Ethyle Marie Gorman Fountain

FOUNTAIN, GORMAN, NEAL, ROZINEK, BLACK, STRONG, TEYMER, O’BRIEN

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 3/30/2011 at 12:48:44

Ethyle Marie Gorman Fountain, 98, of Briarwood Health Care Center passed away peacefully on March 20, 2011. She was born October 27, 1912 in Keswick, Iowa to John Curran and Elizabeth (Neal) Gorman.
Funeral Services will be held at 10am Friday, March 25, 2011 at Lensing Funeral Home, 605 Kirkwood Avenue in Iowa City. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society or Camp Courageous.
Ethyle attended school in Onslow and Cascade, Iowa and graduated from Keswick High School. In 1934, she married Howard I. Fountain and the couple farmed for several years in the Hills, Iowa area until later moving to Iowa City in 1950. Ethyle then worked for the University of Iowa as a cashier at the Quad and the Iowa Memorial Union until her retirement in 1978.
Ethyle enjoyed traveling and visiting family and friends and spending many winters in the warmth of Texas. She made it to 49 states in her lifetime. She also traveled to Alaska to spend time with her daughter and took a trip to Ireland with another daughter where she kissed the Blarney Stone. She was really proud of her Irish heritage. Ethyle and Howard also assisted many college students with housing by renting rooms at their Burlington St. house at an affordable rate.
Survivors include her two daughters: Charlene (Al) Rozinek of West Branch, Iowa and Phyllis (Steve) Black of Iowa City; a son Michael (Cathy) of Iowa City, two daughters-in-law Joyce and Barb Fountain, a sister Dorothy Strong of O' Fallon, IL, 22 grandchildren, 39 great - grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Ethyle was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sons Tom and Pat, two daughters and sons -in -law Marlene (Mike) Teymer and Glennys (Pat) O’Brien, two brothers Neal and Richard , a sister -in-law Delores Gorman and two grandchildren Paula Teymer and Kevin O’Brien.