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DATE: Saturday, March 25, 1995               TAG: 9503250291
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

JOHNNIE N. KANTIRAKIS SR.

Johnnie Nick Kantirakis Sr., 53, died March 23, 1995, in his residence.

Mr. Kantirakis was born in Suffolk. He was a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant after 23 years and was a veteran of Vietnam. He was also retired from Astro Pak as office manager after 10 years. He was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Kantirakis; four sons, Nick Autry Kantirakis of Norfolk, Johnnie Nick Kantirakis Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, Michael S. Kantirakis and Anthony T. Kantirakis, all of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Mary Halvis of Warren, Ohio, and Billie Eliadis of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; and two grandchildren, Heather and Alexa.

A Mass of Resurrection will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church by Fr. Justin Withrow, OSB. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the American Cancer Society. Military honors will be accorded at the grave.

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