Concord - Dr. Bob Papaioanou, the lad of Greek immigrants whose distinguished vocation arsenic a doc spanned backstage signifier and exigency rooms successful tiny municipality New England and the highest peaks of firm America, and who was a beacon of spot for his household adjacent arsenic helium confronted his ain aesculapian afflictions, died November 25, 2022, astatine Hospice House successful Concord, New Hampshire with his woman and daughters by his side. He was 90 years old.
Dr. Papaioanou, who had lived successful New Hampshire for much than 30 years, was calved Xenophon L. Papaioanou connected July 20, 1932, successful Springfield, Massachusetts. His parents, Vasilike (Legeros) and Leonidas Papaioanou, known arsenic Vicki and Louis, wanted an American-sounding sobriquet for their son. When his parent heard a neighbour summoning her ain lad location for supper with shouts of "Bobby!" the nickname hunt was over.
Dr. Papaioanou attended Bowdoin College successful Brunswick, Maine for 2 years earlier transferring to American International College successful Springfield to beryllium person to his family. In 1952, helium was approached by Lola Kamaros, a chap AIC pupil who had been dispatched arsenic an envoy by a woman who was funny successful dating the handsome Greek undergrad. Yes, helium knew of her friend, Bob told Lola, "but who are you?" It was an brushwood helium would callback with a grin until the last days of his life, 69 years aft helium and Miss Kamaros were married.
After college, Tufts Medical School beckoned and the newlyweds were disconnected to Boston. Dr. Papaioanou thrived astatine Tufts and completed his residency astatine St. Elizabeth's Hospital successful the city's Brighton neighborhood. The Greek Orthodox doc was thing of a novelty astatine the Catholic facility, truthful overmuch truthful that a confused nun admonished him for missing Mass. It was besides astatine St. Elizabeth's where, successful 1957, Mrs. Papaioanou gave commencement to the archetypal of the couple's 4 daughters.
After his residency, Dr. and Mrs. Papaioanou moved their young household to a Revolutionary War-era location connected the Merrimack River successful Amesbury, wherever helium went into backstage signifier arsenic a wide practitioner and established heavy and lasting friendships crossed bluish Essex County. Patients recovered successful Dr. Papaioanou a caregiver of profound humanity and bully humor, qualities that defined the arc of his life. The Papaioanous yet moved to adjacent Haverhill, wherever Dr. Papaioanou served arsenic Director of Emergency Medicine astatine Hale Hospital and, years later, arsenic Medical Director of Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital.
In 1974, Dr. Papaioanou's vocation went successful a caller direction, erstwhile helium began moving for the fiscal conglomerate Prudential, initially based retired of the Prudential Tower successful Boston and later, arsenic Vice President and Medical Director, astatine institution office successful Newark, New Jersey. Fate intervened successful 1982, erstwhile helium was diagnosed with relapsing remitting Multiple Sclerosis. As with each challenges successful his life, Dr. Papaioanou faced his diagnosis with fortitude and nary complaints, acrophobic lone with the interaction connected his family.
Neither MS (fortunately his lawsuit was comparatively mild) nor the Alzheimer's illness Dr. Papaioanou would endure overmuch aboriginal dimmed his enthusiasm for beingness and each its wonders. He loved dogs, particularly his German Shepherds. He was an accomplished creator and photographer, hobbies helium passed to his children and grandchildren. And, from his Datsun 240Z to his Boston Whaler to the occasional motorcycle, helium had an irrepressible emotion of velocity and caller air. By immoderate measure, helium was a renaissance man, though his humility was specified that helium would person scoffed astatine the term.
In the twilight of his life, agelong aft helium enactment his daughters done college, agelong aft helium cared for his parents and mother-in-law, and agelong aft helium taught his grandchildren however to fish, the halfway of Dr. Papaioanou's beingness remained his beloved wife, Lola. From their aboriginal courtship successful Springfield, erstwhile helium struggled to instrumentality her retired due to the fact that helium couldn't get a Saturday nighttime disconnected from his occupation tending barroom astatine The Welcome Inn ("there are six different nights successful the week", said his boss, who besides happened to beryllium his father) to gingerly dilatory dancing to Willie Nelson successful aged age, their emotion communicative was a triumph; unwellness ne'er took distant his sweetness and generosity. "The champion happening I ever did," helium told his grandchildren astatine his 90th day party, "was wed your grandmother." As spell the lyrics of their favourite Willie Nelson song, "If I had my way, we would ne'er turn old."
In summation to his woman of 69 years, Lola Kamaros Papaioanou, Dr. Papaioanou is survived by their daughters, Maria Papaioanou Gray, Vicki Papaioanou Murphy, Iris Papaioanou Hardin, Amy Papaioanou Moffett, and their partners; their grandchildren Jack Gray, Rose Moore, Caitlin Gertsev, Krista Murphy, Riley Murphy, Louis Roberts, Adam Roberts, Madeline McGonagle, and step-grandchildren Sarah, Laura, and Philip Hardin, and Caleb Moffett. Dr. Papaioanou is besides survived by respective great-grandchildren and galore nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, mother-in-law Mary Kamaros, sister Helen Misogianes, respective sisters-and-brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews, and beloved friends.
The household would similar to convey the doctors, nurses, and hospice unit who truthful lovingly cared for Dr. Papaioanou successful the aforesaid compassionate contented that helium cared for his ain patients.
Arrangements are private. A memorial work volition beryllium held astatine a aboriginal date. In lieu of flowers, donations successful Dr. Papaioanou's representation tin beryllium made to the Alzheimer's Association astatine alz.org oregon 15 Constitution Dr Suite 1G, Bedford, NH 03110.
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