Vasilios Lentzos

Vasilios P. Lentzos was born in the village of Melies in the country of Greece. He was the second child and first son of Panagiotis Lentzos and Georgia Lentzos. He has an older sister, Hariklia Lentzos who was married to Costa Germanos. He also has an additional three brothers Jimmy Lentzos, John Lentzos, and Nikolaos Lentzos. After his primary school education he went on to an advanced program in economics and received a degree in this subject. In addition, he served in the Greek army. After he fulfilled his duty to the Greek army he went for a short time to Australia to seek out work but later joined his brother Jimmy in Alberta, Canada. Soon they were also joined by Nikolaos and later by John. From Alberta Canada, the brothers all relocated to southern Canada where they settled in Montreal. Having experience in the food service industry, they opened their first restaurant together in Saint Catherine, Montreal. From this beginning came several other restaurants in various areas in Montreal. It was at this point Vasilios returned to Greece in 1962, marrying a beautiful girl from the village named Demetra Pippas. After their marriage Demetria gave birth to their only child Georgia Lentzos. Vasilious and his younger brother Nikolaos then moved their families to Plattsburgh, NY where they opened a popular restaurant after the family name, Lentzos. They lived in Plattsburgh for many years and in addition to Lentzos Family Restaurant also opened several other businesses. It was here in Plattsburgh where his brother Nikolaos and his wife Elizabeth had two children, Georgia and Panagiotis Lentzos. Vasilios was excited to be an uncle and was active in his niece and nephew's lives, often taking them on outings. In 1987, Vasilios and his other three brothers moved from Plattsburgh and opened two new restaurants in Bergen County, New Jersey. In 1997 they sold all the restaurants and retired. Vasilious and Demetra then moved to Florida to live closer to their daughter Georgia.

In his later life, Vasilios took on the role of proud grandparent. This was a role he maintained until his death. He and Demetra helped Georgia raise her family. Georgia soon married Victor Lehoczky who had a daughter Kayla from a previous marriage and with Victoria Lehoczky and Niko Lehoczky their faimily was complete. Vasilios was a loving, doting grandparent that was active in the three children's lives and was most proud of his role as grandparent. He could often be seen gardening around the family home in Davie, Florida with one of the beloved children in tow. He lived a full rich life and his sudden death has left his entire family, both immediate and extended, grieving at such a great loss. He leaves behind all his brothers, their wives, older sister, her husband and their children and their grandchildren, daughter Georgia, his three grandchildren, his nieces, his nephews and many more family members that are located throughout the United States, Canada and Greece.