Jeno Homonnay

Jeno Homonnay
Jeno Homonnay at the age of 99.
Birth:	9 December 1913 Gyöngyös, Heves County, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Death:	23 November 2020 Várpalota, Veszprém County, Hungary
Age:	106 years, 350 days
Country:	HUN
Centenarian

Jeno Homonnay [Hungarian: Homonnay Jenő] (9 December 1913 – 23 November 2020) was a Hungarian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Hungary at the time of his death.

Biography

Jeno Homonnay was born in Gyöngyös, Heves County, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary) on 9 December 1913.

As a young man, he learned to ski. He graduated as a teacher of mathematics, physics and chemistry in 1936. After his schools, he went up to Pest to look for work. He ended up at the Péti Petroleum Industry Company. He married during World War II. He retired in 1980. He was still able to ski at the age of 100.

He became the oldest known living man in Hungary following the death of 106-year-old Jozsef Kasalyak on 29 February 2020. He lived in a nursing home in Várpalota, Veszprém County, Hungary.

Jeno Homonnay died in Várpalota, Veszprém County, Hungary on 23 November 2020 at the age of 106 years, 350 days.

References

• Eplényi síelés a 99 éves Homonnay Jenővel Sielok, 6 March 2012
• Száz év vagány(ság) - Jenő bácsi 100 évesen is síel Sielok, 19 March 2013
• A mai nap 101 éves Homonnay Jenő bácsi Sielok, 9 December 2014
• 94 évesen síelni ön szerint is több mint életstílus? Promotions, 27 January 2019
• 106 éves korában az örök hómezőkre távozott Homonnay Jenő síző társunk Síelj itthon, 21 December 2020

Hungary's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Geza Penzes • Unknown • Janos Puskas • Unknown • Henrik Havasi • Unknown • Zsigmond Kun • Jeno Jenovay • Karoly Molnar • Jozsef Petho • Gyorgy Laszlo • Gergely Andras Molnar • Anonymous • Gusztav Karoly • Jozsef Pelles • Rezso Gallai • Tibor Kosa • Miklos Angelus • Antal Ribnikar • Elemer Spiegler • Jozsef Kasalyak • Jeno Homonnay • Bela Csendes • Jozsef Standovari • Ferenc Pal-Szabo • Ferenc Bako