Obituary of Spero Trakas

Spero Pete Trakas Columbia, SC A funeral service celebrating the life of Spero Pete Trakas, 86, widower of the late Virgie Blanken Trakas of Columbia will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 19, 2010 in Greenlawn Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dennis Banks, officiating. Military honors and interment will follow in Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials in honor of Spero Pete Trakas to: First Baptist Church of Columbia-T.V., P.O. Box 1000, Columbia, SC 29202. Mr. Trakas passed away on Monday, August 16, 2010. He was born in Gaffney, SC to the late Spero Pete Trakas, Sr. of Arahova(Sparta) Greece and Iva Neely Trakas of Mooresville, NC. He was a WWII Purple Heart Veteran of the United States Army that was wounded in St. Lo, France. Mr. Trakas owned several small businesses in Spartanburg, SC, but his most successful was a snack cake business in the Columbia and surrounding areas from 1976 until his retirement. Surviving are his children, Gerrie Scott, Pete (Dot) Trakas, Danny (Shirley) Trakas, Bill (Carol) Trakas, Genell Chavis, David (Rosa) Trakas and Sharon Foster; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren that will miss him dearly. Our father was a very loving and generous person which was displayed each and every weekend when he dropped food/snacks at Oliver Gospel Mission and Prison Ministry. Our family cannot sufficiently express our thanks to the following: First Baptist Church of Columbia-T.V. Ministry, Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center-Red Team, Rest Assured-Ms. Ann and the staff at Heartland of Columbia. The family has entrusted Greenlawn Funeral Home with the arrangements.