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Valen and
Tekaki Families
*Costa
Antonio Valentakis - WW1 Birth Kaludearig Kios ?
Crete Greece 3 Jun 1876 225 Canal St. Middletown Ohio
single no rel. Hooking on ? ARM ?1920
Census
G Valen & Vigiris - RI S. Liberty Restaurant 1212 Central
Ave. 1926-1929
Irini Valen -
New York Passenger Lists,
1820-1957
Arrival Date: 16 Feb 1928 Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Age: 20: Female Port of Departure: Patras, Greece Ethnicity/Race-/Nationality: Greek Ship
Name: Saturnia Port of Arrival: New York, New York Nativity:
Greece Birth Location Greece.
Gus Valen also on ship.
Gus
Vallen - 1930 Census Age 29 Curtis St. birth year: abt 1898 Birthplace: Greece Year immigration 1928 alien
Greece owner manager Restaurant.
Irene Vallen Age: 20 birth year: abt.1910 Birthplace: Greece Year
of immigration 1928 alien
GusValen - RI Liberty Restaurant 1212 Central Ave.
1930-1951
Gus Valen - SSDI
Last Residence: 45042 Middletown, Butler, Ohio Born: 22 Jul
1898 Died: May 1976 State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (1952 )
Gus Valen -
Ohio Deaths
1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
Birth Date: Est. 1899
Residence City: Middletown : Ohio
Death Date: 12 May 1976 Middletown Hospital Middletown
Ohio Certificate: 032700 Age at Death: 77 Certifier:
Physician Marital Status: Married
Maria
Tekaki - New York Passenger List Arrival Date: 10 Feb
1937 birth year: abt 1887 Age: 50 Female Port of
Departure: Patras, Greece Place of Origin: Kouneni Greece
Ethnicity/Race- /Nationality: Greek Ship Name: Saturnia
nearest relative Odyches Tekaki Crete Greece Final
Destination Middletown Ohio Passage paid by son in law To
join daughter Eirine Valen 19?? Curtis Middletown Ohio
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November 15, 1969
Saturday Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
Mrs. Mary Tekakis
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Vivian Moon
12 Sept 2008 |
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December
20, 1999 Monday Middletown Journal,
Middletown, Ohio
Otis Tekakis
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Vivian Moon
12 Sept 2008 |
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May
13, 1976 Thursday Middletown Journal,
Middletown, Ohio
Gus Valen
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Vivian Moon
12 Sept 2008 |
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Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio
April 25, 2009
VALEN,
Irene (Tekakis) "Yiayia" 99, of Middletown,
passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 23,
2009, in her home surrounded by her family. Irene
was raised on the island of Crete, Greece, where
she met and married her husband Gus Valen. They
immigrated to the United States in 1927 and
settled in Middletown, Ohio. They owned and
operated The Liberty Restaurant, known for its
family friendly atmosphere and famous Liberty
hotdogs. In 1930, with a growing Greek community
in Middletown, Irene and her husband assisted
others in building Sts. Constantine and Helen
Greek Orthodox Church. Irene was totally devoted
to her church, family and her treasured friends.
She was a charter member and president of the
Daughter's of Penelope and Philoptochos Society
and a charter member of Accents. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Gus Anthony Valen;
parents, Konstantine and Maria (Georgilas) Tekakis;
sister, Krystallia (Tekakis) and husband, John
Pantel; brother, Otis Tekakis; daughter, Despina (Valen)
Sakelos; and great grandson, Lazaros Thomas
Retzios. Mrs. Valen is survived by her son, Judge
Anthony Valen and his wife, Carol Valen;
son-in-law, James Sakelos; grandchild, Irene (Valen)
and Anthony Zalants, with children, Emanuel and
Valen; grandchild, Angela (Valen) and Thomas
Retzios, with surviving children, Caroline, Thomas
and Anthony; grandchild, Connie (Valen) and Tom
Hodson, with children Margaret and Joey;
grandchild, Gus and his wife, Kelly Valen, with
children Anthony and Katherine; grandchild John
and Kathy Sakelos, with children Maria and Jacob;
grandchild, Mary (Sakelos) Barnhart, with children
Daniel and Ian; grandchild, Irene Sakelos;
grandchild, Nick Sakelos; niece, Irene (Pantel)
Cavalaris and husband George; nephew, Nick Pantel;
nephew, Gus and Beatrice Pantel; first cousins,
Eleni (Nikoloudakis) and Aris Kopsidas; and many
other great nieces, nephews, godchildren,
relatives and friends. Visitation will be held
from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 26 with the
Trisagion Service held at 7 p.m. at
WILSON-SCHRAMM-SPAULDING FUNERAL HOME, 3805
Roosevelt Blvd., Middletown. Funeral Service will
be held Monday, April 27, 2009 at 10:00 am at Sts.
Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2500
Grand Ave., Middletown with Father Gregory Patsis,
Father Mark Emroll and Father Bill Cassis
officiating. Interment will follow at Woodside
Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to
Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church,
2500 Grand Ave., Middletown, OH 45044. Please sign
the guestbook online at
WilsonSchrammSpaulding.com
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Vivian Moon
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VRADELIS
Nick D notes:
The Vradelis brothers who owned a rather large appliance
store on South Broad Street were also Asia Minor Greeks.
At one time there were three brothers plus their father in Middletown. They were from Constantinople and spoke excellent
Greek and Turkish
South Broad Street 1940
ITEM MHS0121B
First fully pictured building on the right: Painted
on the
wall under "Vess Cola" is "Vradelis Brothers." That
was
their store.
Parents:
Theodore
Vradelis Father Birth Year: abt 1866
Calliop Vradelis Birth Year: abt 1872
Brothers
:
James Vradelis 1894
Stavros Vradelis Theodore
abt
1898
Panagiotis Pete Vradelis abt 1905
Nathaniel F Vradelis abt 1902
Theodore Vradelis
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1930 Census
: Age:64 Birth Year: abt 1866 717
North Main St Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio : Father Spouse's
Name: Calliop Year of
Immigration 1920 Naturalization Retired
Calliop
Vradelis age 58 Birth Year: abt 1872 Mother
Spouse's Name: Theodore Year of Immigration 1923 alien
Kalliop Vradelis -
Ohio Deaths 1908-1932 Death Date: 30 Sep 1931 County of Death: Montgomery
Brothers.
James
Theodore Vradelis - Passport Applications,
January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 (M1490)Birth Date: 24 Oct
1894 Birth Place: Baba Eskuy, Turkey Residence: Middletown, Ohio Passport Issue Date:
13 Feb 1925 Father Name: Theodore Vradelis Father's Birth
Location: Baba Eskuy, Turkey Father's Residence:
Middletown, Ohio occupation Tailor, To visit Relatives. To
leave from New York, Sail on the Adriatic
James Vradelis
- New York Passenger Lists : James
Vradelis Arrival Date: 1 Oct 1936 birth year: abt 1894
Age: 42 : Male Port of Departure: Naples, Italy Ship Name:
Rex : New York, New York Naturalization papers Hamilton Ohio Sept. 17 1925 address 25 N. Broad St. Middletown
Ohio
Artemis
Vradelis - New York Passenger Lists by marriage same
as above
James
Vradelis - 1930 Census Res 413 Sutphin spouse
Artemis Birth: Turkey abt 1895 year immigration 1916.
Proprietor Radio Shop
Artemis Vradelis wife 1930 Census Birth: Turkey abt 1906
Spouse: James year immigration 1925
Theodore age 4, Birth Year: abt 1926 Ohio
Anthony age 2 11/12 Birth Year: abt 1927 Ohio
Artemis
Vradelis - Ohio Deaths Death: 6 Oct 1941 -
Middletown, Butler County, Ohio
Theodore J Vradelis
- WWII: Birth 1926
Military 13 May 1944
Theodore J Vradelis - WWII Army Enlsitment Records Birth: 1926Military: 13
May 1944 - Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky Residence: Ohio,
Butler, Ohio Enlistment Date: 13 May 1944 Enlistment
State: Kentucky : Fort Thomas Newport
Grade: Private Grade Code: PrivateTerm of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of
the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the
discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life Education: 1 year of
college Civil Occupation: Student
Codes 0x, 2x, 4x and 6x as pertain to students will be
converted, for machine records purposes, to the code number
992.Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 60Weight: 000
Panagiotis
Vradelis
- Passenger List Arrival Date: 4 Mar 1921 Age: 14
Years birth year: abt 1907 : Male Ethnic Background:
Hebrew Port of Departure: Piraieus, Greece Ship Name:
Caronia Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts Friend's
Name: Stavros Vradelis Last Residence: Greece Birthplace:
Kiskilisse, Greece School l Nearest Relative came from
Theodore Vradelis Final Destination not marked.
Peter Vradelis
(Vradelas)
1930 Census
abt 1905
2709 Fleming Rd Middletown,
Birthplace: Turkey Asia Minor
year immigration 1923
salesman Radio Shop
Pete T Vradelis
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WWII
Enlistment
Peter T Vradelis - (Ohio Deaths) Birth: Est.1905
Death: 14 Sept 1967 - Middletown (Pt), Butler Residence:
Middletown city, Butler, Ohio, Married
Peter Vradelis - SSDI Birth: 6 Aug 1905 Death: Sep 1967 Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States of America Civil:
Ohio
Pearl Harris
Vradelis
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(Ohio Deaths) Birth: 7 Oct. 1916 Pennsylvania,
Residence Middletown Butler Ohio Death Date 14 Aug 1992
Age 75 Father's Surname Harris Mothers Makris Widowed
Education 14 Homemaker, student unemployed volunteer.
Widowed.
Pearl Vradelis - SSDI Birth: 7 Oct 1916 Death: 14 Aug
1992 Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States of America
Civil: Ohio
Stavros Theodore
Vradelis
- WWI DRC Birth Date: 26 Oct 1894 residence
S. Jefferson Dayton Birth Babar Escir Turkey Mechanical
Operator ??? Dayton Father Mother 4 Cousins Single
Stavros T. Vradelis - WWI Ohio Military Men 1917-1918 Age: 24 5/12 Serial Number: 2429234 Race: W
Residence: 43 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, O. Enlistment
Division: National Army Enlistment Location: Dayton, O.
Enlistment Date: 29 Mar 1918 Birth Place: Turkey Birth Date
/ Years Assigns Comment: 35 Co 9 Training Battalion 158
Depot Brigade to 7 Dec 1918; 10 Co 3 Training Battalion 158
Depot Brigade to Discharge Corporal June --/18; Sergeant 1
Oct 1918. Honorable discharge 17 Dec 1918.
Stavros Vradelis [Stavios Vradelis] - Census 1920: 410
Broadway Middletown Ohio Age: 26 years Estimated Birth
Year: abt 1834 [abt 1894] Birthplace: Greece Lodger Father's Birth Place: Greece Mother's Birth Place:
Greece Marital Status: Single Year of Immigration: 1913
Able to read: YesAble to Write:
Yes Stavros Vradelis 36 not 86 owns Vulcanizing Shop
Household Members: Name Age
Delia Weber 49
Paul Weber 16
Stavros Vradelis - New York Passenger List : birth
yea abt 1894 Age: 32
Arrival Date: 26
Dec 1926
Gender: Male Port of Departure: Piraeus, Greece Ship Name:
Edison New York, New York Naturalization 2 June 1918
Southern District Ohio 29 S. Broad St. Middletown Ohio
Steve Vradelas
(Vradelis)
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1930 Census
Birth
abt 1898
wife Philomene 2709 Fleming Rd Middletown,
Birthplace: Turkey Asia Minor
year immigration 1914
Dealer Radio Shop
Philomene
Vradelas
wife Birthplace Turkey Asia Minor abt 1910
Spouse Steve res Middletown Butler Ohio year immigration
1927
Cleo
Lucille
Theodore
Peter Brother lived with them
Theodore Vradelis - New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Birth Year: abt 1934 Arrival Date: 1 Dec 1938 Estimated Age: 4 Gender: Male Port of Departure:
Cherbourg, France Ship Name: Queen Mary Microfilm Serial:
T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_6255 Birth Location: Ohio Birth
Location Other: Middletown Page Number: 89 Port Arrival
State: New York Port Arrival
20 Feb 1950 Middletown Journal Article about Sue Mardas
states Sue was staying with Mr. and Mrs. Steve Vardelis in
Columbus.
Article about Salem Theater. The following year the
theater was leased by Stravos T. Vradelis. After closing for
a short while for remodeling, he reopened the theater under
the name of the New Salem on July 2, 1954. The theater now
offered air-conditioning, new seats and decorations and was
equipped with a new wide screen for showing Cinema-Scope
films.
Part of the reason the old theater had been in a run down
condition when it closed was due to vandalism, which could
sometimes run as much as $3000 a year in repairs. As part of
an effort to try and alleviate this problem, Vradelis
started out by studying the history of the theater, since it
was something new to him, and wrote to motion picture
executives all over the country. Before long he developed a
program that reduced vandalism in his theater to less than
$50 a year. To achieve this he did such things as give short
lectures to the children urging them not to put their feet
on the backs of chairs, slash the seats or mark up the walls
of the theater. In return he rewarded them by running
special shows on Saturday mornings, added a special matinee
on Wednesdays during the summer, and gave them a free
Christmas show every year. This plan worked so well that
Vradelis received attention from both the Colonel White
school and the Independent Theater Owners of Ohio.
Even though the theater was still somewhat successful, the
doors to the New Salem were closed in November 1963.
Vradelis, 69 years old, decided to give up the theater,
saying that he wanted to rest up a bit. The last offering of
the theater was Stop, You're Killing Me.
Source
Article in Middletown Journal
Engagement of Lucille Vradelis, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Steve T. Vradelis of
Columbus Ohio, formerly of Middletown to Alfred H. Smith of
Columbus :Lucille graduated from Upper Arlington High
School and attended Ohio State.
Philomene
Vradelis -Death: dd mm 1977 city, Montgomery,
Ohio, United States of America Civil: Ohio Other: city,
Butler, Ohio, United States of America
Philomene
Vradelis - SSDI Birth: date ____ Death: dd mm
1977 - city, Montgomery, Ohio, United States of America
Civil: Ohio Other: city, Butler, Ohio,
Nathaniel F Vradelis
- 1930 Census age 28 Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace:
Turkey 717 North Main St Dayton Father's Name: Theodore
Mother's Name: Calliop Year of Immigration 1923 alien Radio
? Business
Household Members
Nathani T Vradelis - Ohio Deaths Birth Date: Est. 1902
Male : White Residence City: Kettering Date: 26 Oct
1970 Hospital of Death: Kettering Medical Center Kettering
County of Death: Montgomery Certificate: 079356 Age at
Death: 68 Certifier: Physician Autopsy: No autopsy Marital
Status: Married
Elizabeth
Bevis Vradelis - Ohio Deaths Birth: date 31 July
1936-Middletown Butler, Ohio, Death: 26 Feb.1998 - Kettering Montgomery Father's surname Bevis, Mother's
maiden name Polk Married Ed 14 yrs. Industry at Homemaker
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January 16, 2005 Dayton Daily News, Dayton,
Ohio
LOGUS, Cleo V. (nee Vradelis) Age 71, of Washington
Township passed away Friday, January 14, 2005 at
Miami Valley Hospital.
Cleo was a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church,
Dayton. She taught in the Kettering and Centerville
School systems as a voice teacher for 10 years. Cleo
was past producer at the Miami Valley Communication
Council and was volunteer of the year in 1993,
winning many awards.
She is preceded in death by her parents,
Nathaniel and
Anastasia Vradelis.
Cleo is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Paul J.
Logus Sr.; and 2 sons, Paul (Carol) Logus, Jr. of NY
and Nathaniel Lee (Kay) Logus of Boston, MA.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 12:00 noon, January
18, 2005 at the Annunciation Greek
Orthodox Church, 500
Belmonte Park North, Dayton with Father Mark Emmroll
officiating. Family will receive friends Monday from
4-8:00 PM, with Trisagion Prayers Monday evening at
7:00 PM at the Routsong Funeral Home, 6 Oakwood Ave.
at Irving. Burial in David's Cemetery. Following the
committal service at David's Cemetery there will be
a mercy meal in the community center at the
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.
In memory of Cleo, contributions may be made to Annunciation
Greek Orthodox Church,
500 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, OH 45405 or to
Doctors Without Borders, P.O. Box 1856, Merrifield,
VA 22116. Condolences may be sent to the family via
the Routsong Funeral Home website at
www.routsong.com.
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Cleo Gavin
12 March 2009 |
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July
14, 1921 Thursday Middletown, Ohio
NEW TAILOR SHOP FOR THIRD STREET
Ed Konig, manager of the Famous Tailors, has
purchased the tailoring shop of James Vradelis,
403 East Third street, and will open a first class
merchant tailoring, dry cleaning and pressing
establishment there soon. Mr. Konig came to
Middletown several years ago from Newport, Ky., and
has established himself here firmly in the minds of
the Middletown buyers. He is known as an excellent
cutter and a merchant of unusually good taste as to
the needs of his customers. |
by
Vivian Moon
22 Sept 2008 |
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October
1, 1931 Thursday Middletown Journal, Middletown,
Ohio
MOTHER OF VRADELIS BROTHERS DIES OF HEART ATTACK AT
DAYTON HOME
Kalliopi Vradelis |
by
Vivian Moon
15 October 2008 |
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October
19, 1948 Tuesday Middletown Journal,
Middletown, Ohio
Theodore Vradelis
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Vivian Moon
12 Sept 2008 |
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