In Memory of Nicholas S. Koutouzis

Nicholas S. Koutouzis who died February 5th 2003 was 67 years young moved mountains but was unable to beat lung cancer. He was:

A graduate of the School of Economics at the University of Athens, Greece; an importer and exporter of natural sea sponges; a man who sailed his sailboat without any previous instruction; a man who bid for property at Massouri Beach, Kalymnos, and won while his family looked on in awe; a man who when his business went bad in New York was the first sponge businessman to revitalize the sponge industry in Tarpon Springs, Florida; a wonderful father, a loving grandfather who went bowling and ice skating and played baseball and liked his salt-in both life and on his food.

He kept his good humor to the end and never lost hope. He had a good life but he wasn't ready to go and we weren't ready to lose him. He was my father and I will miss him forever.

Virginia Koutouzis Stamatakis