Sandor Apathy

BRADFORD - Dr. Sandor Apathy, 96, of Davenport, Iowa, formerly of Bradford, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, May 27, 2013, at Senior Star Independent Living in Davenport, Iowa, after a brief struggle with renal cell carcinoma. Eva, his beloved wife of 68 years, was by his side.

Honoring Dr. Apathy's wishes, the rite of cremation has been accorded, and a memorial Mass of Christian burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2013, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Bradford, Ill. Inurnment will be in St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Bradford, Ill.

Sandor Apathy was born May 19, 1917, in Dicsoszentmarton, Transylvania, Hungary, the third child of Zoltan and Julianna Kovacsy Apathy.

Sandor attended Kolozsvar University in Romania and later Budapest University in Hungary. Following his graduation from medical school, he served as a physician in both the Hungarian and Romanian royal armies.

Dr. Apathy married Eva Judith Rozsnyavszky on Nov. 8, 1944, in Nagysurany, Hungary. They lived in Eichstatt, Bavaria, Germany, for six years, where their eldest daughter, Eva, was born. The Apathy family immigrated to the U.S. on March 26, 1951, to New York City on the USS General S.D. Sturgis and lived in Lansdowne, Pa., where Sandor worked as a resident physician in order to learn the English language to take his medical board examinations in English.

Their eldest son, Alexander Andrew "Andy," was born in Upper Darby, Pa. In August of 1953, the Apathy family moved to Bradford, Ill., where Sandor maintained a private family practice until 1986. Dr. and Eva and their daughter received U.S. citizenship on Nov. 13, 1956.

Those remaining to honor his memory include his wife, Eva; sons, Alexander Andrew "Andy" (Donna Calvert) of Leawood, Kan., and Peter (Carole Knuth) of Sitka, Alaska; daughters, Eva Buboltz of Goodyear, Ariz., and Judy (Jeff) Hyland of Davenport, Iowa; grandchildren, Sandra "Sandy" Buboltz of Westmont, Ill., Chris (Christine) Buboltz of Goodyear, Ariz., Jason (Claire) Hyland of Chicago, Ill., Jonathan Hyland of Milwaukee, Wis., Nathan Apathy of Kansas City, Kan., and Erika and Ryan Apathy of Sitka, Alaska; three great-grandchildren; three nieces; three nephews; and countless former patients and colleagues.

Sandor was a longtime member of Leet Memorial Methodist Church in Bradford, Ill.

He was an incessant reader and became a familiar figure at the Dunlap Library. He loved to do the daily crossword puzzles and cryptoquotes and was an avid White Sox fan. He also enjoyed golf, canasta and Scrabble. In earlier years, he played the flute and also played soccer.

During his years in private practice, Dr. Apathy traveled daily for rounds at both Kewanee Public and St. Francis hospitals and then saw patients in the office attached to his home.

He was a past member of the Bradford Lions Club, the Illinois Medical Society and the American Medical Society.

Sandor had a sharp mind and a dry sense of humor, and he devoted his life to tending to his patients and providing for his family. He was an outstanding diagnostician and a caring physician, husband, father, grandfather and friend, and maintained the highest standards of integrity.

Sandor was preceded in death by both his parents and by his siblings, Zoltan Apathy II, Juliana Apathy-Horvath and Istvan Apathy.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bradford Rescue Squad, The Lions Club or to Genesis Hospice.

The family would like to extend a special thank-you to the staff and residents of Senior Star for their kindness to Sandor and Eva, to the entire Genesis Hospice team and to Dr. Joshua Carpenter for their excellent medical care, and to caregivers Moira DePasquale, Michelle Stolte and Denise Hicks for their capable and compassionate assistance.

Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting Dr. Apathy's obituary at www.hmdfuneralhome. com.