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4A Iowa City Press-Citizen RECORDS PC-6000039579 Obituaries Bruce Elliott Gronbeck Longmont, Colorado, died September 10 in Iowa City doing what he loved so much: being with his friends and colleagues at the University of Iowa. He delivered his last lecture Tuesday, and then hours before his death on ednesday, as bathed i love and gratitude from his colleagues and students at a celebratory dinner. Bruce was born into hat he called Norwegian in northern Minnesota in 1941to E. Leslie and Bernice Eid Gronbeck. He and his sis- er, Susan Gronbeck-Tedesco, grew up in Crookston, MN.

Bruce received his undergraduate degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and PhD. from the University of Iowa. He taught at the University of Michigan, here in 1968 he met and arried his wife of 46 years, Wendy Gilbert. hristopher Elliott and Ingrid Christine Gronbeck ere born in Ann Arbor. The family moved to Iowa ity in 1973 and Jakob Andrew Lam Sieng Gron- eck joined the family in 1975.

Three years ago, Bruce and Wendy moved to Longmont, Colorado to closer to their grandchild, Nathan. There, inging with the Longmont Chorale brought Bruce immense joy. He toured the British Isles ith the Chorale last June, inging in the cities where had done research over the years. ruce Gronbeck loved he University of Iowa and especially the people in the Dept. of Communication Studies.

His dear friend and role model for scholarship, engagement, and civility was Sam Becker. Like Sam, Bruce served as chair of that department, as faculty Sena te president, president of he National Communica- ion Association and on numerous committees and boards locally and nationally. Bruce received honorary doctorates from University in Finland, Uppsala University in Sweden, and Conc ordia College. He advised a record number of PhD. recipients at Iowa and loved hooding them at graduation wearing his wedish doctoral garb replete with top hat and sword.

His list of publications and honors is long, but nothing brought Bruce more joy than teaching and mentoring students. He saw their strengths and encouraged hem to develop into top cholars and citizens. Bruce was an active and evoted Democrat, but he loved everything about ampaigns and politics. He was fascinated, but ever discouraged, by the whole process. He said here was nothing better than being a professor of political communication during the Iowa caucuses i an election year.

Bruce will be missed Wendy, Christopher, Jake, and Ingrid; by Nathan Julyk, who says was the King of Bret Julyk; by sister ue and husband John ronbeck-Tedesco; by sister-and brothers-in-law at Gilbert and Jim Froehl ich and Judy and Mike Preville; and, John Gilbert. He was beloved Uncle Bruce to nieces and nephews Lauren Gilbert and Mike Casey and Jack; Anthony and Emily Jacobs and Aila and Cici; Erin and Scott Zulewski and Zack and Ellie; Annie ronbeck-Tedesco and ark Vickers-Willis; John ronbeck-Tedesco and Karuna Uppal and Nisha. (And, his faithful Aussies, Norah and Stella.) Every Thanksgiving, this scattered and divergent group was blended and bonded when Bruce was handed a nonymous bits of gratitude from everyone and had one hour to pull together a toast that captured the essence of his xtended family. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother, James, and his in-laws, Jack and Sylvia Gilbert who figured their daughter had won the lottery. Time and place of a memorial gathering in I owa City will be an- ounced soon.

We say goodbye to ruce with the benediction he was known for: And Go Bruce suggested that a ny memorials be directed to Iowa City Hospice, 1 025 Wade Iowa City, IA 42240; to the Nathan A. Julyk Trust (his grandson) care of Ingrid Julyk, 131 igh Country Trail, Lafayette, CO, 80026; the ongmont Chorale, care of Wendy; or, the Gronbeck Fund at the Dept. of Communication Studies. Gronbeck Bruce Gronbeck Kelly Lynn Traw beloved daughter of Chuck and A.K. (Jones) Traw assed away September 2, 2 014 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

She was born October 30, 1964 at UIHC in Iowa ity. Kelly spent her early ears in ortland, Oregon and Davenport, Iowa before her family moved to Iowa City. Kelly attended Northwest Junior High and graduated from West High School in Iowa City in 1983. elly graduated with onors from the University of Michigan where she as a member of Chi Ome- a. Her double major in political science and German ook her to the University Freiburg in Germany for her junior year.

Upon raduation she received an International Rotary scholarship and elected to spend the ensuing year tudying at the University Zurich. Following a year of travels throughout Europe, Russia and the Greek Islands, she matriculated to the University of I owa College of Law, grad- ating with highest hon- rs. After law school Kelly moved to Washington D.C. and pursued her interest in health care policy. Her success was reflected in her positions as public policy manager for the National Business Group on Health; Department of representative on administrative health reform; and at Pricewater- ouseCoopers, Washing- on D.C., Director Tax, Accounting and Regula- ory Practice.

Kelly then ecame a principal of Mercer Wash- i ngton Resource Group. At ercer she was a senior national policy and regula- ory expert on a broad range of federal and state legislative and regulatory health care topics. She was uoted in many national ewspapers and was a frequent guest on news radio including NPR. She was highly regarded by her peers. Kelly was solicited the Journal of Clinical ncology and the October, 2 014 issue will contain an article authored by her.

Kelly found joy in gardening, writing, reading, cooking and fine dining. The home Kelly and her husband Tommy established in Silver Spring, Maryland brought her satisfaction, most especially the where more pleasurable events occurred. She early loved her dogs; Cas ey, Jack and Annie. Kelly is missed tremen- ously and will always re- ain in the hearts of her parents, her husband, Tom hite and her sister, Nikki raw and partner Debbie Engelstad. Her love for er nephews, Caden and Owen and niece, Jacey were a focus for her strength through countless bouts of chemotherapy.

She will be greatly missed by her extended family and by the many friends who supported her through her three year battle with leukemia. Kell will be forever remembered for her strength and courage in the face of adversity and her warm and radiant smile. Acelebration of life will be held on Satur- ay, September 20 at 10:00 a.m. at Zion Lutheran hurch in Iowa City. Past ors Mark Pries and Jenni- er Lutz will officiate.

The amily will greet guests i mmediately before the service. A celebration will a lso be held in Portland, Oregon on September 27. Memorial contributions in memory may be ade to with Cancer (Please design ate: memory of Kelly 8411Pennell treet, Fairfax, VA 22031. Contact person: age.Bolte@Inova.org. Traw Kelly Traw tion in the first part of the intestine causing different symptoms to surface depending on the per- on.

The conference will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Iowa City Clarion Highlander Hotel and Conference Center. Four accredited speakers ill speak about nutrition, medication, eating out a nd advances in the dis- ase.

iane Sondergard, 64, ne of the conference org anizers, was diagnosed with the illness two years a go. had early osteoporosis, which was a tip-off for she said. aid, just screen you or celiac It was he third endocrinologist I ad been to. She screened and the rest is Aretired physical ther- a pist, Sondergard said she actually was asymptomat- ic before the discovery. was atypical, called silent she said.

people that are celi- acs that get diagnosed have GI or gastrointestinal symptoms. I did not. I have osteoporosis, which ould be a factor or symptom of celiac Currently the only treatment for celiac disease is a gluten-free diet diet that can be difficult to follow. A lot of the gluten- free products that are out here on the market are xpensive and gluten eally seems to be in just a bout every product out Jericho said. sometimes it can be very ifficult to adhere to a gluten-free diet and we always have our nutritionist ork with our patients on heir entire he diet has changed life.

changed my life ompletely as far as what is safe for me to ingest or she said. am 100 percent gluten free, and I have to be aware all the time constantly of any sources of gluten, either obvious or And cross contamination is a constant issue when simply dining out. go out to eat ery much because of the cross Sondergard said. if the chef does not have any gluten ingredients in an area, if the food is prepared on a surface or ooked in a pan where they used gluten, it will ross contaminate my ven one-sixth of a rumb could cause a react ion in a person with celiac disease, she said. We are just trying to educate the Sondergard said.

oping to do is help people more aware of the vari- us ways that celiac dis- ase presents itself and to elp people get diagnosed i they have the disease so they can improve their Celiac ontinued from Page 3A Rockafellow, Margaret Edith (Justice), 79 of Sun City, Arizona passed away September 11, 2014. She was born November 7, 1934 in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Melvin a nd Gladys ustice. She arried ohn Rockafellow in 1951, and after raising their six daughters in Iowa City, they moved to California and then Arizona. They traveled extensively until her death. She was a founding member of St.

United Methodist Church in Iowa ity and was active in Masonic organizations. Survived by her husband John, and daughters Linda, Caren, Sharen, Margaret, Connie, Sandra and their families. Preceded in death by her sister Alice Lincoln, and brothers arold, Vyrl, Howard, and Melvin Justice. She will be laid to rest in Memory Gardens in Iowa City i a Memorial this fall. Rockafellow Margaret Rockafellow, 79 Pew Research Center.

How long is eventually? a little hard to she said. Livingston noted that the national fertility rate inched down to a record low in 2013. That rate, hich was 62.9, measures he number of babies born for every 1,000 women ages 15 through 44. fertility rate has been running a bit higher han the rising a ad to 66.8 in 2013. The tate also calculates the number of births per 1,000 residents.

That rate was 12.6 in 2012 and 2013. In 2007, it was 13.7. University of Iowa economics professor Alice Schoonbroodt, who has studied the effect on birth rates, said hard to tell how much of the current slump is temporary. longer we go ith no change, the more led to believe something he said. choonbroodt suspects the birth rate will bounce ack soon, but less onfident of that prediction than she was a year or wo ago.

Birth rates tend to rise a nd fall with the economy, but they also have been trending down overall for several decades as Americ ans have favored smaller families. During the baby oom years from the late 1940s through the early 1960s, birth rate was roughly double what it is now. More than 60,000 abies were born in Iowa very year from 1947 through 1962. The state broken 50,000 since 1965. Livingston said the ba- boom was a historical xception, however.

After hose two decades, birth rates dropped back to long-standing patterns, then gradually fell further, she said. Part of the explanation could be that marriage rates have declined, Livingston said. Although many women have babies outside of marriage, they tend to have as many, she said. Also, she said, any women are delaying otherhood until later in life, which gives them few- years of child-bearing otential. The recent decline in irths is not due to more omen deciding to have abortions.

In fact, a bortion numbers plummeted from 6,649 in 2007 4,648 in 2012, a drop of 30 percent, the health department reported. (The abortion total for 2013 is not yet a vailable.) The recent decline in irths also is not due to aging of the population. That effect was prevalent a decade or more ago, as women in the baby boom genera- ion aged out of prime hildbearing years, but it no longer makes much difference year to year. Family planning advocates believe the main rea- on for the decline in irths is that couples are sing careful birth control. The advocates point in particular to the increased use of long-acting methods, such as intrauterine devices and hormone implants.

They say that a decline in unintended pregnancies can be a good thing, because children tend to fare better if their parents were prepared to start a family. he question is wheth- more couples will make such plans now that the conomy is improving. ime will tell. Tony Leys is a reporter for The Des Moines Register and can be reached at Baby Continued from Page 1A said. Construction on the first church building began in 1843 on the northwest corner of Clinton and Market streets; however, the project progressed lower than expected because of a lack of funds.

Services took place in the basement of the roofless building beginning in 1846, and by 1850, construction was completed on the one-room church. As was the fate of many tructures of its time, the original church caught fire and burned down in 1856. Construction on a ew building on the same pot began immediately. owever, the financial panic that came with the relocation of the state capitol to Des Moines in 1857 a gain caused problems for fundraising. he second church building was completed in 1 865.

The Presbyterian congregation called this building home for more than a century before moving to a new building at 2701Rochester Ave. in 1975 following controversy about the future of the historic building. service included musical performances by the vocal choir, the hand bell choir and a brass sextet onsisting of three trombones, two trumpets and a French horn. service kicked off the 175th anniversary celebration and the church will host four more special services over the next year. A spec ial church service at Old Brick is scheduled for Dec.

21. There also will be special services March 15, 2 015, and May 31, 2015, and his will all lead up to Sept. 1 5, 2015, which will not only officially mark the 175th anniversary of the church but also will comm emorate the 150th anniversary of the Old Brick uilding as well as the 40th anniversary of the cur- ent church on Iowa east side. JUSTIN TORNER FOR THE PRESS-CITIZEN Bell Choir members Ann Grosscup and Sunny Lee lead the processional Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City. Church Continued from Page 3A The Press-Citizen offers free and paid obituaries.

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