On March 17, 1986, in Nashua, Iowa, he was united in marriage to Vicki Stites. For many years he was an air traffic controller and most recently worked in sales for McLeod. Phil enjoyed the outdoors and prized the time he spent with family and friends.
Survivors include his wife, Vicki Stites Donath, of Cedar Rapids; two daughters, Heather, and husband, Andrew Webb, of Anna, Illinois, and Erin Donath, of Cedar Rapids; his parents, Frank and Kathryn Donath, of Sedalia; three grandchildren, Avery, Hayden, and Hannah Webb; a sister, Diane Penland, of Gardner, Kansas; his wife's parents, Jr. and Wilma Stites, of Charles City, Iowa; a brother-in-law, Mike, and wife, Carol, of Chariton, Iowa; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, at Heckart Funeral Home, with the Rev. Joann Keele officiating.
Burial will be in La Monte Cemetery, with military honors by VFW Post 2591.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Heckart Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Mercy Foundation, Hospice House of Mercy, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
John Phillip "Phil" Donath, 62, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, Iowa.
Phil was born December 13, 1946, in Kansas City, the son of Frank and Kathryn Watts Donath. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1969.
