Christina Spanos Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Christina Spanos, 80, of Nitro passed away early Friday morning, December 9, 2011 at Thomas Memorial Hospital following complications of a short, but hard fought illness. She was born January 24, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan to her loving Greek immigrant parents, George Dallakouras and Katina Argiropoulos. Shortly after graduating from Wayne State University ?where she played violin in the school orchestra ? she met and later married Dr. Michael G. Spanos, the one and only love of her life, and eventually settled into West Virginia as their permanent home. After his untimely death in 1964, she returned to school and earned her Degree in Education from West Virginia State College and later her Masters at WVU. She taught in the Kanawha County School system at West Sattes Elementary and Nitro Elementary until her retirement in 1989. She continued to work after retirement tutoring students in math and English and volunteered as an IRS tax return preparer through the 1990?s. She is survived by her loving son, George Michael and now peacefully resides in the House of the Lord, reunited after 47 devoted years with the one and only love of her life for all eternity. Visitation will be held Tuesday, December 13 from 11:00 a.m. to noon at Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home in St. Albans followed by a graveside service to be conducted by Father Louis Scoulas of St. John?s Greek Orthodox Church at 1:30 p.m. at Cunningham Memorial Park?s Garden of Resurrection section.