Obituary: William A. Tsonis, 20, of Peabody

Obituary from Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home:

William A. Tsonis, 20, of Peabody, died unexpectedly in South Peabody on Aug. 24, 2014.

He was born in Beverly, MA, on June 25, 1994, the son of Arthur J. and Kendra (Le Fave) Tsonis and had resided in Peabody most of his life and graduated from Peabody Learning Academy in June 2014. He was to enter this fall at North Shore Community College in Danvers. William had been employed for the past six months at the Party City Store on the Peabody/Danvers line. He had been a member of St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church of Peabody.

He had enjoyed going to the Salem Fitness Gym working out with weights and boxing.

William had many close friends and was beloved by all and will be dearly missed.

Besides his parents, he is survived by his paternal grandfather, James Tsonis of Peabody and his maternal grandmother, Jean Pennellatore of Beverly, his aunts, Patricia and her husband Dave Hubbard and their children Sonia and Alec Hubbard of Peabody, Mary and her husband Spiro Stavrianopoulos and their children Theoni Stavrianopoulos allof Queens, NY and Frank and Chanel Stavrianopoulos and family of Medford, MA, George Tsonis and his family Demetri, Niklas and George Tsonis all of Peabody, Aunt Sophia Smith and cousin Adam of Florida, Aunt Lorraine Petridelis and Debbie and Bob Mc Clory of Beverly, Dina Lemelin and her family Carlos, Melissa , Amber and Nicholas, Aunt Gail Civitarese and her family Jackie, Rachael and Jennifer Civitarese, Uncle Salvatore Pennellatore of NH and many other dear family members. He was the grandson of the late Vasiliki Tsonis and the late Carl J. Anderson.

A Visitation will be held on Friday from 4 until 8 p.m. at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home at the 82 Lynn St., Peabody facility. His funeral will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. from the funeral home followed by services in St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, Peabody at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to ALS Association, MA Chapter, 315 Norwood Park South, 1st Floor, Norwood, MA 02062 or to St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church, 5 Paleologos St., Peabody, MA 01960 in his memory.

For guestbook and directions, visit www.ccbfuneral.com.