Evanthia Irene (Panagiotou) Litts, beloved wife of the late Robert Ridley Litts  of Wethersfield, CT, died peacefully in the afternoon, surrounded by her family on Tuesday, November 13, 2018.

She was born in Hartford, CT on June 30, 1926; only child of Alcibiades Panagiotou of Veneto, Thesallia, Greece and Mersina (Papazoglou) Panagiotou of Plomari, Lesvos, Greece.

Evanthia was a resident of Wethersfield since 1972, previously having resided Bloomfield and Harford, CT. For many years she was employed by the Hartford Board of Education as a member of the secretarial staff of the Thomas Snell Weaver High School.

A lifelong member of the Saint George Greek Orthodox community of Hartford, CT, where along with Mercia and Vincent Paul, Artemis Makris and her husband Robert R. Litts was instrumental the creation of the church library and has served as its librarian.

Evanthia is survived by her son, Robert Carter Litts II and daughter-in-law Malamati Karatasios Litts, her daughter, Evanthia Robin Litts, her two granddaughters Melissa Olympia (Litts) Papayannis, her husband George Papayannis and Kristiana Evanthia Litts and her great-granddaughter Evanthi Despina Papayannis. The funeral will be Saturday, November 17, 2018, 10 AM in St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral 433 Fairfield Ave. Hartford, CT 06114.  Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Friends may call Friday, November 16, from 4-7 pm at the Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke., Wethersfield.
Donations may be made to the St. George Greek Orthodox Church Library Fund. To share a memory with the family, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com.