Vasilis Eliadis, who owned X’s & O’s in Palos Heights, Legacy Cafe in Worth, Saloony’s in Chicago and Manhattan in Burbank, died Oct. 31 in Burbank after a long struggle with dementia.
Eliadis was born Aug. 14, 1950, in Filiatra, Greece. He was Greek Orthodox and spent his summers in Greece.
He took pride in running places where friends, neighbors and customers could gather, and he kept close ties with his staff over the years.
He was a fan of Olympiakos and loved making children laugh.
He is survived by his wife, Eftihia Zorbas; his children, Nestor and his wife, Elizabeth, Theodore and his wife, Maria, and Elaine and her wife, Christina; his stepsons, George and Giannaki; eight grandchildren, Vasilis, Vasilis, Alexios, Zoe, Themelina, Aphrodite, Phineas and Penelope; and his siblings, Giannis, Mary and Stamatis.
Visitation is scheduled for 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at St. Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church, 12307 S. Ridgeland Ave., Palos Heights, followed by the funeral at 10 a.m. at the church. Burial will be at Bethania Cemetery in Justice.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to pediatric cancer research at UT MD Anderson: https://gifts.mdanderson.org/default.aspx?tsid=8444.