(Started Area Four Seasons Restaurants)
Christos Manolas, age 69 of Auburn, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 15, 2024 in Bryan, Ohio. He was born on July 7, 1954, in Geroplantanos, Xalkidiki, Greece.
He married Dafni Kompogiannou on March 31, 1997, after being with her since 1991. She resides in Auburn.
Christos came here from Greece when he was 15 years old to build his American Dream. He was a very hard, blue-collar worker. He was witty and very smart mathematically.
Once he got into the restaurant business, he started multiple restaurants, first in New York City and then he moved to the Midwest and the Ohio region. His latest restaurants were the Four Seasons restaurants in Bryan and Montpelier, Ohio.
He was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed metal detecting and collecting coins. Most of all, he loved spending time with his family. His family considered him the best father and grandfather in the world. He will be greatly missed.
Survivors include his wife, Dafni Manolas of Auburn; daughter and son-in-law, Irene Manolas and Konstantinos Vlachos of Bryan, Ohio; son, Athanasios Manolas of Auburn; his ex-wife, Mary Manolas, and their three sons, George Manolas of Florida, Daniel Manolas of Auburn and Steve Manolas of Auburn; three grandchildren, Eliana Manolas, Xristos Manolas and Ioannis Vlachos; and sister, Magda Voigatzi of Greece.
He was preceded in death by his father, Christos Manolas, his mother, Mirsina (Triandafilou) Samalekis and one brother, Dimitri Samalekis.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, from 2-7 p.m. at the Feller and Clark Funeral Home, 1860 S. Center St. in Auburn. Additional visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday morning from 10-11 a.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 11 a.m. at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 110 E. Wallen Road in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with Father Cosmin Sicoe officiating. Burial will take place at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Auburn following the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like to collect money to help the people of Christos’ hometown.
Christos loved going home to Greece to visit with his family and friends. He was always helping others and the family would like to use this money to continue helping people from his hometown of Riza, Xalkidiki, Greece.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.fellerandclark.com and on our Facebook page at Feller and Clark Funeral Home.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Feller and Clark Funeral Home in Auburn.