Angelina Floor Georgelas

“Angie” (age 94)

Angelina Floor Georgelas, 94, died peacefully at her home in McLean, Virginia on March 22, 2014.

Born on February 29, 1920, in Garfield, Utah, Angelina was the fourth child born to her Greek American parents, Nick and Catherine Floor. The family later resided in Salt Lake City, Utah. Angelina survived seven siblings: Bill, George, Steve, Helen, Lola, Effie and Jim.

In 1946, Angelina married decorated war veteran, John Georgelas (Colonel, US Army, deceased). During their sixty-one years of marriage, military assignments had them live in Greece, Spain, and many places in the U.S., kindling a passion for travel well into the last years of their lives. Often joined by their extended family, their most frequented destinations were Greece, including Crete, the rest of Europe, and Las Vegas, Nevada, where she often celebrated her special birth date among loving family members and friends.

In 1964, Angelina and her husband began spending nights and weekends establishing a home building business which has turned into an award-winning company building fine custom homes, and developing residential and commercial land and building in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area as well as in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Guam and Russia.

Angelina partnered with her husband and raised her family with an unwavering regard for excellence. Her acute attention to detail served her well as an executive secretary at the Pentagon, and her keen eye for style had her obtain a license in interior decorating. She will always be remembered by all who knew her as a woman of elegance and class, with a refined sense of perfection.

Angelina is survived by her loving sons and their wives: Theodore (Rachel Sampson), Timothy (Martha Karas), and Anthony (Carol Crandall), and her daughter-in-law Vickie Jacobson, wife of her late son, Thomas. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to call from 4pm – 7pm on Thursday, March 27 at Murphy’s Funeral home, 1102 West Broad Street, Falls Church, Virginia.

The funeral will be held at 11am on Friday, March 28 at St. Katherine’s Greek Orthodox Church at 3149 Glen Carlyn Road, Falls Church, Virginia. Immediately following the funeral ceremony, there will be a reception at a location to be announced at that time. Interment will be at a date to be determined at Arlington National Cemetery where she will be interred with her late and loving husband.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Katherine’s Greek Orthodox Church.

Arrangements under the direction of Murphy Falls Church Funeral Home, Falls Church, Virginia.