Tibor Kalman Remenyik

Tibor K. Remenyik, 83, a resident of Las Vegas, NM passed away on Sunday at the Santa Fe Care Center from a rapidly advanced systemic cancer. He was born on March 10, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary and became a naturalized American citizen in 1964 in Knoxville, TN. He is survived by his wife Janet of 51 years of Las Vegas, NM; a daughter, Barbara Remenyik of Walnut Springs, TX; and a brother, Carl Remenyik of Knoxville, TN.
The family left Hungary in 1944 for Switzerland as the Russian Army moved into Hungary. He joined his brother in the US in 1959 to take an assistantship at the Colorado School of Mines for post doctoral work in mining. His education includes the Menta Gymnasium and the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest before 1944. Afterward, the St. Gallen Institute auf dem Rosenberg, Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, PhD at the University of Bern in Switzerland, and Colorado School of Mines for post doctoral work in mining. His work experience includes assistant ships in mineralogy and German, mineral exploration in Iran, road base gravel exploration in TN, Amax Corporation NY City as a Mineral Economist, and after retirement, teaching geology at NM Highlands University from 1984-1987.
Museums and history has always been and interest and a volunteer involvement. First in Greenwich, CT 1983, Las Vegas and Rough Rider Museum in NM 1988-2012, Library at Ft. Union 2002 -2012, and Santa Fe Trail Association 1992-2012. He was a strong supporter of the US Constitution and the freedoms it guaranteed to citizens through the Bill of Rights.
He read widely in several languages with a broad interest in linguistics, archeology, history and biographies. He was an active member of the American Hungarian Club in Albuquerque, NM where traditions were observed. Although not a musician, he loved opera and many forms of music including ancient chants, baroque, classical, county-western, and swing. A love of making models and fascination with railroads and mining led to a large collection of small trains and the creation of landscapes in which to run them. Xerascape gardening in NM was a satisfying pastime as rock and mineral collections could be incorporated into their design. He maintained contacts around the world and kept a daily diary to record people, conversations, and his schedules.
Cremation has taken place and no services are being planned. Memorials may be sent to the Friends of the Museum, P. O. Box 3311, Las Vegas, NM 87701

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