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Andrew Galanos
Posted 5/20/07
Andrew Galanos, 95 MILTON - Andrew Galanos of Milton passed away Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Green Valley Terrace Nursing Home in Millsboro. He was 95. He was born in Detroit and raised in …
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Andrew Galanos
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Andrew Galanos, 95
MILTON - Andrew Galanos of Milton passed away Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Green Valley Terrace Nursing Home in Millsboro. He was 95.
He was born in Detroit and raised in Philadelphia, son of the late Peter and Caliope (Andrews) Galanos.
Mr. Galanos entered the military service in 1943 and became a member of the 26th Infantry Division, which went overseas that year. He was a Battle of the Bulge survivor and was awarded six medals and two oak leaf clusters. He was honorably discharged in Germany in May 1946 and attained the rank of technical sergeant.
He was then immediately hired by the war department in Frankfurt, Germany, and worked for the government from 1946 to 1952. Upon returning to the U.S., he was then hired by Sunbeam Oster Corp., Philadelphia, and retired in 1976.
Mr. Galanos was a member of the Masonic Lodge St. Alban Swain 529 at the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley Chapter Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Karin V. Galanos, in 2005; and his son, Colin Andrew Galanos, in 2005.
He is survived by his daughter, Heather Galanos Hogan and her husband Bernie of Evansville, Ind.; two grandchildren, Colin and Mallory Hogan; and two nieces, Kitty Capetanakis and Callie Jackson.
A graveside service will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel, Millsboro, where friends may call that morning from 8:30 to 9:30 at the Long Neck Chapel of Melson Funeral Services, Long Neck Road, Millsboro. The Rev. Randy Booth will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in Andrew's name to Conley's United Methodist Church Building Fund, 22150 Robinsonville Road, Lewes, DE 19958.
MILTON - Andrew Galanos of Milton passed away Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Green Valley Terrace Nursing Home in Millsboro. He was 95.
He was born in Detroit and raised in Philadelphia, son of the late Peter and Caliope (Andrews) Galanos.
Mr. Galanos entered the military service in 1943 and became a member of the 26th Infantry Division, which went overseas that year. He was a Battle of the Bulge survivor and was awarded six medals and two oak leaf clusters. He was honorably discharged in Germany in May 1946 and attained the rank of technical sergeant.
He was then immediately hired by the war department in Frankfurt, Germany, and worked for the government from 1946 to 1952. Upon returning to the U.S., he was then hired by Sunbeam Oster Corp., Philadelphia, and retired in 1976.
Mr. Galanos was a member of the Masonic Lodge St. Alban Swain 529 at the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley Chapter Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Karin V. Galanos, in 2005; and his son, Colin Andrew Galanos, in 2005.
He is survived by his daughter, Heather Galanos Hogan and her husband Bernie of Evansville, Ind.; two grandchildren, Colin and Mallory Hogan; and two nieces, Kitty Capetanakis and Callie Jackson.
A graveside service will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel, Millsboro, where friends may call that morning from 8:30 to 9:30 at the Long Neck Chapel of Melson Funeral Services, Long Neck Road, Millsboro. The Rev. Randy Booth will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in Andrew's name to Conley's United Methodist Church Building Fund, 22150 Robinsonville Road, Lewes, DE 19958.
