Nicholas, "Nick", fell asleep in Christ surrounded by his loving family, after fighting a courageous six year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
He was the only child of Vasilios and Maria (Panagakis) Gavrelos, and was preceded in death by them.
Born in Skopi (Bedeni), Tripolis Greece, from the time Nick was a young boy, war ravaged his country. The Nazi Germans invaded his village in 1942 and used his home as one of their headquarters until 1944.
In 1948, he was drafted into the Greek Army and served during the height of the Communist-led revolt against the Greek government. He served honorably for two years and was recognized for his bravery and valor during numerous altercations high in the mountains of Greece,including the battles Lillieas, Makrakomis, and Sperhiodos. After the defeat of the communists he served as a military police officer helping to restore order back to Greece. He reflected great credit upon himself and his country.
On January 6, 1951, six months after his discharge from the military, he arrived in the United States with ten dollars in his pocket. He soon found himself gainfully employed at his uncles' restaurants; The Tip Top Café and The Beaumont Café, and living at the YMCA in downtown Beaumont.
Nick and his first cousin Gus Davros, and their two uncles; John and Jim Gavrelos, opened the J&J Steakhouse in 1953, which became a fifty-year Beaumont tradition. He received his U.S. Citizenship on December 6, 1956, and the opening of the J&J Motel soon followed in 1967.
He traveled to Greece in 1960 where he met his wife Letsa Kapsimalis. They were married in Greece and soon returned to Beaumont where they lived, worked and raised their family. Nick retired in 2002 after serving the Beaumont community for over fifty years.
Survivors include Letsa Gavrelos, his loving wife of forty-eight years; his three children; daughter, Mary Gregory and her husband Greg; son, John Gavrelos and his wife Christine; daughter, Billie Tucker and her husband Carl; his nine grandchildren, Stephanie and Eleni Gregory, Katherine, Ahna, Paige, Nicholette, and William Gavrelos, and Rebekah and Caroline Tucker.
He was the only child of Vasilios and Maria (Panagakis) Gavrelos, and was preceded in death by them.
Born in Skopi (Bedeni), Tripolis Greece, from the time Nick was a young boy, war ravaged his country. The Nazi Germans invaded his village in 1942 and used his home as one of their headquarters until 1944.
In 1948, he was drafted into the Greek Army and served during the height of the Communist-led revolt against the Greek government. He served honorably for two years and was recognized for his bravery and valor during numerous altercations high in the mountains of Greece,including the battles Lillieas, Makrakomis, and Sperhiodos. After the defeat of the communists he served as a military police officer helping to restore order back to Greece. He reflected great credit upon himself and his country.
On January 6, 1951, six months after his discharge from the military, he arrived in the United States with ten dollars in his pocket. He soon found himself gainfully employed at his uncles' restaurants; The Tip Top Café and The Beaumont Café, and living at the YMCA in downtown Beaumont.
Nick and his first cousin Gus Davros, and their two uncles; John and Jim Gavrelos, opened the J&J Steakhouse in 1953, which became a fifty-year Beaumont tradition. He received his U.S. Citizenship on December 6, 1956, and the opening of the J&J Motel soon followed in 1967.
He traveled to Greece in 1960 where he met his wife Letsa Kapsimalis. They were married in Greece and soon returned to Beaumont where they lived, worked and raised their family. Nick retired in 2002 after serving the Beaumont community for over fifty years.
Survivors include Letsa Gavrelos, his loving wife of forty-eight years; his three children; daughter, Mary Gregory and her husband Greg; son, John Gavrelos and his wife Christine; daughter, Billie Tucker and her husband Carl; his nine grandchildren, Stephanie and Eleni Gregory, Katherine, Ahna, Paige, Nicholette, and William Gavrelos, and Rebekah and Caroline Tucker.
Nicholas, "Nick", fell asleep in Christ surrounded by his loving family, after fighting a courageous six year battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
He was the only child of Vasilios and Maria (Panagakis) Gavrelos, and was preceded in death by them.
Born in Skopi (Bedeni), Tripolis Greece, from the time Nick was a young boy, war ravaged his country. The Nazi Germans invaded his village in 1942 and used his home as one of their headquarters until 1944.
In 1948, he was drafted into the Greek Army and served during the height of the Communist-led revolt against the Greek government. He served honorably for two years and was recognized for his bravery and valor during numerous altercations high in the mountains of Greece,including the battles Lillieas, Makrakomis, and Sperhiodos. After the defeat of the communists he served as a military police officer helping to restore order back to Greece. He reflected great credit upon himself and his country.
On January 6, 1951, six months after his discharge from the military, he arrived in the United States with ten dollars in his pocket. He soon found himself gainfully employed at his uncles' restaurants; The Tip Top Café and The Beaumont Café, and living at the YMCA in downtown Beaumont.
Nick and his first cousin Gus Davros, and their two uncles; John and Jim Gavrelos, opened the J&J Steakhouse in 1953, which became a fifty-year Beaumont tradition. He received his U.S. Citizenship on December 6, 1956, and the opening of the J&J Motel soon followed in 1967.
He traveled to Greece in 1960 where he met his wife Letsa Kapsimalis. They were married in Greece and soon returned to Beaumont where they lived, worked and raised their family. Nick retired in 2002 after serving the Beaumont community for over fifty years.
Survivors include Letsa Gavrelos, his loving wife of forty-eight years; his three children; daughter, Mary Gregory and her husband Greg; son, John Gavrelos and his wife Christine; daughter, Billie Tucker and her husband Carl; his nine grandchildren, Stephanie and Eleni Gregory, Katherine, Ahna, Paige, Nicholette, and William Gavrelos, and Rebekah and Caroline Tucker.
He was the only child of Vasilios and Maria (Panagakis) Gavrelos, and was preceded in death by them.
Born in Skopi (Bedeni), Tripolis Greece, from the time Nick was a young boy, war ravaged his country. The Nazi Germans invaded his village in 1942 and used his home as one of their headquarters until 1944.
In 1948, he was drafted into the Greek Army and served during the height of the Communist-led revolt against the Greek government. He served honorably for two years and was recognized for his bravery and valor during numerous altercations high in the mountains of Greece,including the battles Lillieas, Makrakomis, and Sperhiodos. After the defeat of the communists he served as a military police officer helping to restore order back to Greece. He reflected great credit upon himself and his country.
On January 6, 1951, six months after his discharge from the military, he arrived in the United States with ten dollars in his pocket. He soon found himself gainfully employed at his uncles' restaurants; The Tip Top Café and The Beaumont Café, and living at the YMCA in downtown Beaumont.
Nick and his first cousin Gus Davros, and their two uncles; John and Jim Gavrelos, opened the J&J Steakhouse in 1953, which became a fifty-year Beaumont tradition. He received his U.S. Citizenship on December 6, 1956, and the opening of the J&J Motel soon followed in 1967.
He traveled to Greece in 1960 where he met his wife Letsa Kapsimalis. They were married in Greece and soon returned to Beaumont where they lived, worked and raised their family. Nick retired in 2002 after serving the Beaumont community for over fifty years.
Survivors include Letsa Gavrelos, his loving wife of forty-eight years; his three children; daughter, Mary Gregory and her husband Greg; son, John Gavrelos and his wife Christine; daughter, Billie Tucker and her husband Carl; his nine grandchildren, Stephanie and Eleni Gregory, Katherine, Ahna, Paige, Nicholette, and William Gavrelos, and Rebekah and Caroline Tucker.
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