1934 – 2016

BANGOR — Barbara (Fraser) Csavinszky, of Old Town, wife of the late Peter J. Csavinszky, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016, at a Bangor Hospital.

She was born in Turner (Lewiston) on Dec. 15, 1934, the daughter of Oren Foss Fraser and Mabel (Smith) Fraser. She attended Turner schools, graduating from Leavitt Institute in 1952. She received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Cornell University in 1956, a master’s degree in education (M. Ed) from the University of Maine in 1968 and a doctor of education degree (D. Ed) from Pennsylvania State University in 1976.

During Barbara’s career she was employed as an assistant buyer for Jordan Marsh Co., Boston, taught home economics at Cape Elizabeth Junior High School and was an associate professor of home economics and health education in the school of human development at the University of Maine from 1969 until her retirement in 1995. During her career at the university, she served as director of the School of Human Development from 1976 to 1986 and taught in the merchandising program.

She married Peter J. Csavinszky, a professor of physics at the University of Maine. They enjoyed traveling, especially to Hungary, the place of Peter’s birth.

Peter died Dec. 31, 1995.

Barbara was a member and served in many professional organizations: the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, the Maine Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (a past president), Maine Home Economics Teachers Association (a past president), Kappa Omicron Nu and Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society.

She valued her experience as a charter member of the Order of the Rainbow Girls, Lewiston Assembly No. 14.

Survivors include her nephew, Michael De Groot, his wife, Lorena and son, Louis Carlos of Seattle, Wash.; her step-sister-in-law, Csella Ötvös, step-brother-in-law, Antal Szabados and step-nephew, Leventhe Szabados of Budapest; and many distant cousins.

Barbara wishes to thank Loving Touch In-Home and their caregivers for compassionate care, also the doctors and staff of Boyd Dialysis Clinic.

Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.BrookingsSmith.com.