John Mott

MOTT, SCHMIDT, CRAWFORD, LENSING, TEMPLETON, BISHOP, PRICE, HELMSLEY, KURZ

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 10/4/2016 at 13:20:30

John Mott, 84, of Iowa City, died Friday, September 30th at Mercy Hospice following a brief illness.

The family will greet friends at the Kirkwood Room, 515 Kirkwood Avenue, Iowa City, Thursday, Oct. 6 from 5-7 p.m. Private family burial services were held at Oakland Cemetery per John’s request. Memorial donations may be made to Friends of the Animal Center Foundation or Iowa City Hospice. Arrangements are with Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service.

John was born Feb. 6, 1932 in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Charles and Helen Schmidt Mott. He attended University Elementary and graduated from City High School in 1949.
He attended the University of Hawaii and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1953. He married his childhood sweetheart Patti Crawford on Jan. 31, 1953. She died in 2012.

John worked in the family business with his father at Mott’s Drug Store in downtown Iowa City, assuming ownership with his daughter Lisa Mott when Charles died in 1988. He retired in 1992 when the store closed.

Survivors include his children: Vicki Lensing and her husband Rich Templeton; Lisa Mott and her life partner Doug Bishop; Brett Mott and his wife Ani; Aurora Mott and her SO Brad Price; Tara Mott and her husband John Helmsley; three grandchildren: Amanda Lensing, Alex Lensing and Nick Lensing and his wife Lauren; former son-in-law Michael Lensing and several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his cousin Paul Kurz, several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Online condolences may be made at lensingfuneral.com

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