[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JOHN N. DEOUDES

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 18, 2014

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, it is with sadness and pride that I ask my 
colleagues to join me in celebrating the life of the grandfather of one 
of my employees, John Nicholas Deoudes, who passed away on February 12, 
2014 at the age of 90.
  Born Ioannis Nickolas Deoudes in the village of Apeiranthos on the 
Greek island of Naxos, Mr. Deoudes took the name John after coming to 
the United States as a child. He graduated from Roosevelt High School 
of Washington, DC in 1942, becoming a U.S. citizen shortly thereafter 
and serving in the Army during World War II. Mr. Deoudes then operated 
a vending machine business in the Washington, DC area for nearly seven 
decades.
  Mr. Deoudes served on the national board of the American Hellenic 
Educational Progressive Association and a member of the American Legion 
where he was a past president of his local chapter. He was a founding 
member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda and in Ocean 
City, Md., and was a past president of the parish council at the Saint 
Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Washington, DC. He was given the 
title of archon for his work with the Greek Orthodox Church, which 
included membership in the ``Leadership 100'' endowment fund.
  John N. Deoudes was blessed with a loving family who were all greatly 
impacted by his insatiable spirit and zest for life. To put it plainly, 
he and his entire family ``never had it so good.'' He shared his life 
with his wife of 64 years, Mary Scounas Deoudes, his four children, 
Nick Deoudes, Bill Deoudes, Tom Deoudes, and Jo Ann D. Calomiris of 
Washington; and eight grandchildren, Valerie (Michael), John Nicholas, 
Andrea, John William, Angelica, Dimitri, Alexa and Julia.
  Mr. Speaker, John N. Deoudes great man in the many communities in 
which he lived and worked. I ask all my distinguished colleagues to 
join me in celebrating his life, and honoring the many people whose 
lives are better for having intersected their paths with his.

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