SVANDA, DORAN LEE passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 86 years of age. He was Born to Frank and Emma Svanda on a farm in Tyndall, South Dakota on September 7, 1935. After graduating high school, Doran started working on the family farm until he enlisted in the United States Army in November 19 55 and served until November 1958. He went through training at Selfridge air base in Auburn Hills working on the Nike anti-aircraft missile sites and at red Canyon missile range in New Mexico. He married Sylvia in September 1958 and they spent the next 40 years together. He and Sylvia went back to Tyndall and Yankton South Dakota and started a family adding two daughters and a son. After 6 years he found a job opportunity in Michigan, so he and his family moved to Pontiac and he started working for General Motors and after 14 years of hard work he was forced into early retirement due to arthritis. Doran is predeceased by his wife Sylvia Svanda (nee Salisbury); survived by children: Toni Lee (Ricki Raymond) Cox, Vick A. (James Norman) Barnett, and Curtis G. (Sara Lee) Svanda; grandchildren: Lucas Ray Haney, Terra Lee Knasinski, Cody Lee Barnett, and Brianne Marie Svanda; great grandchildren: Tori Lee Scott, Kaci Iona Scott, Rylee Ann Haney, Cassidy Joe Haney, and Dakota Jane Haney; sibling: Irma Wynia and preceded in death by both parents. A memorial service will be held at Perry Mount Park Cemetery in Pontiac on April 9th, 2022 at 11 AM. Donations to the Disabled Veterans of America.

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