Panagiota Corlew

Panagiota Corlew, known as Yota, a 53-year resident of Oceanside, California, passed away peacefully on Easter, 20 April 2025 at the age of 87. Yota was born on 5 March 1938 in Kontovazaina, Arcadia, Greece to Dr. Haralambos Vlahoulis and Afroditi/Maria Rapakoulia and moved to Athens, Greece as a young child with her family. She met and married her USAF husband, Richard (Dick) Corlew, in Athens in 1958 and traveled with him to Germany and multiple bases in the US with him during his career before settling in Oceanside.

She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, her son that died at birth, Gary Lee Corlew, and 3 sisters and their husbands, Eleni and Dinos Papanastasopoulos, Persephone (Pepi) and Giorgios Papasinos, and Iphigenia (Fifi) and Kostas Gikas.

She is survived by her daughter Venus and husband Carl Bubeck, her son James and wife Sonia Corlew, her sister Dr Vasiliki (Kiki) and husband Dr. Arnold Roe, her granddaughters, Kate and Emme Corlew and many other beloved nieces, nephews, and their children on both sides of the family.

For most of her life, Yota enjoyed reading, growing plants, finding treasures at the old Oceanside Swap Meet or at garage sales, and chatting with good friends and family around the table or with strangers she encountered on her adventures. She loved taking walks in nature and drives along the coast or to the mountains. She loved deep conversations about life and the world and its curiosities. She loved her family and friends fiercely and they all loved her just as much.

Friends and family are all welcome to the graveside services on Friday, May 2nd at 11:00 AM at Mission San Luis Rey Cemetery, 4050 Mission Avenue in Oceanside. Feel free to wear bright colors to her celebration of life; Yota would have loved it.