JOE-DONATO-Obituary

JOE DONATO

Fresno, California

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Joe Donato left us for the glory of heaven on December 23, 2017, at 87 years old. He led a remarkable life as an entertainer, evangelist, chaplain, and author. Joe won the largest radio talent show in the United States performing voice impersonations and opening for the Three Stooges. His...

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Joe, I just learned that you´re Home with the Lord! I´m 79 and Dad died of Alzheimer´s at 83 and Mom died of Dementia at 86 so I might have heard earlier but I want to say what a blessing you were to me and all the listeners to Mornings with Tim and Al on KBRT in SoCal. I´m looking forward to seeing you soon! I´m going into Mosques on Friday afternoons here in Vegas and giving the Muslims who are kneeling in prayer a copy of the Chick tract "Allah had no Son." God really used you to reach...

I was in the middle of doing 22+ yrs on a life sentence I was serving. I was in solitary confinement doing an indeterminate SHU term when Brother Joe reached me. At the time I was considered one of the worst individuals. Joe not only opened me up spiritually (and helped me find Christ) but he shared wisdom that altered the paradigm in which I saw life because of him I was able to earn my way back out to society after 31 yrs in prison. Now I live a life giving back to my community!

I am sad to see that Bro. Joe Donato has gone home to be with the Lord. I, first, met Joe in the summer of 1980 and, later, saw him again, while I was a Bible college student, in Dallas, TX. He was always nice to me.

I had great respect for this man after hearing his testimony. Hes at home with our Lord and Savior now.

My dear Uncle, I had no idea you had passed. When I found this I was heartbroken. You were the only person who ever believed me when I told my story of seeing an angel in person as a child. I miss your funny ways and wish we had a last visit before you left this Earth. May you rest in peace.

I met Joe in South Africa in the 80s..what an inspiration. He was so humble and we would correspond with each other. I remember asking Holy Spirit what to send him for Christmas and was told to send Tabac aftershave set. I thought it strange, but when he received it he said he had run out of it a while before and was wondering how he could get it as it was from South Africa...yay!!
Will miss him and look forward to seeing him in Heaven.

He was and is one of God's most perfect lights of Love. Just his being was comforting for a teacher, pastor, and friend.

Hi its an amazing story how I came across brother Joe's two preaching tapes. It added so much value to my Christian walk and love for our Jesus Christ..I was born in a Muslim family in South Africa and I must acknowledge listing to the same two audio tapes over 30-40 times got me excited about the kingdom life and our position as ambassador for Christ on earth. He became a spiritual dad to a son that I never had . I love brother Joe, I was truly enriched by life lived In Christ. Dee