Peter Nicholas “Petros” Lillios of Lowell, a Korean War veteran, died Nov. 4. He was 88.
He was born in Athens, Greece.
He spent most of his early years in Athens and Albania with his grandmother.
He came to the U.S. in 1947 and lived in New York City before moving to Concord, N.H.
Mr. Lillios served as a sergeant in the Army during the Korean War.
He settled in Boston after marriage and worked as a waiter and maitre d’ in some of the finer restaurants in Greater Boston.
Mr. Lillios was president of International Totalizing Systems, a cash accountability business for coin-operated machines he founded and owned.
He built a successful electronics design and manufacturing business with a team of MIT engineers that operated for more than 40 years at locations in Newton, West Roxbury and Haverhill.
He was an outstanding chef who enjoyed watching television and viewing nature, history and cooking programs on the largest TV screen he could buy.
He was a huge boxing fan and was a regular at the Golden Gloves at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Mr. Lillios was an active member of the Haverhill Korean War Veterans’ Association, participated in establishing the Korean War Monument in GAR Park in Haverhill and marched in many parades over the years.
He loved visiting his homeland of Greece and traveled there as often as he could.
He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Lynda L. (Daily); three daughters, Victoria St. Hilaire of Portland, Maine, and Loretta and Christina Nolan, both of Natick; a son, Nicholas of Lowell; a brother, William (Vasilis) of Cleveland, Tenn.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at noon today at Mahoney Funeral Home, Lowell.
