LOVRICS, Gustav (Guszti) (GUSZTI) - March 12, 1931 – February 18, 2021
Gustav passed away peacefully at home, three weeks before his 90th birthday.
He was loved and will be missed by his children Joseph (Katy), Elizabeth (Matt), Peter (Jill), Edmund and Tom (Arlene), and his eight grandchildren Jennifer (Connor), Emily (David), Helen (Dan), Diane (Brett) Lydia (Marco), Sarah, Olivia (Josiah) and Nicholas (Aliya), and 2 great-grandsons Finnigan and Carter.
He was predeceased by his former wife of 42 years (Esther Somogyi-Toth), and 9 siblings.
His youngest sister Violet lives in Switzerland. Guszti was born in Pecs, Hungary, in 1931.
He survived WWII and Soviet rule.
He fled Hungary during the 1956 Revolution with fellow university students and his future wife. After arriving in Toronto, he married, started a family and a new life.
He embraced Canada and its opportunities, where ambition and effort were rewarded. His six siblings joined him here, and they all went on to prosper.
But he never lost his sharp mind, wit, inner strength, and fighting spirit.
Every hospital admission served as a challenge to get back home, and he defied many medical predictions. He carried on until his heart could go no farther.
Gustav was loved and will be forever missed by the many people he touched.
In memory of Gustav G. Lovrics, there will be a memorial ceremony on Saturday, September 11th, at 2 p.m. and reception to follow. The ceremony will be at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Toronto, 432 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, ON.
Memorial donations can be made to St. Elizabeth's of Hungary Church, Toronto.
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