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In Loving Memory
J. Brooke Workman, 72
Dr. J Brooke Workman, 72, formerly of Iowa City, died May 29, 2006 in Cape Coral Florida.
Memorial services will be held Sunday, June 18 at 1:30 p.m. at Lensing Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Iowa City where the family will greet people from 12:30 until service time. Inurnment will be at Oakland Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on June 20, 1933, the son of Don and Inez Workman. Brooke attended grade school in Maxwell, Iowa where his father was Superintendent of Schools. The family moved to Marshalltown in 1945 and Brooke graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1951. He married Marilyn Lewis on December 26, 1954, in Waterloo, Iowa.
Brooke attended Iowa State Teachers College from 1951-1955 where he completed his B.A. and Master's degree. Brooke finished his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in 1968. He taught 36 years in various places around the world, including Waterloo West High School; Munich American high; SHAPE NATO high school in Belgium and Iowa City West High School.
He also taught summer seminars at the University of Iowa, the University of Richmond, and assignments on behalf of the U.S Information Agency in Sweden, the Philippines, Germany, New Zealand, Kyrgyzstan, and The Hague. He conducted numerous seminars at National Council of Teachers of English and American Studies conventions.
Brooke published many articles and numerous books on curriculum theory, and developed a testing system to improve English skills. He was awarded a medal of recognition from the Freedoms Foundation in 1978. He chaired the committee to establish high school English standards for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. He was a participant at the English Coalition in 1987 at Wye Plantation. He was recognized as an outstanding teacher by the University of Iowa, Grinnell College, Carleton College and by the Disney Channel. He was named an Iowa Teacher of the Year in 1985-86.
He retired from teaching in 1997 and he and Marilyn moved to Florida in September, 1997. He lived at Tara Woods in North Fort Myers until his death.
Brooke is survived by his wife, Marilyn; a daughter, Leslie (Paul) Hickey of Des Moines, IA; a son, Mark Workman of Los Angeles, CA; a sister, Brenda (Gary) McKimmey of Ankeny, IA; a brother, Burris (Eleanor) Workman of Richmond, VA and one granddaughter, Cate Helmuth of Glenview, IL.
Livingston Moyston, 50
Livingston Sinclair Moyston, 50, died September 5, 2005 at his home in Iowa City. A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 17, at 2:00 p.m. at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service in Iowa City. The Reverend Judy Gingerich will officiate. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in his name. Livingston was born June 16, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Livingston S. Moyston, Sr. and Essie Marie (Crowell) Moyston. He married Kimberly Conrad on June 16, 2000, in Kent Park. Livingston is survived by his wife; three children, Livingston S. Moyston, III of Atlanta, GA, Nathanial Peter Moyston of Iowa City and Nichole Schuttloffel of Cedar Rapids; his father, Livingston S. Moyston, Sr.; five siblings, Connaelia Moyston, Livinia (Lonnie) Johnson, all of Texas, Victoria Moyston of California, Carol Moyston and her friend Sandy of Ohio, and Corey Moyston of New York; two grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and many friends. Livingston was preceded in death by his mother.
Jamie Tate - 1994
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