Joseph Achille DeDonder

1946 - 2023  (77 years)

• Name	Joseph Achille DeDonder
  Birth	2 Nov 1946	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Nov 2023	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Burial	25 Nov 2023	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I9817	Rossville
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Philip V DeDonder   d. 10 Jan 1992
  Mother	Louise C Zeller DeDonder,   b. 10 Sep 1921, Paxico, Wabaunsee County, Kansas d. 16 Mar 2007, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1942	Newbury, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Family ID	F1627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bonnie Schwindt DeDonder
  Marriage	5 Aug 1967	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Christi Renee DeDonder Martin,   b. 30 Jun 1972   2. Michael DeDonder   3. John DeDonder   4. Sheryl DeDonder Clark   5. Deborah DeDonder Bylkas
  Family ID	F3447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 25 Nov 2023 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- DeDonder, Joseph 1 Joseph Achille DeDonder, 77, passed away Monday, November 20, 2023, in Topeka. Joe was born November 2, 1946, in Wamego, the son of Philip V. and Louise C. (Zeller) DeDonder. He was raised in the Sandy Hook Community and graduated from St. Marys High School. Joe served in the Kansas National Guard. As a young man, Joe was part of the Sandy Hook 4-H club and as a father, he was involved in the Jayhawks 4-H club with his children. Joe enjoyed traveling, fishing, bee keeping, camping, hunting, watching KSU and Chiefs football, and attending the many events of his grandchildren. Joe was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Joe was a member of Knights of Columbus Council No. 657 and a 4th Degree Member of Thomas A. McNeive Assembly No. 289. Joe was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Christopher, Robert, and Francis and a sister-in-law, Marsha DeDonder. On August 5, 1967, Joe and Bonnie Schwindt were married at St. Matthews Catholic Church in Topeka. She survives at their home. Other survivors include two sons, Michael (Missy) DeDonder, Kansas City, MO, and John DeDonder, Lenexa; three daughters, Christi (Bobby) Martin, Seneca, Sheryl Clark, DeSoto, and Deborah (Mark) Bylkas, Manhattan; brothers, Richard (Cathie) DeDonder, St. Geroge, William (Donna) DeDonder, Greg DeDonder and Tim DeDonder, all of St. Marys and Andrew (Susie) DeDonder, Wetmore; sisters, Karen (James) Mulligan, St. Marys, Mary Ann (Don) Davis, Silver Lake, and Peggy (Malcom) Smith, St. Marys; a sister-in-law, Becky DeDonder, St. Marys; 29 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren with four on the way. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, November 25, 2023, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys. Joe will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. followed by the rosary on Friday, November 24, 2023, the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Immaculate Conception Church, or the St. Marys Food Pantry and sent in care of the funeral home.
  		Obituary- Dedonder, Joseph 2 See File #1 for full transcription