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Norman P. Dunlap passed away May 21 after a courageous battle with chronic lung disease.
He was born in Nevada Dec. 17, 1917, to Ethel and Harry Dunlap.
He is survived by his wife Jackie; children, Margo (Chuck) Reeg, John (Gladys) Dunlap, Lynn (Brad Speer) Dunlap, and Kim (Tom) Arndt; grandchildren, Kristin Reeg, Heidi Reeg and Clinton Martin; and three great grandchildren.
Norman graduated from Ames High School in 1935 and earned his bachelor's degree in Industrial Economics at Iowa State in 1941. He joined the United States Army Air Corps and was honorably discharged. After working four years for the Coca-Cola Co., he returned to Ames to start his 25 year career as an automobile dealer. He was active in the Iowa Auto Dealers Association, serving one term as its president, and on the Dodge Dealer Advisory Council.
He contributed to campus life as an advisor to Phi Delta Theta fraternity and on the Athletic Council. He was elected to the Order of the Knoll, ISU's donor recognition society. He served Ames as a member of Kiwanis and the Zoning Board of Adjustment and as president of the Chamber of Commerce. He was elected to one term in the state legislature in 1972. He served on the vestry of St. John's by the Campus Episcopal Church.
After retiring to Green Valley, Ariz., he belonged to Iowa Club and the Green Valley Alumni Club of Phi Delta Theta. He continued to travel, golf and savor life with friends and family.
Norman will be greatly missed as a friend, father and husband.
A memorial service was held at Silver Springs Retirement Community at 1 p.m. on May 31.
Memorials preferred to the ISU Foundation, Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation or St. Andrew's Children's Clinic, Nogales, Ariz.
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