Paula Pierce

John was born to Apostolos (Paul ) and Athena (Tina) Thomas Triantafillou Tsiatsios on April 16, 1967 in Manchester NH . He has three older siblings , George , Charles and Paula . John grew up in Hooksett and Hampton Beach where his parents owned and operated a seasonal oceanfront motel that they purchased in 1960 and that they named The Beachcomber . John loved the ocean and as soon as he was old enough , he would go picking through the seaweed after a swim ; he always found money and loved spending it at one of Hampton’s arcades . John was extremely active and almost never sat still . He built a boat when he was 13 and floated it down the salt marsh river that ran behind the family beach house ! He was witty , precocious , mechanically adept and loved animals. He had an orange Tiger named Maurice and a German Shepherd , KooKoo ! When John was only 13 years old , he lost his beloved mother to cancer . He had always called her “ Mother “ and was bereft with her loss . In 1990 he lost his father at age 70 . At age 28 he was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia . He declined a bone marrow transplant .