A memorial event was held for the late Louis Tofalides last Thursday at the Hellenic Centre in the West End. Louis sadly passed away at the age of 58 in May whilst in Cyprus visiting his father Andreas who was terminally ill with cancer. The event was attended by several members of his family and friends.
His wife Margaret, a solicitor and partner at Clyde & Co in the City gave a speech about his life from the early stages when he attended the English School in Nicosia to studying at the London School of Economics where they met, his achievements in life and that he was well known within the UK Cypriot community through his job as the Assistant General Manager at the Bank of Cyprus UK.
His two children, Alex, a British Champion fencer who has just finished University College London and his daughter Sophie a Cyprus International table tennis player, who will attend the London School of Economics this year, also spoke about the times they had with their father.
Then Louis’ brother Father Marios Tofalides and his brother in law Jeremy Crabtree spoke about Louis.
Other speakers was an old friend and work colleague, Maria Lagos and family friends Jane Goldsmith and Kate Larkin.
There was music from the Celloist Irini HadjiPateras and Krystina Budzynska and Greek music from Pavlos Melas.