Homer G. “Gus” Sideris, Warsaw, passed away at his residence at 11:35 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at the age of 94.
He was born on July 1, 1924, in Akron, Ohio, to Calliope Maistros Sideris and Avgerinos E. Sideris. On March 5, 1960, he was married to Nancy Carroll Hatton, who survives.
Gus proudly served in the U.S. Navy, and was a star baseball player for them during the World War II years. He graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
He was a corporate manager for 20 years and the past president of Buehler Corp., Indianapolis. He was an insurance agent for 20 years and was the owner of Sideris and Associates in Fort Wayne and Warsaw.
Gus was past president of the United Way of Kosciusko County; president of the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club, Leesburg; president of Heartline Pregnancy Center, Warsaw; founding director of Kosciusko Leadership Academy (KLA), Warsaw; and vice president of Peabody Retirement Community, North Manchester.
He was a member of Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder and a Bible teacher for the past 20 years, and did many Bible studies at nursing homes and area businesses.
Gus always kept busy and loved to volunteer where he was needed. In 2003 he was named Man of the Year by the Warsaw Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce. He will be dearly missed and forever loved by his family and many friends.
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 58 years, Nancy Carroll Sideris, Warsaw; son, Peter Sideris and his wife, Treasa, Columbia City; three daughters: Hilary Sideris and her husband, Roberto Franzone, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Alexis Sideris Davis and her husband, Kirk Davis, Washington, N.C.; and Dr. Lisa Sideris and her husband, Robert Crouch, Bloomington; nine grandchildren; and his sister, Maria Chapis, West Chester Pa.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his son Philip Lindsay Sideris.
A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Oakwood Cemetery, 421 N. Maple Ave., Warsaw.
A memorial service honoring Gus’ life will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 210 S. High St., Warsaw, and officiated by Dr. Erik Ohman.
Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County, 3489 E. 100 S., Pierceton, IN 46562.
Condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
