Radu Rusu

1939 - 2023  (83 years)

• Name	Radu Rusu
  Birth	27 Aug 1939	Focsenei, Romania
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jan 2023	Connecticut
  Burial	Lakeview Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  Notes	Radu Rusu, age 83, of Trumbull, beloved husband of the late Vasila Biruinta Rusu, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2023. Radu was born on August 27,1939 in the small village of Focsenei, Romania to the late Ion and Elena Rusu, as the oldest of four siblings. He married his beloved late wife Vasila Biruinta Rusu in 1963 in Romania and they were married for 45 years until her untimely passing in 2008. Radu, his wife and 2 children immigrated to the United States in 1980 and they settled in among family and friends in the Romanian community in Bridgeport, CT, and has been a devout member of St. Dimitrie Romanian Orthodox church ever since. He started work in aviation in Romania for TAROM after finishing his Master's in engineering at Politecnica University in Bucharest. After he came to America his life-long love for aircraft and jet engines guided him to Avco Lycoming/Textron-Lycoming in Stratford CT, where he worked as a test engineer on the Abrams Army tank engine, for which he was even awarded a patent in 1987. When Textron Lycoming moved to Phoenix, he chose to stay near his family and friends in CT and continued his love of aviation by driving to Hartford and back daily to work at Pratt & Whitney until his retirement at the age of 72. Radu is survived by his children Gabriel Rusu and Andrea Rusu, grandsons Anton and Alexandru Rusu, brother and sister-in-law, Ion and Georgeta Rusu of Romania; sister Victoria Rusu, brother-in-law and sister-in-law Andrei and Caterina Colimitra, sister-in-law Elena Rusu, nephews and nieces Radu Rusu and family, Cristian Rusu and family, Iulia Tudor and family, Isabela Varga and Elisabeta Ionescu-Dore and family and Gra?iela Rusu, many grandnieces and grandnephews and god children. In addition to his wife and parents, he was predeceased by his brother Vasile Rusu. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 11 a.m. at St Dimitrie Romanian Orthodox Church, 504 Sport Hill Rd, Easton. Friends may call that morning from 10 am to 11 a.m. in the church. Burial to follow in Lakeview Cemetery in Bridgeport. Arrangements in the care of Pistey Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Dimitrie Orthodox Church.
  Person ID	I13086	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	28 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Vasila Biruinta Colimitra,   b. 02 Jul 1940, Trieste, Italy d. 25 Sep 2008, Connecticut (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1963	Bucharest, Romania
  Children	+ 1. Living > 2. Living
  Family ID	F3613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 27 Aug 1939 - Focsenei, Romania Marriage - 29 Jun 1963 - Bucharest, Romania Death - 1 Jan 2023 - Connecticut Burial - - Lakeview Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
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