Koula Curtis

Koula (Kirakoula) Baziotis Curtis, East Lansing, MI, passed away early Tuesday morning February 4, 2025, at the age of 90.

Surviving are her sons, Nicholas Thomas (Pamela) Curtis and Matthew George (Cathy) Curtis; grandchildren, Marina, Diana (Eric) Hardin, Michael and Matthew (Lindsay); great-grandsons, twins Steele Nicholas and Jett Jared Hardin; and many nieces, nephews, and other extended family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Thomas; her son, Thomas Michael; her parents; parents-in-law; as well as her two sisters, Penny Popoff and Georgia Valaoras.

She loved sports, and attending Michigan State football and basketball games, as well as events at the Wharton Center. Born in Lansing, she graduated from J.W. Sexton High School before attending Michigan State University for a year and worked at the Michigan School for the Blind. She was a dedicated member of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. She loved all her family and was always the ‘glue’ that kept immediate and extended family together, cooking and having holidays many times at her house. In her later years she moved to Winter Park, Florida into Allegro Ensemble Memory Care assisted living facility. She will truly be missed by all who survive her and those that knew her. In these years she was known as Yia Yia and fondly went by this Greek word for grandmother, by everyone the past 4+ years.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 15, 2025, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1701 E. Saginaw with Fr. Mark Sietsema officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church at 10:00 a.m. before the service on Saturday, with the Trisagion service at 10:30 a.m.

Arrangements are by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.

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Jan Munk
February 5, 2025 at 7:41 pm

The “foursome” of Mike and Koula Curtis and Louis and Mary Vlahakis were anchors at Holy Trinity. They reached out to us “newbies” and welcomed us in. Their long and faithful marriages and love for everyone in the parish were examples and encouragement to all. May the memory of lovely Koula be eternal.

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Hiram Fitzgerald
February 7, 2025 at 12:03 pm

Mike and Mary Curtis were among the very first Holy Trinity members to welcome my wife and I into the community, following our transfer from Sr. Andrews. They were always gracious and supportive as we grew in our relationship to HT, especially among the families of Greek ancestry whose connections with HT included members of the founders of the Church. May God rest her their souls and their memories last forever.

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