May 29, 2024
Achilles Balabanis, one month shy of 93 years, passed away on May 29, 2024, in Sun City, Arizona.
He lived a fruitful life. Graduating from High School in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a cello in his hand, he received a scholarship to the University of Kansas, where he met the love of his life, married his senior year, and graduated with a music degree.
He accepted a job in Sublette, Kansas as a music teacher, until he enlisted in the army in 1955. Stationed in Germany playing cello in the Seventh Army Symphony, he toured Europe. He accepted a job teaching orchestra in all Wichita Falls, Te...
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