Effie was a well-known artist and ceramic sculptress in her

community. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts and

lived and worked all of her 70 years in New York City.

Effie was predeceased by her parents, Marcos and Mary Serlis.

She is survived by her sisters, Irene Serlis and Helen Karchere, her

nieces, Kristen Karchere, Rachel Lopez and Rebecca Roseberry, and her

cousins, Irene Panagos, John George, Joy Cummings and Mary Mireau.

She had numerous other close cousins on both sides of her family

and many good friends.

Effie was very proud of her Greek heritage and loved Greece, its

music, language and most of all, its food. She had a beautiful soprano

voice and sang in Greek chorales, including the Metropolitan Greek

Chorale.

Effie was creative, intelligent and fun loving. She was a truly

extraordinary individual who lived her passions.

She was a member of a community garden, where she grew

flowers and vegetables. She also arranged and participated in drawing

with the other artists in the garden.

Effie achieved financial success, in a field too often populated

with struggling artists.

Effie was one-of-a-kind. She will be fondly remembered and

definitely missed.