Sad news today. One of the Utah sailing community died July 10th. Louis "Lou" Ma'te' died at 100 years old in Lakeside, Montana. Lou was born in Budapest Hungary on July 10th, 1922. He was an avid skier and sailor. He participated for Hungary in the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He escaped from Hungary during the Revolution in 1956 arriving in America on a boat January 31st, 1957. He came to Salt Lake City to ski and stayed here. Besides skiing he also loved sailboat racing and was active in both the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and the Bear Lake Yacht Club. Lou's obituary can be viewed by clicking on the following link. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/louis-ma-te-obitua... Dave
Wow. I used to sail with Lou a lot back when I was a teen. Great guy and a good sailor. On 7/26/2023 12:28 PM, Dave Shearer wrote:
Sad news today. One of the Utah sailing community died July 10^th . Louis “Lou” Ma’te’ died at 100 years old in Lakeside, Montana.
Lou was born in Budapest Hungary on July 10^th , 1922. He was an avid skier and sailor. He participated for Hungary in the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He escaped from Hungary during the Revolution in 1956 arriving in America on a boat January 31^st , 1957. He came to Salt Lake City to ski and stayed here.
Besides skiing he also loved sailboat racing and was active in both the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and the Bear Lake Yacht Club.
Lou’s obituary can be viewed by clicking on the following link. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/louis-ma-te-obitua...
Dave
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Skied until 93! That’s my goal too and beyond Sent via mobile device On Jul 26, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Dave Shearer <harbormaster@gslmarina.com> wrote: Sad news today. One of the Utah sailing community died July 10th. Louis “Lou” Ma’te’ died at 100 years old in Lakeside, Montana. Lou was born in Budapest Hungary on July 10th, 1922. He was an avid skier and sailor. He participated for Hungary in the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He escaped from Hungary during the Revolution in 1956 arriving in America on a boat January 31st, 1957. He came to Salt Lake City to ski and stayed here. Besides skiing he also loved sailboat racing and was active in both the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club and the Bear Lake Yacht Club. Lou’s obituary can be viewed by clicking on the following link. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/louis-ma-te-obitua... Dave _______________________________________________ GSL-Marina mailing list -- gsl-marina@mailman.xmission.com To unsubscribe send an email to gsl-marina-leave@mailman.xmission.com
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