I have some fond memories of Michael Harsanyi. I remember playing “touch” football at Stonequarry Elementary with him and the other guys. For a number of years we rode the bus together and shared a seat. At that time, the great fear was a Russian nuclear attack. His father even built and stocked a nuclear bomb shelter behind their house on Dogleg Rd. So naturally, as morbid as it may sound, a lot of our interest and conversation on the bus, was about surviving the Nuclear Attack, and how we would survive after it. Some practical, some fiction, and a lot of fantasy. In high school, we went to summer school a couple of years, and our mothers took turns driving us.
Obituary found by Arvie Schieltz on March 20, 2025 as follows:
Michael Charles Harsanyi, 59 , of Fruitland, FL, passed away on Monday, September 11, 2006. He was born in Dayton, Ohio on October 26, 1946. He is survived by his daughters, Robin M. Cropp of Umatilla and Charlotte A. Harsanyi of Leesburg; sister, Michelle Harsanyi of Garyville, TN; and four grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth, Leah, Ashleigh and Kaila . Funeral Services will be private.
Arvie Schieltz
I have some fond memories of Michael Harsanyi. I remember playing “touch” football at Stonequarry Elementary with him and the other guys. For a number of years we rode the bus together and shared a seat. At that time, the great fear was a Russian nuclear attack. His father even built and stocked a nuclear bomb shelter behind their house on Dogleg Rd. So naturally, as morbid as it may sound, a lot of our interest and conversation on the bus, was about surviving the Nuclear Attack, and how we would survive after it. Some practical, some fiction, and a lot of fantasy. In high school, we went to summer school a couple of years, and our mothers took turns driving us.Brenda Zenz (Windel)
Obituary found by Arvie Schieltz on March 20, 2025 as follows:
Michael Charles Harsanyi, 59 , of Fruitland, FL, passed away on Monday, September 11, 2006. He was born in Dayton, Ohio on October 26, 1946. He is survived by his daughters, Robin M. Cropp of Umatilla and Charlotte A. Harsanyi of Leesburg; sister, Michelle Harsanyi of Garyville, TN; and four grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth, Leah, Ashleigh and Kaila . Funeral Services will be private.
Taken from the Daily Commercial, Leesburg, FL.