Mrs. Tamás Aladárné Ilona Szűcs

* May 16, 1912, Várgede - † August 22, 2016, Rimaszombat / teacher ; ; Ilona Tamás Aladárné Szűcs was born on May 16, 1912 in Várgede, and her dream was to become a teacher as a child. ; She completed her primary school in Várgede and continued her secondary school studies in Rimaszombat. In 1931, she graduated from the Hungarian Teacher Training Institute of the Sisters of the Order of the Order of the Holy Sisters of Pozsony, the only Hungarian-language institution at that time. In the same year, she began teaching in Runya, and later in Nagybalog. In 1933, she passed the qualifying exam and received her teaching certificate. She continued to teach at the Nagybalog Reformed Church School. ; In 1937, she married Dr. Aladár Tamás. She did not teach from the 1938/39 school year, because they moved to Torna, where her husband worked as a veterinarian. Her daughter Judit was born in 1943, and her daughter Ilona Anna in 1945, whom she buried in 2012. ; Immediately after World War II, they moved to the newly formed district seat, Szepsi, where her husband became the district veterinarian. She did not accept the offered job in Hungary, because they did not want to leave their elderly parents alone in the then newly formed Czechoslovakia. The family lost their citizenship, and as stateless people, many other things besides their rights. In 1948, she got a job as a district veterinarian in Nagyrőce (Revúca), where she lived and worked until her death (1955). ; After the death of her husband, Aunt Ilonka Tamás moved with her children to Uzapanyit, where she inherited a family house and land from her husband. Since the area of the inherited land was more than 4 hectares, she became a kulak, with all the negative consequences of that (e.g. she could not teach, they were left without any income). From 1955 until they were adults, she raised her two daughters alone. Her former students, who were now parents, tirelessly visited the offices to allow her to return to teaching and teach again, this time their children. They fought for her to be allowed to teach again from 1958 where she began her teaching career – in Nagybalog, in the Hungarian-language elementary school. ; she taught until 1974. At that time, she received the J. A. Komensky Prize and the Distinguished Teacher Award as a lifetime achievement award for teaching. She was the only Hungarian to receive the award at Prague Castle from Lubomír Štrougal, who was then the Prime Minister of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. ; During her active life, she achieved much success through her work in Csemadok. She organized events and directed and put together several literary stage shows. She was the dramaturge and director of several successful amateur theater productions in Nagybalog and Bátka. Until 1973, she was the pioneer leader of the Bátka school, where she led several self-education circles, such as the dance circle, needlework circle, civil defense training, Red Cross training, puppetry circle, and acting circle. People respected her as the “teaching aunt of the Balog Valley”. ; She loved children. She always enjoyed telling stories about fantastic school trips. After her retirement, she actively participated in the work of the Rimaszombat Pensioners Club as a cultural officer. In 2006, he received the Golden Plaque of the Slovak Republic as a lifetime achievement award. At the same time, in 2006, he received the commendation certificate of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Hungary. ; In 2011, he took up Hungarian citizenship. After that, he became known throughout the Carpathian Basin. The Slovak state took away his Slovak citizenship, and as a result, he lived as a stranger without a title in his own home in his homeland. ; For his life's work and standing, he has received several prestigious awards since 2012: the Simonyi Foundation's Petőfi Award, the Human Dignity Award, the Hungarian Order of Honour, the Pro Probitate - Standing Award, and the Saint Stephen Award in Esztergom (2014). ; Dr. Tamás Aladárné, Aunt Ilonka, passed away peacefully at home on August 22, 2016, at the age of 104. ; ; Professional activities: ; ; 1974 - received the J. A. Komensky Award and the Excellent Teacher Award as a lifetime achievement award for teaching; 2006 - received the Golden Plaque of the Slovak Republic as a lifetime achievement award; 2006 - a certificate of commendation from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Hungary; 2012 - the Petőfi Award of the Simonyi Foundation, the Human Dignity Award, the Hungarian Order of Honour, the Pro Probitate – The Award for Standing Up; 2014 - the Saint Stephen Award in Esztergom; ; &nbsp, ; ; &nbsp,