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Barbara E. Gorvin
Born: December 30, 1943
Died: December 04, 2004
Services: Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 10: 30AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oxford with Father Edmund Dunn officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Calvary cemetery .
Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 PM Monday at Lensing’s Oak Hill, Coralville, where a Vigil Service will be held at 7 p,m. and after 9: 30AM Tuesday at the church. A luncheon in the Parish Hall will follow the committal. A memorial fund has been established.
Barbara E. Gorvin, 60, of 230 State Street, Oxford, passed on Saturday, December 4, 2004 at her home following a long illness.
Barb was born December 30, 1943 in rural Lone Tree to Arthur and Eleonora Seering Hora. She was a graduate of Lone Tree High School and married
Larry Gorvin on August 22, 1964 at St. Patrick’s Church in Iowa City.
Barb cared for her husband and children until her youngest started school. She then became a library assistant at the University of Iowa College of Law where she worked for twenty three years, retiring in 2001. Following retirement, Barb enjoyed many hobbies, especially caring for her grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by family, friends and the crew at the Depot.
Barb enjoyed her position as the founder and coordinator of the USS Eaton DD510 Navy Reunion and spent many hours organizing the reunions which occur every two years.
She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oxford and the Altar and Rosary Society.
Barbara is survived by her husband Larry J. of Oxford and their six children; Lori Swim and fiancé Christian Brenneman and Christine (Gary) Vance, both of South Amana, Kimberly (Shane) Ozburn and Melanie (Michael) Barnes, both of Cedar Rapids, Terri Gorvin of Kansas City, Missouri and Jerry Gorvin of Oxford; her mother Eleonora Kinkaid of Abilene, Texas; two sisters, Yvonne (Duane) Collison of Abilene, Texas and Pat Christner of Independence, Missouri; nine grandchildren, Nicholas, Matthew, Aaron, Keaton, Conner, Mayghan, Hallie, Spencer and Shannon.
Barbara was preceded in death by her father and step-father Ellsworth “Al” Kinkaid
Jonathan A. Goldstein
Born: July 19, 1929
Died: December 01, 2004
Services: Funeral Services will be Friday, December 3, 2004 at 11: 00AM. at Agudas Achim with Rabbi Jeff Portman officiating. Burial will be at Agudas Achim cemetery .
Visitation: In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed Agudas Achim or the University of Iowa History or Classics Department c/o the University of Iowa Foundation.
Jonathan A. Goldstein, 75, of Iowa City, died Monday, December 1, 2004 at Greenwood Manor.
Jonathan was born July 19, 1929 in New York City and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, where he graduated from Central High School in 1946. He was the son of Rabbi David A. and Rose Berman Goldstein. On February 1, 1959 he married
Helen Tunik in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. He was a graduate of Harvard University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He received his PhD from Columbia University.
Jonathan was professor emeritus at the University of Iowa in the Department of History and Classics.
Jonathan is survived by his wife Helen; his daughters, Rachel Goldstein and her husband, Steve Lester of Chicago and Rise Goldstein of Los Angeles; two brothers Jeremy (Barbara) Goldstein of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and Rabbi Nason (Carole) Goldstein of Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
Jonathan was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Alexander.
Enoch J. Wood
Born: August 16, 1921
Died: November 28, 2004
Services: Funeral Services will be held at 1: 30 pm on Thursday, December 2, 2004 at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, 605 Kirkwood Ave, Iowa City. Burial will be at Oakland cemetery , Iowa City. Pastor Tim Malek will officiate.
Visitation: Visitation will be held from 12: 00-1: 30 pm on Thursday. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Iowa City, 1025 Wade St, Iowa City, IA 52240 or Zion Lutheran Church, 310 N. Johnson St, Iowa City, IA 52245.
Enoch J. “Dick” Wood, 83, died Sunday November 28th, 2004 at Solon Nursing Care Center.
Dick was born August 16, 1921 in Hazelton, Iowa, the son of Henry F. and Mabel (Mencl) Wood. He moved to the Iowa City area with his family at age two and spent his early years in Iowa City and North Liberty. He attended City High School. He served in Italy in the United States Army during WWII, where he was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart. Dick was united in marriage to Mary Jean Sparks on December 30, 1946 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans.
Dick is survived by his wife, Mary Jean of Solon, his two daughters; Juanita M. Walker of Lone Tree, Sandra K. Robe and her husband Steven of Coralville, two sons; Larry J. Wood and his wife, Robin of Anderson, South Carolina, Steven D. Wood and his wife, Laurie of Iowa City, Nine grandchildren; Trisha and Shonda Shockley, Jamie Walker, Nathan Robe and special friend Melanie Hebl, Brandon and Kathryn Robe, Benjamin Wood and his wife Betsy, Philip Wood and his wife Jennifer and Jenny Wood, two great grandchildren; Campbell and Meredith Wood.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son, Dennis, his daughter-in-law, Rose Marie Wood, son-in-law, James Walker and an infant sister, Mary.
Roberta Patrick
Born: January 09, 1916
Died: February 16, 2004
Services: A memorial service is planned at the First Presbyterian Church at 3 p.m., on Friday, April 16, 2004. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church, to Longfellow School, or to Elderly Services, Inc., 28 S. Linn St.., #298, Iowa City, IA.
Visitation: None
Roberta Patrick, of Iowa City, passed away on February 16, 2004. Born Mary Roberta Reimers on January 9, 1916, in Ft. Madison, IA., her parents were Dr. Robert and Clara Reimers. Following high school in Ft. Madison, Roberta attended the University of Iowa, where she met and married
Dr. Bernard F. Patrick in 1937. The couple lived in Iowa City, where Dr. Patrick taught in the Dental School, and at various locations in the US during Dr. Patrick’s service in the Army Air Corps. They returned to Iowa City, where Dr. Patrick practiced dentistry until his death in 1953.
Roberta had a long and distinguished career of public service to the Iowa City Community, beginning as a volunteer reading books to severely burned patients at Children’s Hospital. She was Executive Secretary of Community Givers, the predecessor to United Way. She was a member, and president, of the Iowa City School Board, where she was involved in the planning and bonding approval for West High. She was a founding member of Legal Services in Johnson County, serving on its Board and the Board of Iowa Legal Services. She also served on the Board of Elderly Services for Johnson County. Other volunteer activities included the Cub Scouts and City High’s Red and White Carnival.
A long time resident of the Longfellow School District, Roberta found special joy in recent years working as a library assistant at several area elementary schools, primarily Longfellow, as a participant in the Green Thumb program. She truly enjoyed reading to and assisting the students and was enormously fond of the School’s faculty and staff.
A lifelong Presbyterian, Roberta served as a Deacon of the First Presbyterian Church and an Elder of the Presbyterian Church in Iowa. Roberta was also a member of Altrusa and of Athens History Circle.
Survivors include her brother, John Reimers, and his wife, Sue, of Ellisville, MO.; three children, Robert, and his wife, Sheila, of Arlington, VA., Jay, and his wife, Lynda, of O’Fallon, IL., and Mary Elizabeth, of Austin, TX.; six grandchildren, John, and his wife, Kris, of Woodburn, Ore., Laura, and her husband, Jacob Dancer, of Chicago, IL., Amy, of Belleville, IL., Kimberly Donahue, and her husband, Keith, of Shiloh, IL., Beth York, and her husband, Robb, of Lake Orion, Mich., and Patrick Patten, of Phoenix, AZ.; and three great grandchildren, Cameron Donahue, Grace and Davis York.
Susan Schechter
Born: May 01, 1946
Died: February 03, 2004
Services: Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 6, at noon at Agudas Achim Congregation, 602 E. Washington Street. Burial will be in Agudas Achim cemetery , followed by a meal of condolence at the synagogue.
Susan Schechter, 57, died at her home Tuesday morning, February 3, 2004, of endometrial cancer surrounded by her family and close friends.
Susan Schechter was a visionary national leader in shaping society's response to violence against women and children.
Her strength lay in her ability to challenge the domestic violence community and the child welfare community to work through their distrust and differences and find ways to collaborate on behalf of battered women and their children.
Last year she won the Leadership in Public Child Welfare award from the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators. Schechter founded the first program in the country to address child abuse in families that were also affected by intimate partner violence, Advocacy for Women & Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE) at Children's Hospital in Boston. Since 1991, as Clinical Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Iowa, she expanded the range of solutions for the intersecting problems of domestic violence, poverty, child abuse and substance abuse. She wrote national curricula on domestic violence and trained thousands of students, social workers, judges and health care professionals in their implementation. The University of Iowa Celebration of Excellence Among Women awarded her its Distinguished Achievement Award in 2002.
Susan Schechter was the author of Women and Male Violence: The Visions and Struggles of the Battered Women's Movement (1982), a pathbreaking first book that chronicled the history of the early grass-roots domestic violence movement.
The book framed issues of intimate violence in a way that helped shape every subsequent analysis of domestic violence, its causes and solutions. Her analytical skills and intellectual ability are unmatched in the battered women's movement, said Merry Hofford, family violence director at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. She also co-authored When Love Goes Wrong (with Ann Jones, 1992) and many other publications, including Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment, colloquially known as the Greenbook, which serves as a roadmap for child abuse and domestic violence professionals throughout the country who develop programs that serve children and their mothers. Schechter's work was supported by major grants from the U.S. Department of Justice, and among others the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
She was a member of the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women of the U.S. Department of Justice and consultant to the Family Violence Prevention Fund of San Francisco.
Most people have no idea how truly critical Susan was to our understanding and development of many issues, across so many years and so many problems, said Loretta Frederick, Legal Counsel for the Battered Women's Justice Project. It is hard to adequately describe the incredible impact she and her work have had on the world's movement to end violence against women.
She is survived by her husband, Allen Steinberg, a member of the Department of History at the University of Iowa, and their son, Zachary, a senior at West High School; a niece Teri Hoffman and a nephew Ronald Hoffman, both of St. Louis.
Memorials may be sent to the Iowa Women's Foundation, Susan Schechter Memorial Fund, 220 Lafayette Street, Iowa City 52240; the Family Violence Prevention Fund, 383 Rhode Island St. #300, San Francisco, CA 94103; and the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, 401 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.
Barbara Clymer Hubbard
Born: September 23, 1934
Died: December 20, 2003
Services: Barbara chose to be cremated. A greeting time and memorial service will be held the first week of January.
Barbara Clymer Hubbard, 69, of Bickford Cottage in Iowa City, died Saturday, December 20, 2003 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a lengthy illness.
Barbara was born September 23, 1934 in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Al & Blanche (Ritter) Clymer. She was raised in Denver & Iowa City and in 1952, graduated from Iowa City High School. Barbara received a B.A. in English, a M.A. in Theatre Arts and a M.F.A. in both Theatre and Literature, all from the University of Iowa.
Barbara was a teacher and drama director at West Liberty High School for 26 years, retiring in 1992. She was a past member of Iowa City Pilot Club.
She was preceded in death by her parents, nine aunts and three uncles.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to The U of I Foundation or The Iowa City Public Library.
Clara Virginia Byers
Born: November 09, 1917
Died: December 18, 2003
Services: Funeral Services will be held Monday at 10: 30 AM at Coralville United Methodist Church with Reverend Doug Williams officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery in Coralville.
Visitation: Friends may call Sunday from 4: 00 to 7: 00 PM at Lensing’s Oak Hill in Coralville.
Clara “Virginia” Byers, 86, formerly of 616 10th Avenue in Coralville, died Thursday, December 18, 2003 at Iowa City Rehabilitation & Health Care Center following complications of pneumonia.
Virginia was born November 9, 1917 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of John W. & Anah D. (Bonesteel) Austin. She was raised in the Cedar Rapids / Marion area and graduated from Marion High School. Virginia married
Edward Byers on May 27, 1941 in Cedar Rapids. The couple moved to the Coralville area in 1956. Virginia was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband Edward of Coralville; a son Edward J. Byers III & his wife Sue of Coralville; a sister Esther Thompson & her husband Harold of Cedar Rapids; a grandson Troy Byers & his wife Roma; a granddaughter Kimberly Rosenberg & her husband Shane of Amana; two great grandsons and one great granddaughter
Virginia was preceded in death by her parents.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to The Coralville United Methodist Church or Coralville Noon Optimists.
Ethel E. Nelson
Born: July 15, 1912
Died: December 08, 2003
Services: A Memorial service will be held 4: 00 pm Wednesday, December 10 at Lensing Funeral Service 605 Kirkwood Ave.
Visitation: The family will greet friends one hour before the service at Lensing’s.
Ethel E. Nelson, 91 of 425 N. Dubuque Street, North Liberty, died Sunday, December 7, 2003 at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness.
Ethel was born July 15, 1912 near Wapello, Iowa the daughter of Melvin and Myrtle Shipman Main. She graduated from City High School in Iowa City, Iowa in 1930. She graduated from the Irish Business College in Iowa City and before marriage worked for the Telephone Co. She married
John A. Nelson in Kahoka Missouri in 1935. They farmed south of Iowa City for a number of years before moving to Colorado. In Iowa Ethel worked for Eicher flowers and the University of Iowa. While living in Boulder she worked for the University of Colorado in the Psychology Department. In 1977 she retired from the A.C. Nielsons Neodata Service Company in Boulder, Colorado. After the death of her husband, Ethel lived in Ft. Collins, Colorado where she enjoyed babysitting, gardening and her many friends. In 1994 she moved back to Iowa and lived in North Liberty to be near her family and friends.
She is survived by her one son, Robert Nelson of Oregon; two daughters Patricia Harvey and her husband Robert of Belle Fourch, South Dakota and Gayle J. Nelson of North Liberty. Six grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. She is also survived by a special family in Fort Collins, Dennis and Nancy Marion and their daughters Kelly and Kristi. And also a special adopted daughter Pam Ferguson of North Liberty, Iowa.
Her parents, her husband, one half brothers, Charles Fisher, three half sisters, Lillian Lenz, Beulah Johnson and Gayle Pieper all preceded her in death.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice or the American Cancer Society.
Hugs not drugs.
June McCarney
Born: June 15, 1920
Died: June 08, 2004
Services: Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 9: 00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Rev. Ken Kuntz officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph’s cemetery .
Visitation: Friends may call Friday from 4: 00-7: 00 p.m. at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, where a rosary will be recited at 6: 30. A reception will be held at Minerva’s following the committal. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mercy Hospital Foundation or the University of Iowa Foundation, Box 4550, Iowa City, Iowa 52240-4550 for the June McCarney Student Award Fund at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry.
June McCarney, 83, of Silvercrest Legacy Pointe, 1020 Scott Blvd. died peacefully at her home Tuesday, June 8, 2004, one week shy of her 84th birthday.
June was born June 15, 1920 in Mechanicsville, Iowa, the daughter of William J. and Mary Ann (Dvorak) Butler. She was a graduate of Mechanicsville High School and attended Mt. St. Clare College in Clinton, Iowa, and later attended the Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
During World War II, she was employed by the U.S. Department of Defense in Tucson, Arizona. On October 20, 1944, June was united in marriage to Patrick J. McCarney in Tucson. They later moved to Iowa City.
June worked in Clinical Administration at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry for thirty years. During this time she established the Patient Representative Program, the first person so designated in Dental Education Nationally. She served on the Executive Board of the Iowa Society of Patient Representatives, and belonged to several professional organizations. She retired in 1988.
She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society, University Club, Iowa City Women’s Club and was a volunteer at Mercy Hospital.
June was well known for her kindness and compassion. Everyone she met was a potential friend or adopted child. She touched the lives of all who came in contact with her. Hearing her loving words of pride and encouragement inspired others to strive to be better people. June was a glorious role model, possessing a magnetic sense of humor and vibrant joy of life.
June’s greatest interests were her family, friends and her many associations in dentistry. She enjoyed traveling extensively, and played in several bridge clubs for many years. Her friends and family will be forever grateful to her for her consistent love and generosity.
June is survived and lovingly remembered by her husband, Pat “P.J” and their four children: Michael and Elizabeth McCarney of Rapids City, South Dakota and their children Daniel and Sara; Katy McCarney and her fiancé, Dennis Mayer of Portland, Oregon; Dan and Margy McCarney of Ames and their children Jillian, Melanie and Shane; Mary McCarney and Paul Hartleben of St. Paul, Minnesota and their children Michael, Devin and Garrett.
June was an aunt to Karen, John and Pat. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers Harold and William and one sister Hazel Connor.
Mary Maxwell
Born: October 27, 1919
Died: July 17, 2004
Services: Memorial Mass will be celebrated Monday, July 19th at 3: 00 PM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City with Reverend Rudolph Berndt officiating. Mrs. Maxwell chose to be cremated. Private burial will be in St. Joseph cemetery in Iowa City.
Visitation: The family will greet friends Monday in the parish hall at St. Mary’s from 1: 00 until 3: 00 PM. The family requests that memorials be directed to Iowa City Hospice or St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Mary Maxwell, 84, of 36 N. Lowell Street in Iowa City, died of cancer on Saturday, July 17th at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City surrounded by her family.
Mary was born October 27, 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Lawrence and Gladys (Betzler) Coloton. She graduated from Berea High School in Berea, Ohio and attended business college. She married
John A. Maxwell on December 28, 1946 in Berea. The couple moved to Iowa City where John studied dentistry at the University of Iowa.
Mary worked for several years at West Music Co. in Iowa City and later for 12 years, at Iowa State Bank & Trust Co., retiring in 1993. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Mary is survived by her children, John and his wife Kathy, Patty Teeple and Greg and his wife Mary Jean, all of Iowa City; grandchildren Jennifer (Teeple) Barham of Bloomington, Illinois, Heather (Teeple) Jeanneret & her husband Sean of Niceville, Florida, Sarah Maxwell of Northfield, Minnesota, Laurie Maxwell of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Amber Maxwell of St. Paul, Minnesota, Matthew Maxwell of Madison, Wisconsin and Christopher Maxwell of Iowa City; a brother, James Coloton and his wife Elsie of Berea, Ohio and a sister, Sister Mary Catherine Rennecker of Chardon, Ohio.
Her parents and her husband John preceded her in death.
