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Gabor Dessewffy Obituary

1930 - 2018
IN MEMORY: GABOR JOSEPH DESSEWFFY

Gabor Joseph Dessewffy, resident of NY since 1956, died peacefully at home on January 24, 2018. Gabor was born in 1930 in Budapest, Hungary, one of two children born to Ervin Ede Dessewffy and Margit Karácsonyi.

Gabor graduated from Premontrei Szent Norbert Gymnasium, Gödöllő, Hungary (1949) and the Politechnical University of Budapest (ÉKME) with a Master of Science - Civil/Structural Engineering (1956). He married Agnes Kerekes in 1956 in Vienna, Austria before emigrating to NY.

Gabor worked as a structural engineer throughout his life, focusing much of his career in commercial construction, including over forty years in NY, a year in Puerto Rico, and fourteen years in Caracas, Venezuela. He completed his career with the City of New York, Department of Design & Construction (DDC), retiring in January 2013. He and his wife enjoyed many years traveling the world and shared a particular passion for snow skiing, scuba diving, and spear fishing. He was an accomplished musician (guitar) and artist (drawing & painting).

He is survived by his half sister Zsuzsa Dessewffy of Budapest, Hungary. He was predeceased by his wife Agnes (2011) and his brother Ervin (2005).

A private memorial service has already taken place.

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DREAM
by Gabor Dessewffy (1952)
[translated from the original Hungarian poem "ÁLOM"]

Once I dreamed of a happy love,
a miracle on speedy wings,
a quiet that embraces softly,
a hot summer night.

Once I dreamed of a fairyland,
where the wind talks in whispers,
and in this lonely walk among the trees
tells a magic tale.

Foolish dream, of a long past summer
swept away by the current, blown away by the wind.

Once I dreamed of a happy love,
a miracle on speedy wings,
a quiet that embraces softly,
a hot summer night.

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[In Hungarian]

IN MEMORY: DESSEWFFY GÁBOR

Fájdalommal tudatjuk, hogy Dessewffy Gábor 2018. jan. 24-én, életének 87. évében otthonában békésen elhunyt.

1930-ban született Budapesten, édesapja Dessewffy Ervin Ede, édesanyja Karácsonyi Margit. Középiskolai tanulmányait Gödöllőn, a Premontrei Szent Norbert Gimnáziumban végezte (1949). Ezután a Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem Épitészmérnöki Karán tanult, majd diplomázott mesterfokozattal. 

1956-ban Bécsben házasságot kötött Kerekes Ágnessel, majd hazájukat elhagyva NYC-be érkeztek, azóta amerikai állampolgár.

Egész életében épitészmérnökként dolgozott. New York kereskedelmi épitészetében, összesen negyven évet, amit megszakitott egy egyéves Puerto Rico-i és tizennégy éves Vezezuelai munkája. Visszatérve az Államokba a  Department of Design & Construction (DDC) épitőipari vállalatnál folytatta munkáját NYC épitészeti fejlesztésében, egészen a 2013-as nyugdijazásáig.

Feleségével bejárták a világot, sieltek, szenvedélyesen búvárkodtak és hódoltak a szigonyhalászatnak. Több művészeti ágban is otthonosan mozgott, gitározott, festett és verseket irt.

Öccsét, Ervint 2005-ben, feleségét 2011-ben veszitette el. Magyarországon féltestvére, Dessewffy Zsuzsa gyászolja.

A privát gyászszertartás meghitten lezajlott.


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ÁLOM, Dessewffy Gábor (1952)

Álmodtam egyszer boldog szerelmet,
Sebes szárnyú csodát,
Lágyan ölelő csendet,
Forró nyár éjszakát.

Álmodtam egyszer tündér világot,
Hol halkan susog a szél,
S fák közt bolyongva árván
Csodás mesét mesél.

Bolondos álom, egy régi nyárbol
Elsodort az áram, elsöpört a szél.

Álmodtam egyszer boldog szerelmet
Sebes szárnyú csodát,
Lágyan ölelő csendet,
Forró nyár éjszakát.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by New York Times from Mar. 13 to Mar. 14, 2018.

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March 14, 2018

To the Dessewffy Family: My heartfelt sympathies go out to the family and friends during this difficult time. I hope that the promise in 1 Thessalonians 4:14 can bring comfort. Knowing that there's a hope for the ones we have lost in death can be so reassuring.

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