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Louis D. Ratkay 1924 - 2002

Louis D Ratkay of Oak Park, Oakland County, MI was born on February 20, 1924 in Kenézlő Hungary. Louis Ratkay died at age 78 years old on April 28, 2002 in Oak Park, Oakland County, Michigan United States, and was buried at Hungarian Sacred Heart Cemetery, in South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN.

Louis D Ratkay
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Oak Park, Oakland County, MI 48237
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February 20, 1924
Kenézlő, 3955, Hungary
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    Louis D. Ratkay was born in Kenezlo, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Hungary to Nicholas Reha (1894-1977) and Margit "Margaret" Hunyady Andras (1899-1973) and had siblings Nicholas T. (1925-2014) and Margaret Ratkay-Folding (1929-2022). He immigrated into the United States on February 1st 1950 in New York.
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    Kenézlő 3955, Hungary
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Louis was born in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary. Both his father Nicholas Reha and mother Margit (Margaret) Hunyady Andras were born in Hungary.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Louis was born in Kenezlo, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Hungary and arrived in New York on February 1st 1950, and lived in South Ben St Joseph Indiana according to the 1950s census. By the 1970s Louis was living in Texas.
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In 1924, in the year that Louis D. Ratkay was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.
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In 1944, Louis was 20 years old when on June 22nd, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill, was signed into law, pushed through by the veteran's organizations. Benefits provided for veterans to return to school (high school, vocational school, or college), obtain low interest home mortgages and low interest business loans, and (if needed) one year of unemployment insurance. Since most returning vets immediately found work, less than 20% of the unemployment benefits were distributed.
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June 6, 1974
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Montgomery County, TX
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September 2, 1975
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Harris County, TX
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Ratkay, Stephen (Jul 28, 1914 - Apr 1979) Ratkay, Gladys (Dec 11, 1923 - Nov 21, 2005) Ratkay, Mary (Mar 22, 1896 - Oct 1982) Ratkay, Anna (May 12, 1905 - Mar 25, 1988) Ratkay, Helen (Aug 5, 1894 - Jul 1981) Ratkay, Charles (Nov 8, 1896 - Apr 1980) Ratkay, Luy (Jun 17, 1883 - Feb 1975) Ratkay, Edward (Nov 1, 1922 - Jun 2, 2006) Ratkay, Beatrice (Nov 12, 1928 - Feb 17, 2010) Ratkay, Nicholas (Aug 26, 1894 - May 1977)
Ratkay, Margaret (Jun 22, 1899 - Jan 1973) Ratkay, Catherine (Apr 2, 1911 - Dec 21, 2001) Ratkay, Frank (Oct 1, 1914 - Dec 1970) Ratkay, John (Feb 5, 1911 - May 17, 1988) Ratkay, Joseph (Aug 23, 1904 - Sep 21, 1992) Ratkay, Charles (May 6, 1909 - Jan 1967) Ratkay, Helen (Oct 10, 1915 - Oct 27, 2007) Ratkay, Ann (Feb 12, 1914 - Mar 31, 1997) Ratkay, Stephen (Aug 8, 1934 - Dec 21, 2006) Ratkay, George (May 29, 1921 - May 1979)
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