Sandra L. Donovan

April 18, 1968 - February 14, 2010
Sandra L. Donovan, 41, of Iowa City, Iowa, died Sunday, February 14, 2010. A memorial mass was held Thursday, February 25, 2010, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City with the Reverend Michael Phillips. Memorial donations may be given to establish an educational fund for her daughter, Regan; or for the needs of patients and families of the Adult Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, in lieu of flowers. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City was in charge of the arrangements.
Sandra Lee Viet was born April 18, 1968, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, the daughter of Darwin and Karla (Jamison) Viet. She attended schools in the Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock School District, graduating in 1986. She enlisted with the United States Air Force following high school were she met her future husband, Shawn M. Donovan, and they were married October 21, 1989, in San Bernardino, California. Upon leaving the Air Force, the couple moved back to Iowa, where they attended and graduated from the University of Iowa, Sandra with her BSN degree in Nursing. She was employed by the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics since September of 1996, caring for patients and their families in the Adult Leukemia and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit for the past four years.
She is survived by her husband, Shawn Donovan, Iowa City; and her daughter, Regan; her mother, Karla Wessels, Tama, Iowa; two sisters, Doreen Morrow, Tama; Veronica Uthe (Chris), Dumont, Iowa; a niece and nephews, Autumn Morrow, Adam Gerdes, and Jakie Uthe; her mother-in-law, Kristine Donovan, West Allis, Wisconsin; a sister-in-law, Colleen Greoschel (Neil), Malone, Wisconsin; a brother-in-law, Charles Donovan (Jennifer), Waukesha, Wisconsin; and niece and nephews, Kiley Donovan, Evan Greoschel, and Cullen Dovonan.
She was preceded in death by her father, Darwin Viet; father-in-law, Michael Donovan; and her grandparents.