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Yanko SUKUNDA, Jr.
1930 - 2009 (78 years)-
Name Yanko SUKUNDA Suffix Jr. Nickname John Birth 26 Oct 1930 Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States 
Gender Male Death 14 Apr 2009 Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States - Heart condition
Burial 18 Apr 2009 Forest Hills Memorial Park, Palm City, Martin County, Florida, USA Person ID I1906 sukunda Last Modified 27 Dec 2018
Father Mr. Janko SUKUNDA, b. 1896 d. 5 Sep 1970, Lakewood Township, Ocean, NJ, USA (Age 74 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mrs. Drena RADANICH, b. 1905, Sremska, Serbia d. July 3 1936 (Age 31 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 3 Aug 1924 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Family ID F632 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mrs. Beverly TAELMAN, b. 10 Jan 1933, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA d. 16 Jun 2008, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA (Age 75 years) Notes - Third marriage
Children 1. Mr. Nicholas SUKUNDA [Father: Birth] [Mother: Stepchild] + 2. Mr. John Joseph SUKUNDA, b. 23 Jan 1963 (Age 63 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Stepchild] 3. Mrs. Doreen FIND OUT [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: Stepchild] 4. Mrs. Deborah FIND OUT [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: Stepchild] 5. Mrs. Donna FIND OUT [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: Stepchild] 6. Mr. Christopher FIND OUT [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: Stepchild] 7. Mr. Jeffrey SCHEFFER [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: Stepchild] 8. Mr. Edward SCHEFFER d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: Birth] Family ID F635 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Mar 2017
Family 2 Mrs. Marie BERCEK Notes - First marriage for Yanko.
Children 1. Mr. Nicholas SUKUNDA [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] Family ID F660 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Mar 2017
Family 3 Mrs. Carmen Marcheschi, b. 15 Jul 1926, Geneva, Illinois, USA d. 19 May 2022, Hamilton, New Jersey, USA (Age 95 years) Divorce 10 Aug 1972 Bronx, New York, USA Notes - Second marriage
Children + 1. Mr. John Joseph SUKUNDA, b. 23 Jan 1963 (Age 63 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] 2. Linda SUKUNDA Family ID F661 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jul 2023
Family 4 Mrs. Donna BUDD Marriage 1955 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Family ID F1095 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jul 2017
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Photos Portrait
Portrait taken from Great Lakes Navy Boot Camp Yearbook 1947 Company 160 - The Keel
Group Photo
Stanko pictured with Yanko Sukunda (b. 1930)
Photo
Stojan, Nikola and Yanko’s uncle who came over from Yugoslavia for the wedding photo dated 03/02/1946.
Headstones 
Gravestone
Gravestone of Yanko 'John' Sukunda and wife Beverly Taelman
Gravestone
Gravestone of Yanko Sukunda Jr. and his wife Beverly Taelman
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Notes - John, 78, died at Lynmoore Assisted Living in Fort Pierce. He was born in Long Island City, NY and lived in Port St. Lucie one year, coming from Howell, NJ.
Before retirement, he was an iron worker.
Survivors include his sons, Nicholas Sukunda and John Sukunda; step-daughters, Doreen Sasarak, Deborah Schank and Donna Rand Chandler; step-sons, Christopher Rand and Jeffery Scheffer; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly; and brothers, Nickolas Sukunda and Lewis Sukunda.
SERVICES: Visitation will be from 6-8p. April 17 at Forest Hills Byrd Young and Prill Funeral Home in Port St. Lucie, with a Paschal service at 7p. Office of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10a. April 18 at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Church in Fort Pierce. Burial will follow at Forest Hills Memorial Park in Palm City. - It was Yanko jr and Beverly that lived in Florida. She died first of cancer and her daughter took John in till he died a year later.
- John, 78, died at Lynmoore Assisted Living in Fort Pierce. He was born in Long Island City, NY and lived in Port St. Lucie one year, coming from Howell, NJ.