Edith M. Macha

Commander Edith Martha Macha, 94, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011 in Lubbock. She was born August 29, 1917 in Brownfield, Texas to Victor and Albina Macha. In 1920 she and her family moved by covered wagon to the New Home community alongside her double cousins.

Edith attended Dixie Schools in the New Home area and graduated from Tahoka High School in 1935. She graduated from Lubbock Sanitarium Training School for Nurses in 1940 (this became Methodist Hospital and is now Covenant). In 1949 she graduated from the University of Colorado with a Registered Nurse for Teaching and Supervision of Nursing Hospitals degree.

Edith worked in Snyder and Sweetwater before joining the military service in 1942.

During her career in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps she served in hospitals in San Diego and Oakland, Calif.; St. Albans, N.Y.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Millington, Tenn.; Bethesda, Md.; Hawaii; as well as Yokosuka, Japan; Midway Island; and aboard a ship in the Pacific. She retired from Military service June 30, 1971 as a Commander in the Navy Nurse Corps.

After retirement she continued her life's work by taking care of those around her she loved, which included her mother, sisters and numerous family and friends. She also enjoyed being involved in several organizations which included Christ the King Catholic Church Women's Organization, Retired Officers Club at Reese AFB, South Plains Fair Women's Division, Pot-Pour-Ri Study Club and Alpha Kappa Gama Sorority.

Edith was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters, Lebusha Huser, Irma Bednarz and Mildred Shambeck.

She is survived by her nephews Vic and wife Ana Huser, Washington, D.C., Eugene and wife Shirley Bednarz and Bill and wife Jane Bednarz, Slaton, Texas and nieces, Sister Mary Robyn Huser, Vicksburg, Miss. and Jeanette and husband Tony Hoover, Lubbock. She is also survived by 21 great-nieces and nephews.

Rosary service will be held Sunday, September 25 at 6 p.m. in the Abbey Chapel at Resthaven Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, September 26 at 10 a.m. at Christ the King Cathedral. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Christ the King Cathedral Building Fund.