San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Horvath, Tibor J. October 27 2004
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The Record  October 29, 2004
Stockton
Tibor J. Horvath 
October 27, 1921 - October 27, 2004



Tibor J. Horvath, 83, was born October 27, 1921, in Nagybakonak, Hungary. He 
died Wednesday, October 27, 2004, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving 
family. Mr. Horvath was a chemical engineer and a university professor in 
Hungary. In the wake of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, he heroically led his 
wife and young children to freedom in the United States where he worked 
as a research chemist and program manager for various pharmaceutical and 
agricultural companies. He was a resident of Stockton from 1963 to 1973 and 
moved back to Stockton after his retirement in 1983. He was an avid chess and 
bridge player achieving the level of life master. Mr. Horvath passionately 
loved the United States and prided himself in the extensive exploration of his 
adoptive country. He will be remembered for his keen intelligence, his love of 
nature and spirit of adventure, his wonderful singing voice, and his devotion 
to his family. 
Survived by Katalin, his loving wife of 60 years; his children and their 
spouses, Clara Horvath, Tibor Z. Horvath, Kathy and Chris Barrere, Julie and 
Dave Stephens, Maria and Bill Miller; grandchildren and their spouses, Sean and 
Shannon Stephens, Gretchen and John Hydo, Howard and Cara Hawley, Christine and 
Josh Hassey, Peter, Jim, and Laurie Barrere, Andrea and Forrest Horvath, 
William Miller; great-grandchildren, Kharyssa Cumberledge, Morgann, Brooke, and 
Sydnee Stephens, and Jake Hydo.
Funeral Mass at O'Connor Woods Chapel located at Wagner Heights Road on Friday, 
October 29, 2004 at 12:30 p.m., followed by a reception in the O'Connor Woods 
Club House.


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