OCEAN RIDGE — Ides Makris loved to travel.
“That was her hobby,” remembers her husband, Geris. “Italy, France, Athens — you name it. She said, ‘Live life to the fullest.’ We have a picture of her on the Amalfi coast, leaning over the railing overlooking those azure blue waters, and her scarf is blowing in the wind.
“That was her.”
Mrs. Makris, a resident since 2001, died June 9, after being diagnosed in December with amyloidosis, a rare disease in which proteins develop in an insoluble form and congregate in organs or tissues.
“It’s an insidious disease,” her husband said. “I’d like to help make people aware, because it’s often misdiagnosed as heart disease.”
Mrs. Makris was born August 29, 1952, in Port au Prince, Haiti, and came to New York City as a child.
In Manhattan, she worked as a banker for Citibank, before moving to Miami in 1974. She was a branch manager for SunTrust banks and later served as a private banker for wealthy clients.
“Her clients were her passion,” her husband said.
In addition to her husband of 38 years, Mrs. Makris is survived by three children, Geris, Nicholas and Erick, all of Ocean Ridge; a granddaughter, Sabrina; and siblings Leslie Thomas, Pierre Thomas, Marie Audain Kaufman and Myrna Craig.
A funeral Mass was held June 18 at St. Mark Catholic Church in Boynton Beach, followed by her interment at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Royal Palm Beach.
The family asks that contributions in her memory be made to the Boston University School of Medicine, Amyloid Research Fund, attention: Dr. David C. Seldin, 72 E. Concord St., #K-503, Boston, MA 02118.
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