Dorothy Haman

HAMAN, POTTER, SPRINGMIRE, MARA, PARRA, HELFERS, HANSEN, KOLLASCH, YENTER, KRALL, WALTER

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 8/27/2010 at 12:13:23

Dorothy Haman, 84, of Oxford, died Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.

Dorothy was born March 24, 1926 in Tiffin, the daughter of Manley and Geneva (Potter) Springmire. She graduated from Oxford High School in 1944 and married George Haman Jr. on November 8, 1944 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Iowa City. Dorothy was a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Church in Oxford and worked at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics for 19 years, retiring in 1988. She enjoyed reading, sewing, gardening and watching the Chicago Cubs and Iowa Hawkeyes and spending time with family and friends, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The family extends their appreciation to Mercy Hospice and Iowa City Hospice for the care and support they provided.

Survivors include her children, Ann Mara (Jim) of San Diego, California, Janet Haman of Oxford, and Thomas (Marlene) Haman of Iowa City;
six grandchildren, Brian Mara, Jeny (Victor) Parra, Amy (Curtis) Helfers, Kristina (Henrik) Hansen, Melissa (Christopher) Kollasch and Scott (Leah) Haman;
thirteen great-grandchildren; her sister Mary Ann (Richard) Yenter of Arizona City, Arizona and her sisters-in-law, Monica Krall of Solon and Alice (Robert) Walter of Cheyenne, Wyoming and several nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and her loving husband George, who passed away May 16, 2010.