Gabriella D. Revasz

Gabriella D. Revasz of Chelmsford, Raytheon retiree CHELMSFORD, MA Gabriella D. Revasz, of Spruce Woods, Durham, New Hampshire, and Chelmsford, Massachusetts, died Wednesday, July 30th, after a lengthy illness. Gabriella was born Gabriella D. Muranyi, in 1931 in Miskolc, Hungary, and lived in Mezotarkany, Hungary as a child. After meeting a handsome military officer and lawyer in the Hungarian Court she started her family with the birth of a daughter Edda and son Csaba. In November of 1956, her life changed forever. Her husband was an Hungarian Military Lawyer and Freedom Fighter and had to leave his country forever leaving his family behind. Gabriella decided to leave also surviving with seven others out of 38 escaping through swamps to Austria. The Red Cross worked to unite Gabriella and George a year later in Boston Massachusetts. It took over a year to reunite them but it took seven years, however, to reunite them with their children. Edda and Csaba were reunited with their parents the summer of 1963 with the help of President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. They lived in Arlington, Massachusetts and moved to Chelmsford, Massachusetts in 1971. Gabriella retired from working at Raytheon in Andover, Massachusetts in 1990. Gabriella loved animals; dogs, cats, birds, and became a source of food for many in her neighborhood. Gabriella was predeceased by her husband of 57 years, George Revasz. She leaves two daughters and two sons, Edda M. Martin and her husband, Milton T. "Sandy" Martin, Jr. of Durham, NH, Cheryl A. Revasz of Stratham, NH, Csaba Revasz and his wife, Jeanie of Abington, Massachusetts, and Douglas Cugini of Rockland, Massachusetts; six grandchildren; and two great-grand-children. REVASZ Private graveside services will be held in Durham. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory may be made to the NH SPCA, PO Box 196, 104 Portsmouth Ave, Stratham, NH 03885, www.nhspca.org. Brewitt Funeral Home, Exeter, NH. On line guest book, visit www.brewittfuneralhome.com