 In 2002, the hundredth anniversary of his birth was commemorated at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta.Soenario was the eldest son (and the first of 14 children) of "Raden Mas" Sutejo Sastrowardoyo (1878-1967), a "wedono" of the Uteran District in Madiun, and "Raden Ayu" Ratna Suyati Sastrowardoyo (née Kartokusumo) (1887-1980), a noblewoman descended from a minister of the Majapahit Empire .His wife, Dina, preceded him in death in 1995.