Homer G. “Gus” Sideris of Warsaw passed away at his residence at 11:35 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at the age of 94.

He was born on July 1, 1924 in Akron, Ohio to Calliope (Maistros) Sideris and Avgerinos E. Sideris. On March 5, 1960, he was married to Nancy Carroll (Hatton) Sideris, who survives.

Sideris proudly served in the U.S. Navy and was a star baseball player for them during the WWII years. He graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn. He was a corporate manager for 20 years and the past president of Buehler Corporation in Indianapolis. He was an insurance agent for 20 years and was the owner of Sideris and Associates in Fort Wayne and Warsaw. Sideris was past president of the United Way of Kosciusko County; president of the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club in Leesburg; president of Heartline Pregnancy Center in Warsaw; founding director of the Kosciusko Leadership Academy in Warsaw; and vice-president of Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester. 

He was a member of Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church where he was an Elder and a Bible teacher for the past 20 years, did many bible studies at nursing homes and area businesses. Sideris always kept busy and loved to volunteer where he was needed. In 2003 he was named Man of the Year by the Warsaw Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce. He will be dearly missed and forever loved by his family and many friends. 

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 58 years, Nancy Carroll Sideris, Warsaw; son Peter Sideris and his wife Treasa, Columbia City; three daughters Hilary Sideris and her husband Roberto Franzone, Brooklyn, New York; Alexis Sideris Davis and her husband Kirk Davis, Washington, N. C.; Dr. Lisa Sideris and her husband Robert Crouch, Bloomington; nine grandchildren; and his sister Maria Chapis, West Chester Penn. 

He was preceded in death by his parents and his son Philip Lindsay Sideris.            

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Oakwood Cemetery, 421 N. Maple Ave., Warsaw. 

A memorial service honoring Sideris’ life will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, at Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 210 S. High St., Warsaw, and officiated by Dr. Erik Ohman. Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.

Memorial donations may be directed to the Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County, 3489 East CR 100S, Pierceton, Indiana 46562 and would be appreciated by the family.  

Online condolences may be sent through the funeral home’s Web Site at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com