Obituary of Frank John Lysy

FRANK JOHN LYSY , age 95 of Delaplane, VA died peacefully on Monday, November 7, 2011. He is survived by his children, Dusan (Janet) Lysy, Frank (Sue) Lysy, Jr., Daniel (Helen) Lysy, and Peter (Mary) Lysy; Grandchildren, David, Kara, Erin, Sherri, Chris, Emma, Edward, Eleanor, George; and one Great-Grandchild, Trey. He was born in rural Slovakia and spent a career in government service, first as a primary school teacher in a one-room school in a small town in Slovakia, later in the Foreign Ministry of the then Czechoslovakia, and then in the US Government, principally as the head of the Slovak desk in the Czechoslovak service of the Voice of America. He retired in 1991, at the age of 75. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, the late Edith L. Lysy as well as his siblings, Zofia Skutova, Frantiska Feckova, Maria Lysa, Jozef Lysy, Anton Lysy, and Jan Lysy. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, November 11, 2011 at 1:00 PM at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 750 Peachtree Street, Herndon, Virginia. Interment will be private, and will take place Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Wesley Chapel Cemetery, in Free Union, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Jankola Library and Slovak Museum, c/o Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Villa Sacred Heart, Danville, PA 17821; or to Catholic Relief Services, PO Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203.