POTTER, Harry "James" 1947-2003

POTTER, BUSBY, MATHIAS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/26/2013 at 22:09:22

H. James Potter was born August 13, 1947 in Newton, Iowa, the son of Harry H. and Dorothy (Busby) Potter.

He married Diane Mathias on August 30, 1969 in Indianola, Iowa. Jim was a graduate of the University of Iowa. He was an editor at the Maquoketa Sentinel Press newspaper for six years and former campaign press secretary for Congressman Mike Blouin. Jim then took the position as editor and executive director at the Ames Tribune, where he worked for 7 years. He later worked for Starr & Associates in West Des Moines, Iowa for 5 years, and then became the City Editor at the Waterloo Courier, where he has worked for the past 7 years. Jim was a member of the Waterloo Community Playhouse and belonged to many volunteer and civic organizations.

He died Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, at 55 years of age.

Jim is survived by his wife, Diane, of Waterloo; two sons, J. Erik (Janet) Potter of Jewell, Iowa and Andrew Michael Potter of Denver, Colorado; his mother, Dorothy, of Newton, Iowa; and three brothers, Bruce (Jodi) Potter of Grinnell, Iowa, Jeff (Lorraine) Potter of Newton and Craig (Marcanne) Potter of Des Moines, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his father.

Funeral services were 11:00 a.m. Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home with interment at 3:00 p.m. at Millersburg Cemetery in Millersburg, Iowa.

Memorials may be directed to The Waterloo Community Playhouse or Newspapers In Education, c/o The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

[Source: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]

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