Athena (Tina) Taloumis (Collias)
Athena, also known to everyone as Tina, was born on July 26, 1930 to her Greek immigrant parents, Christos and Theone Collias, in Haverhill, MA. As a young woman, she was told, with proper training, she could have a career as an opera singer, but she took a different and desired path, and married George Taloumis, settling down to raise two sons, Louis and Christopher. Tina owned and operated a shop, Greek Islands in the Carriage House beside her home before retiring.
Known for her old world r ...