Michael K. Siotos

Visitation will be 6-8 PM on Friday, November 15 and a chapel service will be held at 12pm on Saturday, November 16 at the Hoffmeister South County Chapel,located at 1515 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63125.

The 12 pm service will be lived streamed and may viewed on the Facebook page of Hoffmeister South County Chapel.

Michael will then be laid to rest in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Michael was born on September 10, 1938 in Tinos, Greece. He had a total of 10 brothers and sisters. As an adult, he was part of the Greek military for several years. He then worked as an engineer on

the cruise ship called the Ariadne. While working on the ship, he met his lovely wife, Irene. It was love at first sight. They were married on February 25, 1967 and then moved to Texas.

There he worked in the construction industry with his brother, John. Michael and Irene then moved to St. Louis, MO and raised their son, Dean.

Michael was the founder and CEO of Omega Tool Company for 45 years. He was a hard worker and always worked at least six days a week. His company fabricated aircraft parts for McDonnell-Douglas

and later for Boeing, before transitioning into the business of producing injection molds.

Some of the planes that featured his parts were the F-15 Eagle, the F-18 Hornet and the AV-8B Harrier.

He also fabricated some camera mounting parts for the Space Shuttle program.

His molds were used to create different products, including parts for the game YOLF, baseball bat practice weights and plastic containers, to name a few. Omega Tool Company won the Small Business

Subcontractor of the Year Award on May 11, 1989. “The award recognizes integrity, reliability, initiative & capability in meeting important Government requirements in complying with exacting standards of Government subcontracting.”

Michael really enjoyed attending the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. He loved the wonderful members, the inspiring services and volunteering to help at the Greek Festival. The food, music and

dancing were amazing.

Michael’s hobbies included gardening, woodworking, Bible study, watching the Food Network Channel and following his favorite baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals.

Michael is survived by his son, Dean (Lisa), his sister-in-law, Barbara Dennis, nephew, Steve Dennis (Tammy), nephew, Dean Siotos (Nancy, Sophia & John). Michael was preceded in death by his wife,

Irene, nephew, Mark Dennis, brother-in-law, Bill Dennis and brother, John (Shirley) Siotos.

He was a wonderful husband, father, brother, uncle and friend.