Oliver-Steele-Obituary

Oliver Lee Steele Jr.

Iowa City, Iowa

May 13, 1928 – Dec 5, 2018

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BORN
May 13, 1928
DIED
December 5, 2018
LOCATION
Iowa City, Iowa

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Oliver Lee Steele Jr.Iowa City - Oliver Lee Steele Jr., 90, of Iowa City, passed away on December 5th, 2018 at his home. No services are planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Southern Poverty Law Center or Audubon Society. Oliver was born in Birmingham,...

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Dear Mark, I am so sorry for your loss. My best to your family, -Dana (Vaughan) Merriman

Very sorry for your loss, I remember your parents reading and listening to jazz when I stayed over. We watched creature from the black lagoon on the old tv.

Very sorry for your loss, I remember your parents reading and listening to jazz when I stayed over. We watched creature from the black lagoon on the old tv.

Walking up and down the halls of the English-Philosophy Building with Oliver, talking about Spenser or American 19th-century humorists, or his own darkly comic novel-always-in-progress are some of the great memories of my first decade in the English Department: a kind man, and one of a kind . . .

He was a good man and a fine scholar. I am grateful to him