Mr. Gregory S. Gryllakis, a resident of Andover and beloved husband of Sarah P. Meier, passed away, suddenly, in North Carolina. He was 48 years old.
Greg was born in San Francisco, the beloved son of Manos and his wife Irene Gryllakis of Crete and the late Stella Prenares. Greg was raised in Lexington and was a cum laude graduate of Northeastern University, class of 1993. He earned his MBA from Suffolk University. Greg had been employed as an Equity Trader for Fidelity for many years.
With a warm, welcoming and outgoing personality, Greg was loved by all who knew him. He was a man who embodied the motto, Carpe Diem. He was devoted to his family and friends. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing with his girls, celebrating his children’s accomplishments, working on and admiring all types of cars, biking, traveling with his family and friends, playing soccer and coaching his daughters’ soccer teams. Greg was a ten-year rider the with Pan-Mass Challenge Ride; collectively his bike team, Team Longevity, has raised close to one million dollars for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. An avid outdoors person who sought all kinds of adventures, he loved spending time in Vermont skiing, snowboarding, fishing, and hunting. Greg loved his classmates from high school and college. He was a kind, gentle and thoughtful friend. Either upon just meeting or knowing Greg for years, one noticed immediately his special gift; his astounding ability to make one feel special, accepted and loved. To know Greg is to love him. He will be deeply and dearly missed.
Besides his beloved wife, Sarah, Greg is survived by his loving daughters; Emily H., Chloe A. and Stella C. Gryllakis, all of Andover, sister; Anne and her husband Eric Roberts of Highland Park, Illinois, father-in-law and mother-in-law; Deri and Suzanne Meier of Waitsfield, Vermont, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; Timothy F. Meier of Hudson, Linda Oland and Austin Delaney of Toronto, Victor and Fiona Oland of Toronto and Heather Oland and Robin Delisle of British Columbia, nieces and nephew; Moriah, Mateja and Eric Roberts and many cousins.
His Funeral Mass will be celebrated in Sts. Constantine & Helen Church, 71 Chandler Road, Andover on Friday, August 31 at 10 AM. Calling hours will be held in the Burke-Magliozzi Funeral Home, 390 North Main Street, Andover on Thursday, August 30 from 4 to 8 PM. Donations in Greg's memory may be made to a cause close to his heart, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, www.nationalmssociety.org/Donate or National MS Society P.O. Box 4527 New York, NY 10163. For more information, please visit, www.burkemagliozzi.com.