Conesus: Miklos “Miki” Szoczei, 69 years of Marrowback Road, Conesus died suddenly, Sunday November 22, 2009 at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville. He was born November 24, 1939 and raised in Tet, Hungary, the son of Istvan and Irene Eore Szoczei. In 1956 at the age of 17 he escaped from communist controlled Hungary and immigrated to the US. He resided in NYC with his father’s relatives, the Salamons, eventually making his way to Rochester. At age 22, he was proud to become a US citizen. Miki was a member of Local 03, Bricklayers Union for 28 years working as a mason.

He was the beloved husband of Terry Nichols Szoczei; devoted father to Elaine (Kurt) Brehm of Springwater, Miklos Szoczei of Canandaigua and Steven (Cindy) Szoczei of Waldorf, MD., cherished grandfather of Delaney and Markus Brehm, and Bailey Szoczei. loving son of Istvan and Irene; brother of Irene of Hungary.

The family is celebrating his life privately. Friends wishing may make memorial contributions to the Livonia Ambulance Fund, PO Box 8, Livonia, NY 14487. Arrangements, Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home, Inc. Honeoye-Livonia. To send condolences or share a memory please visit: www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com