Wasko Funeral Home
Bessie T. “Kiki” Kargakos, 71
Poland: Funeral services will be held 10:00am Friday in Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church in Campbell for Bessie T. “Kiki” Kargakos, 71 who passed away Sunday evening in St. Elizabeth Health Center.
Bessie was born Feb. 23, 1939 in Pireaus, Greece, the daughter of Spiros and Julia Koulianos Karatzas and immigrated to the U.S. in 1970 from Athens, Greece.
She was a member of the church and besides being a homemaker she was a cook at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Her husband, Nicholas D. Kargakos, whom she married June 7, 1959, passed away Jan. 11, 2003.
She leaves to cherish her memory two sons, Jim of Lakewood and Angelo of Campbell and their spouses; a granddaughter Viki and an extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins and sisters-in-law.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Nicholas.
The Kargakos family has entrusted their loved one to the care of the Wasko Funeral Home and will receive friends Thursday evening from 5-8pm at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church and Friday morning from 9:30-10am at the church.
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I will be praying for peace and comfort from the LORD for all of you. your Mother was a precious woman .and I will never forget her gentle way, and what a sweetheart she was. Take comfort in knowing she’s with the LORD and we’ll all see her again.GOD bless
In this time of loss and bereavement I wish we weren’t separated by distance. You are in my thoughts and in my prayers. Words just can’t express the sadness I feel. My “theia” Kiki was the kindest, most thoughtful and caring person ever. She always treated me with gentleness and I am so thankful for the brief moments I was lucky enough to have with her. At this sad and difficult time I try to take comfort in the thought that she has passed on to a better place now and is side by side with our father. I will never forget her. I will always love her.