Chase Lane Donovan, Minneapolis
Obituary | Chase Lane Donovan of Minneapolis, Kansas | Wilson Family Funeral Home
February 5, 2000 - October 17, 2021
Chase Lane Donovan passed away unexpectedly on October 17, 2021 at the age of 21.
Chase was born on February 5, 2000 in Salina, KS, to Patrick and Wynette (Rodenbaugh) Donovan, Minneapolis, KS.
He lived his entire life at Minneapolis, KS. He attended Minneapolis public schools, graduating in 2018. He was known by most in high school as “Donny”. He was also known as “Tiny” by a select few. After high school he attended Hutchinson Community College to get his CDL license.
He worked at C & R Plating, The Elevator, Ottawa County Road Department and was currently working for Crosson Family Farms.
Chase was very kindhearted and would help anyone he could whenever he could. He generously shared with anyone he came in contact with, expecting nothing in return. He was a “gentle giant” and was very happy and always having fun. He enjoyed spending time with family, his friends, and shooting guns. His short life was lived to the fullest. His love was driving trucks and his dream was to have his own someday.
He especially loved history and could talk for hours about it. He got to go on a dream trip to Europe seeing Berlin, Germany, Prague, Czechia, Auschwitz/Birkenau concentration camp, Poland, Krakow, Poland, and drove through Slovakia to Hungary, Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria. He also traveled to Washington D.C. on another school trip with his little sister Emily.
He was an awesome listener and never judged anyone. He loved when his little sister did ride-alongs on trucking days, and that he got to take Grandma Rodenbaugh and Aunt Bert for a semi ride. He loved eating at the Bennington Café every chance he got and was a regular with a standing order! Chase will forever be the definition of what unconditional, true, and unselfish love really is. He will never be forgotten and will be forever missed!
Chase is survived by his parents Patrick and Wynette Donovan; older brother Shane (Mandy) Donovan, Minneapolis, KS; older sister Megan (Tim) Rusch, Junction City, KS; little sister and best friend Emily Donovan, Manhattan, KS; and nephews Camren and Clayton White, Junction City, KS and Easton, Jameson and Treyson Donovan, Minneapolis, KS; grandparents, Duane and Rena Donovan, Bloomington, NE and Wanda Rodenbaugh, Loomis, NE; along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and other family.
Chase was preceded in death by Grandfather Roy C. Rodenbaugh, Loomis, NE.
Celebration of Life will be Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Bennington Bible Church, Bennington, KS. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday at Wilson Family Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Chase Donovan Memorial Fund, to be decided at a later date, may be mailed to Wilson Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 166, Minneapolis, KS 67467.
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