Louis Franyi

A Celebration of the life of long-time Bandon resident, Louis Eugene Franyi, will be held from 1-3:00 p.m., Saturday, November 10, 2018 at the Bandon Community Center (The Barn) in City Park.

Louis was born July 10, 1928 in Hammond, Indiana, the son of Louis & Julia Bacsa Franyi.  He died November 5, 2018 in Bandon at the age of 90.

He was raised and educated in Hammond. 

He married Rosemary Zilai on July 22, 1950.

He worked as an electrician for Inland Steel, retiring as an Electrical General Foreman.

They moved to Prescott, Arizona in 1991 where he served as a councilman and was the Mayor pro-tem.

In 2001 he and Rosemary moved to Bandon where he was a member of the Lions Club, served again as a councilman and worked as a ranger for Bandon Dunes for eleven years where he was known as “Sweet Lou”.

He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Rosemary; daughters, Sharon Safley and Charlotte Franyi; grandchildren, Jennifer Livovich, Jason Franyi, Erika Brechbill and Jonathan Safley; great-grandchildren, Ethan, Hannah, Louis Franyi, Jacob Woerner and Julian Safley and great-great-grandson, Jaxson Franyi; sisters, Isabelle Anderson, Rosemary Yuhasz, Dorothy Ecsi and many nieces and nephews.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Christine Kirleis, sister, Irene Conforti and brother, Alex.

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