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Family HistoryFamily History - Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan


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This family history features Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan,1 born 7 March 1936 in Michigan, the daughter of Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan and Ethel Luella Olson.1, 2, 3 Deanie married, first, 2 June 1956 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Gordon Moerdyk5 (born 17 November 1934 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, parents not determined;4 Gordon died 5 October 20134). Deanie married, second, 1983 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, Kenneth Wayne Strate7 (born 21 June 1926 in Sandborn, Knox County, Indiana, the son of John Henry Strate and Marie Angeline Anderson;6 Kenneth died 13 January 2009 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana6). Gordon is buried in Christ Church Memorial Gardens, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.4 Kenneth is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.6

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo, E.D. 39-16, Sheet No. 13B, Bernard Donovan, 27, Michigan, street work, city; wife Ethel Donovan, 29, Minnesota; daughter Rodean Donovan, 4, Michigan; son Thomas Donovan, 1, Michigan.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Illinois, DuPage County, Elmhurst, E.D. 22-2, Sheet No. 16, Arne Fredricksen, 58, South Dakota, electrical engineer, Commonwealth Edison Co.; wife Viola M. Fredericksen, 46, Minnesota; niece Rodean A. Donovan, 14, Michigan.
  3. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Christ Church Memorial Gardens, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Gordon Moerdyk, born: 17 November 1934; died: 5 October 2013 (from record).
  5. Marriage Announcement, The Courier Northern, Paw Paw, Michigan (available at digmichnews.cmich.edu), 2 June 1961, Five Years Ago. Miss Rodean Donovan and Gordon Moerdyk were married in Kalamazoo. [So their marriage was 2 June 1956.]
  6. Find a Grave (website). Memorial Park Cemetery, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, Kenneth Wayne Strate, born: 21 June 1926 in Sandborn, Knox County, Indiana; died: 13 January 2009 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (from record, which includes a copy of his death certificate; and provides the names and links for his parents, one sibling, and one wife).
  7. Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012 (available at ancestry.com), Kenneth Wayne Strate and Rodean Ann Moerdyk, married in 1983 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.