Newspaper obituary published January 31, 2004, anchoring John Lazare Jeannopoulos’s death date and surfacing a dense layer of late-career and family detail. The full text:
Dr. John Lazarus Jeannopoulos, formerly of East Northport, died on January 31. A highly decorated soldier during World War II, he went on to found a field hospital in Tunisia, Africa in 1948 and later went on to volunteer at the Harlem Hospital. He continued his medical career by serving as a medical officer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and finally as director for the US Public Health Service Outpatient Clinic, Department of Health.
He is survived by his wife, Agnes; his children, Claudine Boyhan and Aline Pepe; his 16 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; and his sister, Lula. He was predeceased by his daughter, Mya Durso and his brothers, Takis and Alfred.
Services were held at St. Paraskevi GO Church under the direction of the Brueggemann Funeral Home, and followed by burial at Calverton National Cemetery.
Three name correspondences the obituary makes plain that took until May 2026 to confirm on this site:
- “Agnes” = Ines Valda (his wife went by both names).
- “Lula” = Rhea Jeannopoulos (the youngest sibling).
- “Alfred” = Achilles Jeannopoulos (the anglicized form he used in life; confirmed by Alex, May 2026).
The obituary also lands several previously-open facts: the WWII military service, the Tunisia 1948 field hospital (matches Ines’s obit), his Harlem Hospital volunteering, his Brooklyn Navy Yard post, and the closing role as Director of the US Public Health Service Outpatient Clinic, Department of Health. Burial at Calverton National Cemetery alongside Ines (interred there ten weeks later).