Basil N. Ioannou, 80, of Pflugerville, TX formerly of North Haven, CT, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2018 at his home with his family by his side. He was the beloved husband of 30 years to Regina Ioannou. Basil was born in Constanza, Romania on March 2, 1937. He had worked as an Engineer for the former Picker Nuclear of Northford, CT for many years and later was a high school math and science teacher in Texas. Basil enjoyed enlightening and entertaining his friends and neighbors with lamb roasts on his custom made spit. Father of Angeline Ioannou (Brooke), Alicia Manocha (Dustin) and Monica Canosa (Justin). Grandfather of Evan & Greyson. Uncle of Mary, Mike and George Ioannou, and Kathy Salzetti. Predeceased by his brother John Ioannou.
A Memorial Gathering will be held in the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue on Sunday, June 3rd from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Funeral services and interment will be private and at the convenience of the family. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to Mike’s Place @https:www.mealsonwheelscentraltexas.org/programs/mikes-place
Thoughts and prayers to the Ioannou family during this difficult time. Sorry for your loss .🙏❤️
Angie and Brooke so sorry for your loss. I know you have many wonderful memories.
Angie, Brooke, Alicia, and Dustin,
I am so sorry for your loss. Our deepest sympathies in this difficult time.
Much Love,
Sue, Rob, and Aidan
I’m very lucky to have been part of Basil’s life. My namesake family knows that I lost my father at 8, and Basil was my stepfather. People have said some pretty silly things to me including “he didn’t adopt you, so…” I will say this: Basil was my parental guardian and father figure and never loved me as anything less and he is someone that I loved and respected as my parent- He raised me. I was very very lucky to have such a brilliant, authentic, funny, kind and loving step father. He always took the time to help me with math homework or talk to me about anything that was bothering me. When I graduated college and moved to Austin thinking I wanted to teach, he brought me into his classrooms with him so I can understand all aspects to teaching. The first class he was substitute teaching for at the time and it was a Spanish class. Spanish sounded a lot funny with his accent but all of his high school students loved him so much, they fondly called him “Mr.Basil” and many students came up to me to tell me so. Basil was “salt of the earth” a real “true blue” and honest person, he taught me so much about tolerance, ignorance, travel, politics, and rational thinking and to always use kind words even when you do not like or agree with view points. Since he was diagnosed with dementia in 2007, it was very hard for me to watch his decline. He was half of what I knew him to be, he couldn’t formulate sentences, yet still found a way to sneak in a funny gesture to let you know that his sense of humor somehow was still in tact. He lived with dementia for a few years before he was officially diagnosed and never once did he believe it would slow him down. That was the essence of his spirit, he was a fighter when it came to illness, and a lover of all else in the world. He is a very sweet man and there is not a day that goes by that I don’t believe he’s still here with us, watching over, sending his love. I love him and miss him but know that he’s resting in peace now and no longer suffering from such a terrible disease.
I will always remember him as a good neighbor friend, and being so good to my children eve
If they did not like octopus.
RIP BASIL. The world will
miss u
My thoughts go out to you all , I feel so lucky to have met him . Ellen g