Sherwood Donaho passed away peacefully on December 5, 2019 surrounded by his devoted wife Helen of 65 years and his children, Pam and Mike. Sherwood was born in Cameron Texas on April 21, 1935 to William and Gertrude Donaho. He was 84 years old.
Sherwood lived most of his childhood in Cameron Texas but his family relocated to Houston in his teenage years. In the early 50's Sherwood met the love of his life, Helen Hasselman. They married on April 15, 1954 and have been together ever since. They soon started a family and Pam was born on March 17, 1955. Two years later Mike was born on September 22, 1957 and their family was complete. Sherwood loved having fun with his kids and spent countless hours playing football and baseball in the yard or just having fun in the house. Sherwood started a very successful landscaping company, along with his wife Helen in the early 80's. He loved landscaping yards and worked for many successful homebuilders in Houston. As he got older and was unable to do landscaping work, his company turned into a trucking business run by his son and wife. Sherwood also loved hunting, fishing and sports. Sherwood and Helen spent many of their weekends at their lake house on Toledo Bend fishing with many of their family and friends. For many years Sherwood went on countless hunting trips hunting for deer, ducks, quail, and elk with his good friends Buddy, Mac, and Bull. As life went on and illness came, Sherwood and Helen had to sell their beloved lake house and also had to give up on his hunting trips. Sherwood was also an avid sports fan. He spend several summers coaching his son, Mike's little league team along with his best friend, Buddy and they won the championship that year. He watched many hours of football and baseball. Even though he lived in Houston all of his adult life, he never routed for Houston teams. His favorite football team was always the Dallas Cowboys never the Oilers or the Texans which drove his daughter crazy. His favorite baseball team was the Houston Astros when they were winning, but if they weren't winning, his team would be the Texas Rangers. As he got older and his illness progressed, his days were spent watching westerns, football, and baseball with his wife and family.
Lastly, Sherwood dearly loved Helen, his wife of 65 years, his kids, son in law, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and his friends.
Sherwood is survived by his wife, Helen. His daughter Pam and her husband Robert, son Mike and grandchildren Billy, Shelley, Kyle and great grandchildren Christopher and Carson and numerous nieces and nephews.
He will be dearly missed by all who came in contact with him. Sherwood was the heart of his family and his passing has left a void so vast that will never be filled.
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