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Hans Dieter Donath

December 17, 1946 — June 22, 2010

Hans Dieter Donath, age 63, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, June 17,2010 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center.

A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Hans was born on December 17, 1946 in Bavaria, Southern Germany. In 1960, at age 13, he immigrated to the United States and lived in El Paso, Texas. He married at age 18 and in 1965 he joined the United States Army. He lived in Miami, Florida for three years and learned electronics (including radar, communications, telemetry and computer) as a profession. In 1968 he moved to California and continued working in electronics for several government contractors at Jolon, California, near King City, California. He relocated to Silicon Valley, California in 1974 and started a career venture with “Digital Equipment’, a large computer firm. In 1994 he moved to the Rogue Valley where he was at peace with nature and the geographic surrounding. It reminded him much of the area where he grew up as a child.

He was a member of the American Legion.

His hobbies included woodworking and computers

Survivors include his domestic partner, Lanni Cilia of Grants Pass; mother, Margaret Miller of
El Paso, Texas ; a son, Hans Josef Donath of Denver, Colorado; two stepsons, Ross Souter and Scott Souter both of San Jose, California; step-sister, Kathy Robinett of Oregon City, Oregon.

He was preceded in death by his step-father Randall W. Miller

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