To the Happy Couple

Harry & Sue

Harry Machenheimer was born to parents George and Doris Machenheimer on March 14, 1938, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the second oldest of five children, which includes Mick, Tim, Jolee (Jo), and Marianne (Mimi). He graduated from Fairview High School in Cleveland in 1956. He attended Miami University in 1960 and earned a degree in Business Management.

Suzanne (Sue) Machenheimer was born to parents William and Elizabeth Stratman on January 17, 1939, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the oldest of three children, the youngest two being Billy and Maribeth. She graduated from St. Mary High School, Hyde Park in Cincinnati in 1956. She went from seventh grade to ninth grade, skipping the eighth grade because it wasn’t challenging enough. She was the class salutatorian even though she was a year younger than her classmates.

After graduating from high school, Sue began working at AT&T with Harry’s sister, Jo. Jo wanted to fix her up on a blind date with one of her brothers. She showed her pictures of Mick and Harry. Sue chose Mick, but he was already dating someone. So, she settled for Harry.¹

Harry and Sue married on November 4, 1961, at St. Stephen’s Parish in Cincinnati, Ohio.²

Harry worked at City Hall as Personnel Director for 33 years.

Harry and Sue have four children (Mike, Danny, Ann, and Jerry)³ and nine grandchildren (Claire, Ellen, Casey, Hannah, Frankie, Charlie, Meghan, Sam, and George).

Harry and Sue had been married for 51 years. Sue passed away on April 21, 2012, at the age of 73. She was “multi-talented, she played the piano, violin, a great singer and ‘yodeler’, she was artistic, and was an expert at crossword puzzles.”⁴

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