THEODORE K. LIZAS

  
THEODORE K. LIZAS (Age 78)  
Died on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD. Born in Athens, Greece he was the son of the late Konstantine and Ourinia Jonis Lizas. He is survived by his wife Cleta; children, Ted Lizas and his wife Michaela, Elizabeth O''Brien and her husband Christopher, Kim Dameron and her husband Steven and Cheryl Edgar. There are 11 grandchildren, Nicholas, Matthew, Amy, Christine, Danielle, Lauren, Danielle, Kelli, Colton, Delaney and Grace. There is one great-grandson, Jacob. Also surviving are his brothers, Peter Lizas and Phillip Lizas, and Anita James mother of his children, Ted Lizas and Elizabeth O''Brien.Ted arrived in the United States when he was a young man and subsequently graduated from Howard University. He settled with his family in Northwest Washington DC and worked as an electrical engineer. Ted became an American citizen and was immensely proud of being an American, while also being a pillar of the Greek American community. Ted owned and operated the Safari Motel in Ocean City, MD until recently and was active in the St. Georges Greek Orthodox Church and the Lions Club in Ocean City. Ted was passionate about his family, football (particularly the Redskins), singing in his barbershop chorus and good food. A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 15, 2016 at 2 p.m. at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 8805 Coastal Hwy., Ocean City, MD 21842. Very Rev. FR Vasilios Penteridis will officiate. A wake will be held at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin on Thursday, July 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com