BY DIMITRIOS PANAGOS GREEK NEWS GREEK AMERICAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER WWW.GREEKNEWSONLINE.COM JULY 5, 2013 CONCORD DINER CO-OWNER CHARLIE TSEMPELIS WHO IS FROM PELETA, KYNOURIAS, ARCADIA GREECE AND PARTNER OF TOM CHELIOTIS OF POULITHRA, KYNOURIAS WERE FRIENDS FOR OVER 60 YRS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR 33 YEARS TILL THE FATAL ACCIDENT EARLY THURSDAY JULY 4TH, 2013 ENDED IN TRAGEDY. TOM CHELIOTIS WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 CAMRY WESTBOUND TO WORK WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN CAR ACCIDENT WITH A CAR DRIVEN BY ANOTHER GREEK AMERICAN 23YR OLD FROM THE MERRICK GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. SPEAKING WITH FR. NIKIFOROS OF ST. DEMETRIOS THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY SOPHIA PANAGIOTAKIS, WHO WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM ASTORIA, NY. THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO NASSAU COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER AND RELEASED. UNOFFICIAL REPORTS TELL US THAT PANAGIOTAKIS FAMILY IS OWNER OF THE GOLDEN REEF DINER IN ROCKVILLE CENTRE. THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN BELLMORE-MERRICK BORDER. IN AN INTERVIEW THIS MORNING MR. CHARLIE TSEMPELIS SAID "HE WILL MISS HIS GOOD FRIEND AND PARTNER , HE WAS A GOOD MAN, WE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS, ITS VERY SAD". GREEK NEWS LEARNED THAT THE FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE MONDAY JULY 8TH, 2013 AT ST. DEMETRIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IN MERRICK LOCATED ON HEWLETT AVE. CONCORD DINER WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY TO PAY RESPECT TO HIS LONG TIME FRIEND.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:57:07 +0000
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