Donuta (Dona) Jadwiga Chaja

1926 – 2026

Donuta Jadwiga Chaja (née Markurkiewicz), age 99, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Born in Czestochowa, Poland, on September 9, 1926, she later married Paul J. Chaja Jr. on September 18, 1945, in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; her parents and three siblings in Poland; her sons, Andrew and Edward; and her daughter-in-law, Corie.

Donuta is survived by her son, Paul R. Chaja; grandson, Nicholas P. Chaja; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.