DOBSON, Jean (Marks) 1935-2007

DOBSON, MARKS, HINCKLEY, HENRY, HOOVER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/11/2015 at 23:49:33

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Sunday, July 8, 2007]

CEDAR FALLS - Jean Marks Dobson, 72, of Spirit Lake and Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Cedar Falls, died Friday, July 6, 2007, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo, of natural causes.

She was born March 16, 1935, in Rockwell City, daughter of Melvin and Leta Hinckley Marks. She married Richard Dobson on Aug. 8, 1955, in Central City, Colo.

She was a 1952 graduate of University High School, Iowa City, and attended the University of Iowa. She was vice president of American Financial Management, a family business, and was active in education, volunteering as a teaching assistant at Cedar Heights Elementary School in Cedar Falls.

She was very active in civic affairs in Black Hawk County; was a member of Junior League of Black Hawk County, and was a board member of several organizations, including Black Hawk County United Way, Goodwill Industries and the Black Hawk County Volunteer board. She co-chaired the Festival 76 committee which founded the first Sturgis Falls Days celebration in Cedar Falls. She was also active in community and charitable organizations in Tucson.

Survived by her husband; two sons, Richard Jr. (Jill) and Andrew (Laura), both of Cedar Falls; two daughters, Deborah Sue Dobson of Albuquerque, N.M., and Sandra (Glen) Henry of Cedar Falls; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Jon Marks; and a sister, Joan Hoover.

Memorial services: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Nazareth Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls. Public visitation from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home.

Memorials may be directed to the Jean Marks Dobson Memorial Fund in care of Community National Bank, 312 W. First St., Cedar Falls 50613.

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