Zoltan John Janosi

He was born October 27, 1928 in Budapest, Hungary. The Budapest he grew up in was overrun during World War II and many of his friends and relatives did not survive its horrors. The repression

that followed under Stalin's Soviet Communism left most in poverty with little freedom of speech. Still Zoltan was able to excel in schooling with highest honors and became a young adjunct professor at the Hungary's Agricultural Engineering University. It was there he first met a vivacious student, who became the love of his life, the future Janice Janosi, for whom he was a devoted husband to for 66 years.

In the fall of 1956, Zoltan and Janice joined thousands of brave Hungarians who fled all that they had known with just the clothes on their backs during the Hungarian Revolution. Zoltan and Janice left their families to pursue the American Dream arriving in New York Harbor seeing the Statue of Liberty.

With Zoltan's technical engineering background, he was hired right off the boat at the US Tank- Automotive Command in Warren, MI where he worked continuously until he retired in 1994. He also received a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1963.

Zoltan had a lifelong passion for reading, soccer, world wide travel, and classical music including having season tickets for the Detroit Symphony and Michigan Opera Theater for five decades. He enjoyed continuous learning including solving daily crossword puzzles, watching Jeopardy! religiously, and discussing politics and world events. He also stayed physically fit, being independent doing pushups and sit ups, and taking long walks until the very last months of his remarkable long life.

He is survived by his son, Nicholas (Julia); and grandchildren, Nicole (Alex) and Alex.

Per his wishes, he will be cremated and his ashes will be interned at Washtenong Memorial Park in Ann Arbor, MI along side his wife, Janice Janosi, who preceded him in death in 2020.