Donald (Dutch) E. LaJeunesse, age 92, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2023.\u00a0 The son of the late Louis and Leona (Richards) LaJeunesse, Dutch was born in Kenosha on June 3, 1930.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dutch was welcomed at the gates of heaven by his late wife, Marilyn C. LaJeunesse.\u00a0 Together they raised their family in Kenosha and shared 61 wonderful years together in marriage.\u00a0 Sadly, his wife preceded him in passing on February 24, 2012.<\/p>\n
He was the loving father of Debra (Jim) Drissel, Richard (Celeste) LaJeunesse, Donald (Jacky) LaJeunesse, and Kari (Richard) Aiello.\u00a0 Proud grandfather of Liz and Adam Drissel, Eric, Melissa (Pierick) and Janelle LaJeunesse, Jackie and Danielle LaJeunesse, and Victor, Max, Justine (Wikstrom), and Luke Aiello.\u00a0 Treasured great-grandfather of Kallie and Emily Drissel, Faith, Sydney, Rylee and Kaleb Drissel, Garrett Aiello, and Desmond Pierick and one more on the way.<\/p>\n
Loving friend and warm companion of Denise Nelson. \u00a0They shared fun times together each day, with the highlight being Friday nights out dining followed by dancing at the Moose Club.<\/p>\n
Dutch has a surviving sister Marie (Yvonne) VanSwol.\u00a0 He was preceded in death by his brother Richard, and sisters Pearl Buchnis, and Dora Larson.<\/p>\n
Dutch had a very successful 32-year career at American Motors \/ Chrysler retiring as a design engineer.\u00a0 Dutch was one of the fortunate ones who was moved to Detroit when all operations were closed in Kenosha.\u00a0 Fortune struck again when Chrysler moved him back to Kenosha and he retired in 1990.<\/p>\n
One of Dutch\u2019s proudest accomplishments was helping his son Donald start a new business, Process Pipe and Valve in 1995.\u00a0 He was active in the business until be stepped away in March 2019.\u00a0 Another thing Dutch mentioned with pride was that he built from the ground up the family\u2019s house on 25th Avenue where the family was raised, and he and Marilyn lived until they moved to Detroit.\u00a0 They were later one of the first to own a home at Prairie Lake Estates in Pleasant Prairie, where he lived across from the lake until his passing.<\/p>\n
Dutch had a very outgoing personality and made friends easily.\u00a0 \u201cLife of the party\u201d, \u201cfavorite uncle\u201d were comments often heard by his children.\u00a0 Family picnics, northern WI vacations, and camping were his favorite getaways.\u00a0 Card playing, bowling, jarts, badminton, dancing and golf were his favorite activities. He was a member of the St. Mary\u2019s Catholic Church.\u00a0 Dutch proudly served his country in the National Guard.<\/p>\n
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Funeral services honoring Donald\u2019s life will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.<\/p>\n
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:00 p.m. at St. Mary\u2019s Catholic Church, 7400 39th<\/sup> Ave.<\/p>\n El entierro tendr\u00e1 lugar en el cementerio de San Jorge.<\/p>\n A visitation for Donald will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the Mass at the church.<\/p>\n In lieu of flowers, memorial remembrances to Kenosha Achievement Center, 1218 79th<\/sup> St, Kenosha, WI 53143 or to St. Mary\u2019s Catholic Church, 7400 39th<\/sup> Ave, Kenosha, WI 53142 would be appreciated by the family.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald (Dutch) E. LaJeunesse, age 92, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2023.\u00a0 The son of the late Louis and Leona (Richards) LaJeunesse, Dutch was born in Kenosha on June 3, 1930.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dutch was welcomed at the gates of heaven by his late wife, Marilyn<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-11507","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/11507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=11507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}