Funeral services for Sadie J. Elias-Bakeris, 99, of East Moline, IL, will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Rock Island, IL. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Moline, IL. Visitation will be 4:00-7:00 Monday at the Van Hoe Funeral Home Ltd, East Moline, where a Trisagion (Prayer Service) will be held at 6:30 P.M. Mrs. Bakeris died Sunday, April 8, 2012 at HCR Manor Care, Davenport, IA. Memorials may be made to St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Rock Island, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, East Moline, or the Alzheimer's Association. Sadie Changas was born February 14, 1913 in Greece, the daughter of Stavros and Helen Passalis Changas. She married Anastasios "Thomas" Elias October 15, 1936 in East Moline. He died September 27, 1956. She later married Nicholas Bakeris in 1965 in Moline. He died in 1991. She and her husband Thomas had owned and operated Tom's Market in Moline. She then worked for Sears Roebuck, Moline, and McCabes, Rock Island, before retiring. She was quite a traveler during her life, New York held a special place in Sadie's heart. Sadie had many loves, playing cards and dancing being a couple of them and in her younger years, Sadie could dance a mean polka. Survivors include her daughter, JoElaine (Dale) Allison, Bettendorf, IA; son, Milton (Lynne) Elias, Oklahoma City, OK; grandchildren, Dan (MaryAnn) Allison, Matthew (Anne) Allison, Michael (Anne) Allison, Chad (Heather) Elias and Jason (Stephanie) Elias; great-grandchildren, Stephanie, Kathryn, Sophia, Sarina, Samuel, Rebekah, Emma and Abigail. She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands, sisters, Nora Stavros and Loy Whizenand, brother, James "Jim" Changas. Sadie, you are truly "Sadie the Lady."

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