Barbara Jean Link

LINK, MILLER, MUNGOVEN, MACLEARN, TOOMIRE, MUNGOVEN

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 5/7/2018 at 16:01:18

Barbara Jean Link finished her fight with cancer and found peace on Sunday, April 6, 2018

Barb was born on Independence Day, July 4th, 1931 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the first-born of Ernest and Kathryn Miller Mungoven. She attended public schools there - graduating from Ottumwa High with the class of 1948. After spending a year in Cedar Falls at Iowa State Teachers College, she returned home and entered the workforce at John Morell and Co. where she met her future husband, Paul. They were married August 4, 1951 at Sacred Heart Church in Ottumwa.

Paul was transferred to the Iowa City area in 1953. After raising her two children, Barb returned to the workforce in 1968 as the secretary to the ticket manager at the U of I Athletics Dept. In 1972, Paul was transferred to St.Paul and they resided in Edina, Mn where Barb was the assistant to the President of the University of Minnesota. Paul retired in 1975 and they returned to their home in Iowa City. Barb finished her career as the assistant to the Dean of the College of Medicine.

Barb had a passion for interior design and was a talented seamstress and quilter. She cherished her piano and cooking for her large holiday gatherings. She is survived by her daughter Paula McAndrew (Mark) and her son Kevin (Luanne): five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; sisters Betty (Charles MacLearn) and Kathryn Toomire and a brother, William (Shirley) Mungoven.

Private family services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to Iowa City Hospice would be appreciated.

Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
 

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