Jack Edward Lynch

LYNCH, HARGRAVE, CHRISTIANSEN, MILTNER, BAIR, BORNSTEIN, SLAUGHTER, CREGAN, MARVIN, EYNON, BROWN, JOHNSON, KRALL, GOLDSTEIN

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 9/28/2020 at 08:33:20

Jack Edward Lynch, 94, died Sunday, September 13, 2020.

The family will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 AM Saturday, October 3, 2020 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, with Military Honors by the Solon American Legion. The service will be on Zoom. Friends may go to Jack’s obit at www.lensingfuneral where the zoom link may be found under his tribute wall. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church or the Solon American Legion, where Jack was a 50-year member.
Due to the pandemic masks and social distancing are required.

Jack was born February 7, 1926 on a farm near Missouri Valley, Iowa, the son of James and Mary Irene (Christiansen) Lynch-Hargrave. He was a graduate of City High School. On February 1, 1949 Jack married Geraldine “Gerry” R. Miltner at St. Mary’s Church in Solon.
Jack served in both World War II from 1944-47 and the Korean War from 1951-52. He was on the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier from 1944-45. While on the USS Yorktown CV10 he was in four major battles: Truk, Iwo Jima, the Philippine Sea, and Okinawa. In 1946 he transferred to the USS Shangri-La where he was a witness to the atomic testing. Jack was a Navy 2ND Class, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2ND Class. During the Korean War, Jack and his young family were stationed at the Naval Jet Base in Corpus Christi, TX. Jack received the Presidential Medal of Honor.

Jack had a passion for work as an optic lens grinder, livestock farmer and dairy farmer. He managed the largest herd and milk supply to Hometown Dairy, Iowa City, where he was a milk truck driver. Jack was also a grounds keeper for Iowa City Community School District, retiring from Westinghouse / NCS as a facility manager.

Jack was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and the Solon American Legion, Post #460.

Jack shared many hobbies with his loving wife and lifetime friends; fishing, hunting, dancing, gardening, and a good game of euchre to name a few. Jack and Gerry travelled throughout the US and were snowbirds for nearly 20 years at Port Aransas, TX.

Jack’s greatest love in life was being side by side with his wife, spending time with their family and each grandchild. Jack was a friend to all, and cherished his life long buddies.
The family extend their appreciation to the incredible staff at Crestview in West Branch and Atrium Village in Hills.

Jack is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Gerry, and their six children, Pam (Dan) Bair, Tom Lynch, Jack (Edie Campbell) Lynch, Polly (Mark) Bornstein, Peggy (Rick) Slaughter, and Mike (Julie) Lynch; 13 grandchildren, Andrew (Beth) Bair, Jami (Mark) Cregan, Ted (Tasha) Marvin, JC (Morgan) Marvin, Dylan (Nick) Marvin, Peter (Suzy) Marvin, Jeremy (Erin) Lynch, Michal Helen (Riley) Eynon-Lynch. Christina (Mitch) Springman, Ed (Chloe) Bornstein, Raelyn Slaughter, Joshua Lynch, and Barbara Lynch; 15 great-grandchildren; two siblings, Betty Brown and half-sister, Eileen Johnson; sisters-in-law, Delores Krall and Virginia Miltner.
He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter-in-law, Garnet Lynch, half-sister, Mary Hargrave-Goldstein, half-brother, Alexander “Spike” Hargrave; brothers- and sister-in-law, Orla Brown, Max Miltner, Jack Miltner, Russell Krall, and Bernice Miltner.

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