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MAUCKER, James William "Bill" 1912-2005

MAUCKER, BUFFUM, PETERSON, WEBER, KING

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 8/18/2014 at 23:11:55

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, July 6, 2005]

CEDAR FALLS - J.W. "Bill" Maucker, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Sartori Memorial Hospital.

He was born Sept. 16, 1912, in Rock Island, Ill., son of James W. and Ruth Buffum Maucker. He married Helga Peterson on Aug. 22, 1937, in Rock Island. She died Oct. 18, 1989. He then married Doreen Weber on May 12, 1993, in Nisswa, Minn.

Mr. Maucker served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. He received a bachelors degree in 1933 from Augustana College, Rock Island, and his masters degree in 1936 and doctorate in 1940, both from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. He was in administration in public schools in St. Louis, Mo., Columbia, Mo., and then in Pittsburgh, Pa. From 1946 to 1950 he was dean of the College of Education, University of Montana, Missoula; was president of the University of Northern Iowa from 1950 to 1970; and from 1971 to 1981 when he retired, he was with Emporia State University, Emporia, Kan.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Ann M. King of Minneapolis; two sons, James N. of Greeley, Colo., and Robert W. (Martha) of Cicero, Ill.; a stepson, Dr. Douglas (Linda) Weber of Denver, Colo.; five grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; and a brother, Robert B. (Elma) of Fort Meyers, Fla.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday at Nazareth Lutheran Church. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Richardson Funeral Home, and for an hour before services Friday at the church. There also will be a memorial service at UNI later in the fall

Memorials may be directed to UNI Foundation or the church.

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