- Date Of Birth: March 29, 1924
- Date Of Death: November 20, 2018
- State: Connecticut
George P. Anastasion, a man with roots and wings
George Pericles Anastasion, 94, passed away November 20, 2018 at his home in Orange. He was born in New Haven on March 29, 1924 to Eleni and Savas Anastasion, Greek immigrants from Turkey and owners of the Empire Quality Market on Chapel Street. He was a kind and fiercely loyal son who inherited his parents’ energetic and remarkably forward-thinking perspective.
He proudly attended Barnard Elementary School, Hillhouse High School, and Yale University class of 1945W where he earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree, graduated as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, and served as an officer on USS Cohocton during WWII. George married Nita Andreas, an elementary school teacher, in 1949 and they enjoyed an extraordinarily loving and supportive marriage for over 69 years. Even near the end of his life his thoughts were about Nita and her care. Theirs was a true love story.
George was an excellent musician who filled his family home with music and continued to study guitar, bouzouki, banjo, and music theory through the years. He entertained at hospice, Yale Nursing School, and with the Elm City Banjo Society. He began his career at Berger Brothers, reorganizing the factory assembly plan and at the Empire Quality Market with his father. Then George moved on to work at Southern New England Telephone Company for over 30 years in plant engineering, economic forecasting, and real estate management.
He is predeceased by brothers Steven and Paul. He is survived by the love of his life, Nita; daughters Cathy, Jean Rubera (Donald), Sarali (James), and grandsons Grayson and DJ. George was fiercely loving, creative, and generous of spirit – a man with roots and wings – and he is dearly missed.
