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Susan Marie Macha DeDonder

Female 1958 - 1986  (27 years)


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  • Name Susan Marie Macha DeDonder 
    Born 21 Sep 1958  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 May 1986  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 31 May 1986  Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3332  Rossville
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2018 

    Father Edward A Macha,   b. 6 Apr 1918, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 2003, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Mary Hobart Macha,   b. 12 May 1923, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 2016, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 4 Oct 1942  Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Anniversary- Macha, Edward and Mary 1
    Anniversary- Macha, Edward and Mary 1
    Golden Wedding Celebration for Macha Couple
    Mr. and Mrs. Edward Macha, Delia, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, August 9, 1992, at the Senior Citizen Center, 429 Pearl, Rossville. Hosts will be their family.

    Children of the couple are Wayne Macha, Carlsbad, Calif.; Don Macha, Rossville; Ken Macha, Topeka; Bill Macha, Santee, Calif.; Charles Macha, Oceanside, Calif. Two daughters, Sandra Hoferer and Susan DeDonder, are deceased. They have ten grandchildren.

    Edward Macha and Mary Hobart were married October 4,1942. Mr. Macha retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1981, after more than 34 years of service.

    The couple requests no gifts, please.
    Anniversary- Macha, Edward and Mary 2
    Anniversary- Macha, Edward and Mary 2
    60th Anniversary To Be Celebrated
    Edward and Mary Macha will celebrate their 60lh wedding anniversary Friday, October 4, 2002.

    Edward Macha and Mary Hobart were married in Herington October 4, 1942, when Edward was serving in the U.S. Navy and was home on leave; Mary was in nursing school at Halstead. They moved to Rossville in 1954, where they raised five sons and two daughters.

    Family and friends are invited to help them celebrate this occasion from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Friendship Meals site at the Rossville Senior Center.

    Ed and Mary request no gifts, please.
    Family ID F1629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Andrew DeDonder 
    Married 29 Sep 1979  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jordan Elizabeth DeDonder,   b. 14 Jul 1983, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Joshua DeDonder
    Documents
    Marriage- Macha, Susan-DeDonder, Andrew
    Marriage- Macha, Susan-DeDonder, Andrew
    Mrs. Andrew DeDonder
    (Susan Macha)
    Macha-DeDonder

    Susan Macha and Andrew DeDonder exchanged marriage vows at 2 p.m. Sept. 29 in Immaculate Conception Church, St. Marys. The Rev. Clarence Krajicek officiated.

    Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Macha, Delia, and Mr. and Mrs. Phil DeDonder, St. Marys.

    The bride's attendants were Sheryl Hansford and Tammy Scott, Topeka; Connie Keller, Rossville; and Peggy DeDonder, St. Marys. Attending the bridegroom were Delbert Simecka, Mick Poell and Gary Lundin, St. Marys, and Kerry Miller, Manhattan.

    Mrs. DeDonder was graduated from Rossville High School and is employed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Mr. DeDonder is a graduate of St. Marys High School and is employed by DeDonder Construction, St. Marys.
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2017 09:19:58 
    Family ID F707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 31 May 1986 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 1
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 1
    Mrs. Susan M. DeDonder
    ROSSVILLE — Mrs. Susan Marie DeDonder, 27, Rossville, was found dead Wednesday, May 28, in an outbuilding on her farmstead near here.

    The Shawnee County sheriff’s department said Mrs. DeDonder died of a gunshot wound to the head and that the death remained under investigation. She was last seen alive at 9 p.m. Tuesday when she was with a friend, a detective said.
    Mrs. DeDonder had worked at Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Kansas in Topeka for 10 years.

    She was born Sept. 21, 1958, at Rossville, the daughter of Edward and Mary Hobart Macha. She spent her life in the Rossville and St. Marys areas.
    Mrs. DeDonder was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys.

    She was married to Andrew DeDonder Sept. 29, 1979. He survives.

    Other survivors include a daughter, Jordan DeDonder, at home; a son, Joshua DeDonder, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Macha, Delia; a sister, Mrs. Sandra Hoferer, St. Marys; and five brothers, Wayne Macha, Ramona, Calif., Donald Macha, Rossville, Kenneth Macha, Topeka, William Macha, Santee, Calif., and Charles Macha, Carlsbad, Calif.

    Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery at St. Marys. A wake service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made to the Immaculate Conception Catholic School building fund at St. Marys.
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 2
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 2
    Shooting death focus of inquiry
    Detectives from the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department continued late Wednesday afternoon to investigate the shooting death of a woman, whose body was found early Wednesday in an outbuilding near her farmhouse about three miles northwest of Rossville.

    Capt. Ken Pierce, head of county detectives, identified the dead woman as Susan M. DeDonder, 27. Investigators said they were trying to determine whether the woman’s death was a suicide or a homicide.

    Sheriff’s detectives were called to the DeDonder home after DeDonder’s husband found her body about 7 a.m. Wednesday. The DeDonder home is on Anthony Road three-tenths of a mile south of US-24 in west Shawnee County.

    When found, the body was lying in a swing inside a metal outbuilding about 100 feet south of the DeDonder home, Pierce said. The swing was on the floor of the outbuilding.

    County Detective Richard Mergen said the cause of death was a gun¬shot wound to the right side of the head above the ear. A semi-automatic pistol used in the shooting was found near where the woman’s body originally was located before emergency personnel moved her outside the outbuilding Wednesday morning during an attempt to administer aid to her.

    Mergen said detectives were attempting to determine whether the woman’s death was a homicide or a suicide.

    “It’s just' not that clear at this point,” Mergen said.

    Detective Sgt. Mark Wanamaker said, “We are still investigating. We’ve got a few more facts to run down before we can say. It’s an up-in-the-air deal right now."
    Mergen said more friends and relatives of the dead woman need to be interviewed in connection with the case. Mergen said DeDonder was last seen alive at 9 p.m. Tuesday when she was with a friend.
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 3
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 3
    Shooting death ruled suicide
    The May 28 shooting death of a rural Shawnee County woman has been ruled a suicide, said a Shawnee County Sheriff’s Department investigator Tuesday.

    The body of Susan M. DeDonder, 27, was found by her husband about 7 a.m. inside an outbuilding at their home on Anthony Road three-tenths of a mile south of US-24 in western Shawnee County.

    Detective Richard Mergen said he and detective Rick Hladky had concluded interviews with DeDonder’s relatives and acquaintances and had reviewed the physical evidence before closing the case Tuesday. Mergen said their finding was that DeDonder died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the right side of her head above the ear.

    Mergen said the department's ruling is consistent with the coroner’s report of the woman’s death.
    Birth- Macha, Susan
    Birth- Macha, Susan
    A daughter was born Saturday, September 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Macha of Rossville.
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 4
    Obituary- DeDonder, Susan 4
    Sincere thanks to all for their kindness shown us following the death of Susan, by the Mass enrollments, Memorial donations, flowers, sympathy cards, Father John and Tony Butel, the Verscheldens, the choir, the ladies who served the dinner, and for all the food donated, and especially for your presence at the services. God love you.

    Andy DeDonder, Joshua and Jordan; Ed and Mary Macha and family; Phil and Louise DeDonder and family.