Born: June 18, 1903 in Greece
Died: May 25, 1995
Married: Frantiska Agnes Benova
Children: Eleonor Elizabeth
George Lambos built LePetit Restaurant in 1947 and operated it for 26 years.
Tupper Lake Free Press and Herald, May 31, 1995
George Lambos, 91
George Nicklas Lambos, 91, of 1 Becky Ave., Tupper Lake, died Thursday morning, May 25, 1995 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. He had been there two days after having been sent home from Plattsburgh CVPH, where he had major surgery.
He was born June 18, 1903 at Dickastron, Greece, the youngest of eight children born to Ephrasina and Nicklas Lambos. He attended public schools in Europe and worked with his brothers in masonry contracting until he was drafted to build roads for the armed forces during the war with Turkey. He left Greece to go to France and then Cuba, after which he came to the U.S. where an older brother Jim lived in Jamaica, N.Y.
In Albany, N. Y., he met and later married the former Frantiska Agnes Benova on January 5, 1935.
Then a chef by trade, Mr. Lambos and his wife opened a New York City Restaurant (The Comodore) around 149th Street during the depression. During World War II they and brother Jim, owned and operated Johnson's Restaurant in Newport News, Virginia.
Having vacationed in Schroon Lake, Lake Placid and Ray Brook, they eventually purchased Gauthier's Cabins in 1947 and built LePetit Restaurant which they operated for 26 years. LePetit is today's Casa del Sol which they sold in 1971. Mr. Lambos also became an American citizen while in Saranac Lake, and was a member of the Whiteface Mt Lodge #789 Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. and Mrs. Lambos made their home since as the first residents of Becky Ave. in Tupper Lake, where his wife resides. Their daughter Eleonor Elizabeth, lives at the Green Gables on 24 Wawbeek Ave.
A graveside memorial service will be held at St. Alphonsus Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Besides his wife and daughter, Mr. Lambos is survived by nephews and a niece.
Arrangements were with the Richer Funeral home here.
