- Date Of Birth: November 8, 1930
- Date Of Death: February 24, 2013
- State: Michigan
Donovan, Richard Charles passed away at Borgess Hospital on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the age of 82, surrounded by his family. He was born in South Bend, IN on November 8, 1930, the son of the late Frank and Louise Sattler Donovan.
He was a graduate of St. Thomas Military Academy in St. Paul, MN, Notre Dame University, and the Executive Program of Indiana University. He was employed as Vice-President/Treasurer with Lear Seating Corporation in Detroit, MI, and served as President of Lear Siegler’s Plastic Division in Mendon, MI. He was a Past Trustee of Borgess Medical Center, the Family Health Center, and Borgess’s Nursing Homes. He was Past President of the National Association of Accountants – Kalamazoo, Past Director of the National Board of the National Association of Public Accountants, Past Member of the Diocesan Board of Education – both the Lansing and Kalamazoo Dioceses; Past President of the Kalamazoo Area Catholic School Board, Past President of the Board for Dillon Hall – St. Joseph sisters and Director of Caldwell Industries – Louisville, KY. He was a member of St. Monica Catholic Church and the St. Monica Usher Club, Notre Dame Club of Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo Country Club, the Canyon Gate Country Club in Las Vegas, NV, the Institute of Management Accountants, the Notre Dame Sorin and Badin Guild and the Michigan State Beaumont Tower Society. He is survived by his wife Jacquelyn Bush Donovan, who he married on June 5, 1954, in Muskegon, MI. Richard and Jacquelyn have resided in Kalamazoo since 1963.
Also surviving are his children, Michael William Jackie Scott Donovan of Holland and Mary Beth Donovan of Kalamazoo; sister, Pauline Donovan of California; brother, Thomas Patrick Carolyn Donovan of Florida; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bill and Marge Bush of Dothan, Al; nieces and nephews, Susanne Thomas Chance, E. Christopher Janet Bush, Starla Allgood, Sandra Bush, Paul Julie Bush, Fredric Kay Bush, George Mary Donovan, Blair Ellen Stribley, and Mark Shelee bush; cousin, Richard Donovan; and many cherished special friends.
He was preceded in death by his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Edward and Virginia Bush.
