István was born on August 22nd, 1931 in Úrkút.1 István's father was Lajos Asbóth and his mother was Rozália Varga. His paternal grandparents were Lajos Asbóth and Eszter Béres. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Róbert, Lajos, Imre, Ilona, Jolán and Ibolya. He was the third youngest of the seven children. He died at the age of 80 on October 7th, 2011 in Sopron.1