Founder of Leasing Company dies in car accident
Peter S. Chipouras of Somers, Connecticut, passed away Monday, April 3, 2006. The cause was a car accident which happened while Peter was on business in Orlando, Florida. He was 51. Peter was founder of two finance companies, Leasing Advantages and Sterling Capital Partners. He was began his career as the founder of Fairfield Marble, a residential marble and granite fabricator, as well as the Peter spent almost his entire career in the stone industry. Peter started his career in stone as and young man helping out in his Grandfather's Brown Stone quarry, McCormick Quarries. He continued in the industry in Saudi Arabia as the General Manager of National Quarries, where he opened several major granite quarries and was responsible for the fabrication of many commercial building projects. Upon returning to the United States, Peter went to work in his father's Stati (“Chip”) Chipouras' company, STONA Besides his best friend, wife, and love of his life, Anne, he is survived by his son, Christopher, daughters, Dana and Katie, his Mom, Eileen Chipouras of Enfield, Connecticut (formerly of East Longmeadow), his sister, Cathy Croall, and husband, Tom, his brother, Jay Chipouras and wife, Laura, and sister, Ann Rice, and husband, Stephen, many adoring nieces and nephews and his boys, Wilson and Oliver and countless friends who loved him. He was predeceased by his Dad, Strati (Chip) Chipouras. Services will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2006, at 11 a.m. at the Somers Congregational Church, 599 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 8, 2006, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Forastiere-Smith Funeral Home, 220 North Main Street, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. In lieu of flowers, Peter's family would appreciate contributions be made to the Wilson House, P. 0. Box 46 East Dorset, Vermont 05253 or the American Diabetes Association Memorial Program, P. 0. Box 1132, Fairfax, Virginia 22038. For online condolences and directions, please visit www.ForastiereSmithFuneralHome.com James O'Brasky Sterling Capital Partners, LLC 29B South Main Street East Windsor, CT 06088 Tel 860.254.5454 |
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