Donald loved spending time with his best friend and wife, Priscilla, his family and grandkids.

In his spare time, he enjoyed reading, writing, talking and cartography. Donald was a Meskwaki man that lived a traditional Meskwaki life. He served on the Meskwaki Annual Pow Wow Association, the Meskwaki Tribal Council, office of the State Archaeologist Indian Advisory Council, Democratic Committees on the County, State, and National levels, and served as Executive Director of the Meskwaki Tribe. Donald was a social worker where he was a specialist for ICWA. On May 15, 1970, he married Priscilla Lasley in LeGrand, Iowa. Navy during the Korean War from 1951-1955 on the USS Chowanoc. He attended college at Central, Luther, Iowa State, and got his Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Iowa.ĭonald served his country in the U.S.

A Traditional Wake will be held Thursday evening at the Eagle Clan Ceremonial Building on the Meskwaki Settlement.ĭonald was born on January 4, 1933, in Toledo, Iowa, the son of Frank David Wanatee Sr. Head Pallbearer-Wayne Pushetonequa and Pallbearers-Lucius Bear, Bryant Bear, Richard Wolf, Cordell Bear, Larnell Bear, Jarvis Bear, Trevor Mauskemo and Adonis Lasley. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Friday, Apat 2:00 PM at the McIntosh Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Larry Lasley Sr. Donald Wellington Wanatee Sr., 88, of Tama, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Apat his home on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama under the care of his family and UnityPoint Hospice-Grinnell.

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