Samuel Steve Soulis

Burke, VA-Samuel S. Soulis, 88, died Friday, December 31, 2010 at his home in Burke, Virginia where he lived with his daughter. Mr. Soulis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of the late Steve Soulis and Katherine Arseniou Soulis. On January 27, 1951 he married the late Anne Haggis Soulis of Manchester, New Hampshire. He graduated from Albany High School and attended the College of St. Rose and Russell Sage College. During World War II, he served as a fighter pilot with the Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force in China, Burma and India and bailed out twice during this period. Soulis was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three Battle Stars. He served in the Air Force Reserve for twenty years and retired with the rank of Major. Mr. Soulis retired from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1977 and was the founder of Soulis Appraisal Associates. He was a member of the Guilderland Elks Lodge #2480, the American Legion Blanchard Post #1040, the former Aurania Club, Westland Hills Little League, and the Capital Region Board of Realtors. In addition, he was a member of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church and was active in the Canterbury Park Homeowners Association of Slingerlands. He is survived by his daughter Katherine M. Soulis of Burke, Virginia and his son Stephen S. Soulis (Margaret J.) of Ravena, New York and his grandsons Stephen James Soulis and Nicholas Samuel Soulis. He is also survived by a brother Nicholas Soulis of northern California and a sister Helen Soulis Theodorou of Lowell, Massachusetts, having been predeceased by a brother Peter Soulis of Albany, New York and a sister Fotine Soulis Kavoures of Lowell, Massachusetts. Funeral services Friday, January 7, 2011 at 10:15 am from the McVeigh Funeral Home, 208 North Allen St thence to St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, Albany at 11:00. Relatives and friends are invited and may call Thursday, January 6, 2011 4:00 to 8:00 pm in the funeral home, with a Trisagion Service conducted at 7:30 pm. Interment Graceland Cemetery. To leave the family a special message on their guest book; obtain a prayer card or directions; or share a photo or E-card with them, please visit www.McveighFuneralHome.com

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Samuel Steve Soulis

October 17, 1922 - December 31, 2010