Irene Veneris Antoniadis ascended to heaven on the day of our Lord, Friday May 22, 2020. She was preceded in heaven by her husband of 52 years, Mercurie Antoniadis, their daughter Maria Smalis, her mother Fotini Veneris and her two brothers Angelo and Lazarus Veneris.
She is survived by her son Michael Antoniadis (Linda), her son Demetrios Antoniadis (Wendy), her son-in-law Kosmas Smalis (Debbie), her granddaughter Vassilia Edwards (Donnie) and great grandson Thomas Edwards. Also, many more extended family members, including nephews and nieces in Burlington Kentucky, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Jacksonville Florida, Alexandria Egypt, Melbourne Australia and various towns, villages and islands in Greece.
Born in Alexandria Egypt in 1932, in 1966 she immigrated to the United States with her family and resided in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she worked for the Pittsburgh Board of Education. She was a member of The St. Nicholas Cathedral Greek Orthodox Church of Pittsburg. In 1988 she and Mercurie retired and moved to Tarpon Springs, Florida where they lived the good life in the Sunshine State.
The two most important things in her life were her family and her Greek Orthodox religion. She is loved and will be missed dearly.