Passings: Peter S. Chipouras

Peter S. Chipouras, 51, founder of the Leasing Advantages and Sterling Capital Partners financial firms, died April 3 in an automobile accident in Orlando, Fla., while attending Coverings 2006.
Chipouras, of Somers, Conn., spent most of his career in stone, beginning as a young man as a helper in his grandfather’s brownstone quarry. He also worked in Saudi Arabia as general manager of National Quarries, and at STONA, owned by his father, Stati “Chip” Chipouras. He also founded his own fabrication shop.
Survivors include his wife, Anne: son Christopher and daughters Dana and Katie; his mother, Eileen Chipouras, of Enfield, Conn.; his sister, Cathy Croall and husband Tom; his brother, Jay Chipouras and wife Laura; and sister Ann Rice and husband Stephen. He is preceded in death by his father.
Services were held on April 9 in Somers.
Memorial donations can be made to the Wilson House, P.O. Box 46, East Dorset, VT 05253; or, the American Diabetes Association Memorial Program, P.O. Box 1132, Fairfax, VA 22038.