Heinrich Erwin Donovan was born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota on December 6, 1952, to Maurice and Ada
(Keenan) Donovan. He grew up in Minnetonka,
and graduated from Minnetonka High
School in 1970.
Heinrich joined the Coast Guard and served from 1971-1974.
On May 7 1977,
Heinrich married Cheryl Liestman. in Excelsior.
They made their home in Minnetonka
first, and in 1985 moved to the Howard
Lake and Winsted area. Heinrich has worked first at landscaping,
then in the construction industry, retiring in 2005.
Heinrich enjoyed the outdoors, especially fishing, hunting,
cutting wood, sports and Howard Lake Orphans base ball.
On December 11,
2012 Heinrich passed away at Abbot Northwestern Hospital of
Minneapolis from the complications of leukemia.
He had reached the age of 60 years and 5 days.
Survivors include: wife Cheryl of Howard Lake, Children:
Thomas (Jennifer) of Minnetrista, Jennifer Donovan of Howard Lake, Matthew
Donovan of Howard Lake, Angela Donovan of Montrose and Amanda Donovan of Howard
Lake. Grand children: Christian Donovan,
Connor Donovan, Hailey Donovan, Mya Holmers, Macey Hess and Taylor Skiles. Brother Jack (Sue) Donovan of Maple Grove,
and sisters: Janet Boswell of El Paso, Texas,
and Patricia Clark of Minneapolis.
Heinrich was preceded in death by his parents, Maurice and Ada
and brother Gary Donovan.
Funeral Services for Heinrich Donovan will be held at 2PM on Sunday
12/16/2012 at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Howard Lake. Visitation will begin at noon. Interment
will be at Ft. Snelling
National Cemetery,
on Tuesday December 18 at 10:15 AM.