Steve Konstantinidis

Steve Konstantinidis: Unlike many store closing stories, the end of Nadel Furs isn't about the economy or Hamilton's progress or even cultural shifts. Instead, it's about a serious of tragedies that has struck his family. , according to Hamilton Spectator. But the most devastating blow by far was the loss of his 37-year-old daughter Kathy in October. The eldest of his three daughters, the teacher and mother of two battled an aggressive brain tumour that eventually "took everything from her." Steve Konstantinidis says his heart isn't in his Ottawa Street North fur store anymore but it's sure tearing it out to close. First, Konstantinidis copes with lymphoma, which seemed to be under control when he was broadsided by a car on Ottawa Street in April while heading home. He broke his neck and spent three months in bed. Pneumonia settled in and still wreaks havoc on him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.