstratios and Penelope Karakla.
Mrs. Hiotas came to America as a 19 year old bride on March 17, 1930. She settled in Newport in 1931, where Demetrios (Jimmy) owned and operated the Quality Lunch on Broadway. Mrs. Hiotas belonged to St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, the Philoptochos Society, the Daughters of Penelope, and the Providence College Mothers in the 1950's. Mrs. Hiotas worked for the Red Cross during World War II. She was the loving mother and Yia Yia of Stanley J. and his wife Julia Hiotas of Granger, IN, Penelope J. Hiotas of Warwick, RI and Charles J. Hiotas of Ada, MI, her grandchildren, Theresa Lauer, Cecilia Anderson, Carol Culligan, Marlene G. Medeiros, George J. Kanary, Jennifer West and James S. Hiotas, nine great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and her many friends at Heatherwood.Funeral services were held in St. Spyridon's Greek Orthodox Church, 390 Thames Street, Newport.
Spouse: James S Hiotas (1896 - 1961)*
Burial: Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Newport County,Rhode Island