Leonidas N. ‘Leo” Varvitsiotis of Needham died on Thursday August 21st at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He was 71 years old. Leo was born in Greece, the son of the late Nicholas and Helen (Gianoulis) Varvitsiotis. He came to the United States in 1958 and settled in Needham with his family in 1976. He owned convenience store in Roslindale for many years and later was in the pizza restaurant business with his son Nick. Leo enjoyed gardening, wine making nad traditional Greek food. The beloved husband for 47 years of Georgia (Papagelis) Varvitsiotis, he was the loving Father of Elaine Tsouridis and her husband Klevoulos of Needham, Joanna Kalogeropoulos and her husband Chris of Sharon and Nicholas Varvitsiotis and his wife Colleen of East Bridgewater. Brother of John Varvitsiotis of Canada. Cherished “Papou” of Sotiri, Lydia, Alec, Leo, Shannon and Bobby. Visiting hours will be held at the Eaton Funeral Home 1351 Highland Ave Needham on Sunday August 24 from 5-8PM. A Funeral Service will be held at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 514 Parker St at Ruggles, Boston on Monday at 2:00 PM . Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Interment at the Gardens of Gethsemane Cemetery in West Roxbury. In lieu of flowers donations in Leo’s name can be made to the church in his hometown in Greece c/o the Varvitsiotis family.