Costas Boosalis, 91, Owatonna
Costas Boosalis, resident of Owatonna, MN, died December 25, 2024, at Allina Hospital in Owatonna.
The Funeral Service of The Eastern Orthodox Church is set for Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 11:00 am at Holy Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church (703 W. Center St, Rochester, MN 55902) with visitation prior to the service, beginning at 10:00 am. The Makaria "Meal of Blessing" will follow the service in the Church Social Hall. The Graveside Service will take place at Forest Hill Cemetery in Owatonna after the Makaria. The Wake will be on Friday, January 3, 2025, from 5:00-7:00 pm at Brick-Meger Funeral Home (1603 Austin Road, Owatonna) with the Trisagion or "Thrice-Holy" Service to be led by Father Nick Hubbard of Holy Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church at 5:00 pm.
Costas was born May 10, 1933, in Niata, Lakonia Greece, the son of Theodore and Angelika Boosalis. He immigrated to the United States in 1955. Costas was united in Holy Matrimony in the Greek Orthodox Faith to the late Mary Boosalis in Sparta, WI, in 1960. The couple made their home in Owatonna while raising two children. Costas owned Costas Candies and Restaurant in downtown Owatonna virtually his entire working life, contributing as the primary candymaker and food purveyor. He was a devout Greek Orthodox Christian and faithful contributor to Holy Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church, belonging and contributing to the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) organization. Mary and Costas loved to travel and visit Greece, including remodeling and enjoying Costas’ ancestral home in Niata Greece. In addition, Costas was a member of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church of Minneapolis MN.
Costas is survived by his children Theodore of Owatonna, MN, and Angeline of Stuart, FL; sister Helen Giannou of Niata, Lakonia Greece; nephews Dimitri Giannou (wife Theodora and children Kosta and Paulo) of Owatonna, MN, and Niata, Lakonia Greece, and Theodore Giannou (wife Dimitra and children Kostas, Kosmas, and Paraskevas) of Niata, Lakonia Greece; niece Soula Argyros (husband Kostas and children Dimitri and Elena Margarita) of Athens Greece; and god-daughter Vasiliki "Kiki" Pasalis (husband Darren James Peper and son Kostandinos “Dean” Sedgwick) of La Crosse, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Angelika Boosalis of Niata, Lakonia Greece, brothers Paris of Niata, Lakonia Greece and Ari of Owatonna, MN, and Niata, Lakonia Greece.
Memorials can be made to Holy Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church of Rochester MN. For more information or to leave an online message of condolence, go to www.megercares.com