George Farkas (1937-2025)

George Farkas, 88, of Newton, MA.

Né Jorge, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Elizabeth and Zoltan Farkas. He grew up in Las Pampas, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. George was an accomplished graduate of the Buenos Aires Yeshiva Academy and later received his Baccalaureate at the University of Buenos Aires in Electrical Engineering. George and his wife emigrated to Massachusetts in 1969, where he attended Northeastern University for a Master’s in Electrical Engineering and Babson College for an MBA. From 1980-2015 George worked as a Communications Engineer within Global ASNT and MSI, part of the Air Force communications network.

George is survived by his wife Claire, sister Norma, daughter Valerie, son Eric, grandchildren Gabriella and Samantha, and sons-in-laws Mark Pirri and Viktor Horvath.

The funeral will be held at Temple Emanuel in Newton, Sunday, September 14th at 1pm.  Burial to follow at Mishkan Tefila Memorial Park at 2605 Centre Street, West Roxbury.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Magen David Adom

Israel’s Emergency Services System.