James Waldo 'Jim' Lenz 1936-2003

HAUTH, LENZ, SCHLAPKOHL

Posted By: Lori Clark (email)
Date: 1/22/2003 at 08:37:27

Gay & Ciha Funeral & Cremation Service– Iowa City – (319) 338-1132
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Iowa City Dateline:

James W. “Jim” Lenz, age 66 of 23 Bedford Court, Iowa City, died Monday, January 13, 2003 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following complications of diabetes.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 2003, at First United Methodist Church in Iowa City with the Reverend Paul Akin officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in Jim’s memory to the American Diabetes Association, Iowa Affiliate or the First United Methodist Church in Iowa City. Iowa City’s Sunday Parking Ordinance will be in effect for Thursday’s services at the church for Dubuque and Jefferson Streets. Online condolences may be sent for Jim’s family through our website @ www.gayandciha.com.

Jim was born November 4, 1936 in Iowa City the son of Lysle W. and Wilma (Hauth) Lenz. He graduated from the former University High School, and had attended the University of Iowa. On November 23, 1960, he married Helen M. Schlapkohl at the United Methodist Church in Lone Tree. The couple has been longtime residents of Iowa City where they are members of the First United Methodist Church. Jim was also a member of the Johnson County I Club, Iowa City Bowling Association, Ducks Unlimited, and the Roy L. Chopek Post No. 17 of the American Legion in Iowa City. Jim had been employed by Procter and Gamble for over thirty-three years retiring in 1991

He enjoyed the outdoors, especially fishing, in fact he had been accused of preferring to fish over eating! Fishing at Lake Vermillion in Minnesota was an event that he treasured two or three times a year, with his friends, Max, Gary and Dick. There if the fish were not biting, or it was too cold, a rousing game of cribbage was in store with Max. Along with cribbage, many of his friends have played many hands of euchre with Jim. Jim enjoyed traveling with Helen, having been to Alaska, Hawaii, Nova Scotia, and on a cruise through the Panama Canal.

Jim’s family includes his wife, Helen; two sons, Bill of Iowa City, and Tim and his wife, Leah of Iowa City; two granddaughters, Emma and Caitlin.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a son, Robert.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Jim’s family and his services.