From the April 15, 2009, edition of the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
Donald F. Macha Sr.
Donald F. Macha Sr., 76, of Pittsville, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Harbor Haven Hospice in Fond du Lac.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. The Rev. Wanda Veldman will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Pittsville.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Buchanan Funeral Home, Pittsville, and at the church Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time.
Donald Macha was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Madison to Edd and Vera (Wallace) Macha. He was educated in Pittsville and served in the U.S. Army, entering June 8, 1954, and received his honorable discharge at Fort Sill, Okla., in 1956. Donald married Emma L. Braun on Feb. 20, 1954, at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. She survives.
Donald was employed at C.L. Jepson Cranberry Co. in City Point,and then at Consolidated Papers, Biron Division as a forklift driver and wood scaler from 1954 until his retirement in 1993. After his retirement, he enjoyed his family, church, traveling, and woodworking, donating his crafts to the Veedum Church bazaars. He was a member of the Veedum Moravian Church, and a past church board member, and Modern Woodman of America, White Birch Camp 3160.
He is survived by his wife, Emma Macha of Pittsville; two daughters, Donna (Robin Lipski) Staczyk and Beth (Art Hanson) Macha, Green Bay; two grandchildren, Brad (Laurie) Jakusz, Amherst, and Nicole (Larry Johnson) Jakusz, Stevens Point; and nine great-grandchildren, Caitlin Faust, Rudolph, Austin and Christian Haas, Traeton and Caden Jakusz, all of Amherst, and Erin, Meghan, Robin Jr. and Matthew Lipski, all of Stevens Point.
He is further survived by two sisters, Hazel Nordman, Pittsville, and Ferne Hutter, Marshfield; a sister-in-law, Irene (Lou Leggio) Schloesser, Lac du Flambeau; two half-brothers, Harold and Richard Macha; and a half-sister, Mildred (Eugene) Kulhanek, Pittsville.
Donald was preceded in death by a son, Donald Macha Jr.; a half-brother, Kenneth Macha; and his parents.
Memorials have been designated to Veedum Moravian Church.
Donald F. Macha Sr.
Donald F. Macha Sr., 76, of Pittsville, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Harbor Haven Hospice in Fond du Lac.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. The Rev. Wanda Veldman will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Pittsville.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Buchanan Funeral Home, Pittsville, and at the church Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time.
Donald Macha was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Madison to Edd and Vera (Wallace) Macha. He was educated in Pittsville and served in the U.S. Army, entering June 8, 1954, and received his honorable discharge at Fort Sill, Okla., in 1956. Donald married Emma L. Braun on Feb. 20, 1954, at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. She survives.
Donald was employed at C.L. Jepson Cranberry Co. in City Point,and then at Consolidated Papers, Biron Division as a forklift driver and wood scaler from 1954 until his retirement in 1993. After his retirement, he enjoyed his family, church, traveling, and woodworking, donating his crafts to the Veedum Church bazaars. He was a member of the Veedum Moravian Church, and a past church board member, and Modern Woodman of America, White Birch Camp 3160.
He is survived by his wife, Emma Macha of Pittsville; two daughters, Donna (Robin Lipski) Staczyk and Beth (Art Hanson) Macha, Green Bay; two grandchildren, Brad (Laurie) Jakusz, Amherst, and Nicole (Larry Johnson) Jakusz, Stevens Point; and nine great-grandchildren, Caitlin Faust, Rudolph, Austin and Christian Haas, Traeton and Caden Jakusz, all of Amherst, and Erin, Meghan, Robin Jr. and Matthew Lipski, all of Stevens Point.
He is further survived by two sisters, Hazel Nordman, Pittsville, and Ferne Hutter, Marshfield; a sister-in-law, Irene (Lou Leggio) Schloesser, Lac du Flambeau; two half-brothers, Harold and Richard Macha; and a half-sister, Mildred (Eugene) Kulhanek, Pittsville.
Donald was preceded in death by a son, Donald Macha Jr.; a half-brother, Kenneth Macha; and his parents.
Memorials have been designated to Veedum Moravian Church.
From the April 15, 2009, edition of the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
Donald F. Macha Sr.
Donald F. Macha Sr., 76, of Pittsville, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Harbor Haven Hospice in Fond du Lac.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. The Rev. Wanda Veldman will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Pittsville.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Buchanan Funeral Home, Pittsville, and at the church Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time.
Donald Macha was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Madison to Edd and Vera (Wallace) Macha. He was educated in Pittsville and served in the U.S. Army, entering June 8, 1954, and received his honorable discharge at Fort Sill, Okla., in 1956. Donald married Emma L. Braun on Feb. 20, 1954, at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. She survives.
Donald was employed at C.L. Jepson Cranberry Co. in City Point,and then at Consolidated Papers, Biron Division as a forklift driver and wood scaler from 1954 until his retirement in 1993. After his retirement, he enjoyed his family, church, traveling, and woodworking, donating his crafts to the Veedum Church bazaars. He was a member of the Veedum Moravian Church, and a past church board member, and Modern Woodman of America, White Birch Camp 3160.
He is survived by his wife, Emma Macha of Pittsville; two daughters, Donna (Robin Lipski) Staczyk and Beth (Art Hanson) Macha, Green Bay; two grandchildren, Brad (Laurie) Jakusz, Amherst, and Nicole (Larry Johnson) Jakusz, Stevens Point; and nine great-grandchildren, Caitlin Faust, Rudolph, Austin and Christian Haas, Traeton and Caden Jakusz, all of Amherst, and Erin, Meghan, Robin Jr. and Matthew Lipski, all of Stevens Point.
He is further survived by two sisters, Hazel Nordman, Pittsville, and Ferne Hutter, Marshfield; a sister-in-law, Irene (Lou Leggio) Schloesser, Lac du Flambeau; two half-brothers, Harold and Richard Macha; and a half-sister, Mildred (Eugene) Kulhanek, Pittsville.
Donald was preceded in death by a son, Donald Macha Jr.; a half-brother, Kenneth Macha; and his parents.
Memorials have been designated to Veedum Moravian Church.
Donald F. Macha Sr.
Donald F. Macha Sr., 76, of Pittsville, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Harbor Haven Hospice in Fond du Lac.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. The Rev. Wanda Veldman will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery, Pittsville.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Buchanan Funeral Home, Pittsville, and at the church Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time.
Donald Macha was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Madison to Edd and Vera (Wallace) Macha. He was educated in Pittsville and served in the U.S. Army, entering June 8, 1954, and received his honorable discharge at Fort Sill, Okla., in 1956. Donald married Emma L. Braun on Feb. 20, 1954, at Veedum Moravian Church, Veedum. She survives.
Donald was employed at C.L. Jepson Cranberry Co. in City Point,and then at Consolidated Papers, Biron Division as a forklift driver and wood scaler from 1954 until his retirement in 1993. After his retirement, he enjoyed his family, church, traveling, and woodworking, donating his crafts to the Veedum Church bazaars. He was a member of the Veedum Moravian Church, and a past church board member, and Modern Woodman of America, White Birch Camp 3160.
He is survived by his wife, Emma Macha of Pittsville; two daughters, Donna (Robin Lipski) Staczyk and Beth (Art Hanson) Macha, Green Bay; two grandchildren, Brad (Laurie) Jakusz, Amherst, and Nicole (Larry Johnson) Jakusz, Stevens Point; and nine great-grandchildren, Caitlin Faust, Rudolph, Austin and Christian Haas, Traeton and Caden Jakusz, all of Amherst, and Erin, Meghan, Robin Jr. and Matthew Lipski, all of Stevens Point.
He is further survived by two sisters, Hazel Nordman, Pittsville, and Ferne Hutter, Marshfield; a sister-in-law, Irene (Lou Leggio) Schloesser, Lac du Flambeau; two half-brothers, Harold and Richard Macha; and a half-sister, Mildred (Eugene) Kulhanek, Pittsville.
Donald was preceded in death by a son, Donald Macha Jr.; a half-brother, Kenneth Macha; and his parents.
Memorials have been designated to Veedum Moravian Church.
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