Mary Magdaline PRESITS

30 MAR 1953 - 30 MAY 2020

• BIRTH: 30 MAR 1953, Sopron, Hungary
• DEATH: 30 MAY 2020, South Bend, IN

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[N24532] Mary Magdaline (Presits) Donahue
March 30, 1953 ~ May 30, 2020 (age 67)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY MAGDALINE [PRESITS] DONAHUE. SHE WAS BORN IN SOPRON HUNGARY, MARCH 30TH, 1953. TO PAUL AND ZSUZANNA PRESITS, WHO PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH. HAD FOUR SIBLINGS, TWO OF WHOM PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH. ZSUZANNA [PRESITS] SEIDER, AND PAUL PRESITS. HER MOTHER AND FATHER IN-LAW, MARY CATHERINE [MICHAEL], AND BERNARD ROGER DONHAUE, BROTHERS-IN-LAW PATRICK DONAHUE, LEE PERRY, AND GREAT NIECE TARIN BOWERING PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH. 1956, WHEN SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD, SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH HER PARENTS AND THREE OLDER SIBLINGS. TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM SOVIET IMMPOSED POLICIES DURING THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION, THEY CROSSED THE BOARDER INTO AUSTRIA, AND CAME TO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO START A NEW LIFE. MARY GRADUATED FROM RILEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1971. SHE WORKED AT THE STATE THEATER IN DOWNTOWN SOUTH BEND WHERE SHE MET, AND LATER MARRIED TRACY DONAHUE ON JUNE 7TH, 1975. IN 1982, THEIR DAUGHTER, MELANIE KATHERINE WAS BORN. SHE AND HER SISTER EDIE STARTED A HOUSE CLEANING BUSINESS IN 1988, SHE RETIRED FROM THE BUSINESS IN 2015. MARY LOVED TO BE AROUND FAMILY AND FRIENDS, PLAYING BOARD GAMES AND CARDS, REMINISCING OVER FAMILY STORIES, AND LAUGHING. SHE LOVED TO COOK, AND WAS VERY GOOD AT IT. SHE LOVED EVERYONE, AND EVERYONE LOVED HER. SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER HUSBAND, OF ALMOST 45 YEARS, TRACY DONAHUE. HER DAUGHTER MELANIE, AND SON-IN-LAW RYAN THOMPSON. TWO SIBLINGS EDIE PERRY, [ GERRY YOQUELET] AND JOE, [LISA] PRESITS. FOUR SISTERS-IN- LAW, CATHY, [PHIL] D’HOORE, JULIE BARNHART, MARTI SMITH, AND JOAN FICKETT. THREE BROTHERS-IN-LAW, MIKE, [SANDI] DONAHUE, DALE, [MARILYN] DONAHUE, TIM, [DEB] DONAHUE. TWENTY-FIVE NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND MANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WILL MISS HER DEARLY. ZAHORAN FUNERAL HOME HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH RANGEMENTS. CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE, A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE CENTER FOR HOSPICE CARE. TO LEAVE AN ONLINE CONDOLENCE, VISIT WWW.ZAHORAN.COM OR THE ZAHORAN FUNERAL HOME FACEBOOK PAGE. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Mary Magdaline (Presits) Donahue, please visit our floral store.