Born in Beszterce, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (now Bistrița, Romania), he graduated from the Ludovica Military Academy in 1931, subsequently he was assigned to the Hungarian Air Force.
After World War II, starting from 1951, he became the coach of the sports shooting department of Budapesti Honvéd SE.
Under his guidance, Fedor became the winningest Hungarian female sport shooter with 123 national titles in her 40-year-long career.
They had two children; Magda is an all-round sportsperson, who won Hungarian national championships in alpine skiing, sport shooting and tennis.
Their son, Lajos Jr. is a sport shooter and once was part of the Hungarian national team.