Louis Kollias

Louis Kollias, 82, formerly of Elkhart, Indiana, passed awayon January 22 in the presence of his family. “Big Lou”, as many knew him, was born in Chicago on February 26, 1933and was raised in Elizabeth, PA. Hegraduated from Elizabeth Forward High School where he was a football standout,earning many accolades and a scholarship to University of Oregon. After lettering his first year at Oregon, hetransferred to Indiana University, where after one year he enlisted in the U.S.Army and was stationed in Germany. He returnedto Indiana University to complete his Bachelors and the Masters degrees ineducation, and he met the love of his life, Patricia, whom he married in1958. He taught high school and coachedfootball in several Indiana high schools but eventually entered the lifeinsurance business with Gleaner Life Insurance Society, where he earnedmultiple sales productivity awards. Lou was a member of St. Andrew Greek OrthodoxChurch in South Bend and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Carmel, as wellas the Elks’, Moose, American Legion, I-Mens Association and the Order of theO. He was preceded in death by his wife,Patricia (Soutsas) and brother, James. He is survived by his only son, Dr. Stephen Kollias, daughter in lawGail, and grandchildren Keegan and Nick along with fiancé Cara. Viewing will be January 24 from 4-8 pm withTrisagion Service at 7:30 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Carmel, INand January 25 from 4-7 pm with a Trisagion Service at 6:30 pm at Stemm,Lawson, Peterson Funeral Home in Elkhart, IN. Funeral will be January 26 at 10:00 am at St. Andrew Greek OrthodoxChurch in South Bend, IN. In lieu offlowers, donations may be made to St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church and HolyTrinity Greek Orthodox Church. Onlinecondolences and a video tribute may be viewed at www.flannerbuchanan.com Flanner and Buchanan-Zionsville are handlingarrangements.