Helen (Collias) Bourloukas Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Helen Collias Bourloukas of Brookline, Massachusetts, who passed away on March 25, 2023, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Helen Collias Bourloukas to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by : her husband Spiros Bourloukas; her children, Alesia Bourloukas of Brookline and John Bourloukas (Tami) of Melrose; and her brother Arthur Collias (Bess) of Canton, MA.. She is survived by : her child Dean Bourloukas (Wendy) of Leesburg, VA; and her granddaughters, Emily and Sarah Bourloukas of Leesburg, VA..

Helen began her career after graduating from Boston University with a degree in Mathematics in 1954. Impressively, Helen started her technical career as an Engineer at Raytheon. She obtained a Security Clearance and wrote computer programs to calculate missile trajectories for a classified U.S. Government project. Years later, Helen also wrote computer code on giant IBM mainframes for the Federal Reserve Bank.

In 1959 she found the time to get married and later raise her three children, Alesia, Dean (formerly known as Charles), and John.

Helen retired during the early 1990’s but later in that decade was summoned back to the workforce as a consultant to resolve computer code issues related to “Y2K”.

After her children were grown, and Helen finally retired for good, she and her husband Spiros enjoyed travelling with friends and family, with visits to see granddaughters Emily & Sarah among her favorite destinations. Helen was an amazing mother and a fantastic “Yia Yia”. She spoiled her grandchildren by constantly feeding them her famous Avgolemono Soup and Spanakopita.

Her warmth, intellect, and laughter will be missed by all who knew her.