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JOSEPH DONATO Obituary

JOSEPH DONATO Joseph Donato of Sun City Summerlin, died October 15, 2019 at the age of 90. He was born in New York, New York and lived in New York State until he moved to Las Vegas in 2003. A lover of music (in his youth he played the violin and bass fiddle), and all things Italian, he supported his family working as a linotype operator until he retired in the early 1990's. Joe, a widower, was married to his wife Jane, nee Ippolito, for 46 years before her death in 2000. Joe is survived by his beloved children, Dominic and Christina, Dominic's wife Junko Hayatoh, his younger brothers Vinicio and Aldo, his older sister Anna Kramm, and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service in his honor will be held in New York in the spring of this year. He will be interred in Pinelawn Memorial Park.

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Published by Las Vegas Review-Journal on Jan. 19, 2020.

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CHRISTINA DONATO

January 13, 2021

You are still missed. You are still loved.

Deborah Rhouili

January 19, 2020

I light this candle for my Uncle Joe who is also my Godfather. Rest In Peace in God's embrace Uncle Joe. Say hello to all our departed loved ones for me. Until we meet again!

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