August C (Sonny) VandeVelde, Jr.

1942 - 1997  (54 years)

• Name	August C (Sonny) VandeVelde
  Suffix	Jr.
  Nickname	Sonny
  Born	19 May 1942	Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 May 1997	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6785	Rossville
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	August Charles VandeVelde, Sr.,   b. 3 Mar 1918, Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 14 Jul 1989, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Anita Mae Lemon VandeVelde,   b. 16 Dec 1924, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 15 Jun 1995, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 70 years)
  Married	21 Jul 1941	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Family ID	F3228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marilyn A Fritze VandeVelde Claussen,   b. 5 Dec 1943, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Sep 2021, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1963	Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Lori A VandeVelde Campbell   2. Kristi D VandeVelde Cockrell   3. Vicki L VandeVelde Shanley   4. Scott Michael VandeVelde,   b. 17 Nov 1971
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2022 20:16:50
  Family ID	F3027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- VandeVelde, August August C. Vande Velde Jr. SILVER LAKE — August C. “Sonny" Vande Velde Jr., 54, Silver Lake, died Thursday, May 15,1997, in the emergency room at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Vande Velde was an earth mover band builder for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for 32 years before he retired Nov. 1, 1996. He served in the Army National Guard. He was born May 19, 1942, in Emmett, the son of August C. Vande Velde Sr. and Anita Lemon. He was graduated from Emmett High School in 1960. Mr. Vande Velde was a member of United Steel Workers of American Local No. 307, St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville, the Goodyear Golf League and Gage North Bowling League. He also coached softball and baseball for his children for 15 years. He was married to Marilyn A. Fritze on Jan. 12, 1963, in Alma. She survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Lori A. Campbell and Kristi D. VandeVelde, both of Silver Lake, and Vicki L. VandeVelde, Olathe; a son, Scott M. VandeVelde, Silver Lake; six brothers, Ron VandeVelde, Havensville, Bob VandeVelde, Topeka, Dan VandeVelde, Steve Vande Velde and Rick VandeVelde, all of St. Marys, and Jerry VandeVelde, Lyndon; six sisters, Pat Rezac, Emmett, Mary A. Haug, Topeka, Cathy McDevitt, Lyndon, Anita “DeeDee" Preble, Chandler, Ariz., Nancy Sullivan, Shawnee, and Sandy Brungardt, Overland Park; and five grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Burial will be at Silver Lake Cemetery. Mr. VandeVelde will lie in state after 2 p.m. Monday at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home in Topeka where relatives and friends will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. and a parish prayer service will be recited at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5375 S.W. 7th, Topeka, 66606, or to the Silver Lake Athletic Department, P.O. Box 39, Silver Lake, 66539.