James D. Resnick

Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial for James D. Resnick, 75, a resident of Davenport, will be 10 a.m. Monday, February 12, 2007, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Davenport. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is Sunday from 3 until 7 p.m. at the Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home. There will be a Prayer Service that all are invited to attend at 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Jim died suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday, February 9, 2007, at his new residence at Ridgecrest Village, Davenport.
James Donald Resnick was born May 29, 1931, in Davenport, a son of Carl and Afra Victoria (Geiger) Resnick. Jim attended Davenport High School, graduated from St. Ambrose College and received his Masters in Chemistry from Iowa State University.
He was united in marriage to Joan Marie McNamara on June 30, 1956, at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Davenport. They were blessed to have celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary last summer.
Jim had served with the U.S. Public Health Services during the Korean War.
He had been a Professor at St. Ambrose University for 17 years. He then went to work for the City of Davenport for 23 years. He retired as Director of the Waste Water Treatment Plant.
Mr. Resnick was very community minded. He served on several local Boards and Charities, had served as a State Representative, and was a candidate for mayor of Davenport.
He was very sports-minded, in basketball, baseball and bowling leagues with his brothers for over 30 years.
Jim was a member of Holy Family Church and had served as Choir Director for many years. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Davenport, Water Environment Federation and Iowa Water Pollution Control Association.
Memorials can be made to Holy Family Church or the Davenport Rotary Scholarship Fund.
Survivors include his wife, Joan, Davenport; a daughter-in-law, Lucinda Resnick, Davenport; children and their spouses, David and Mimi Resnick, Dubuque; Peter and Helena Resnick, Harrogate, England; Mary Rose and Richard Boivin, Laurel, Md.; Paul and Cheryl Resnick, East Peoria, Ill.; Margaret "Maggie" and Adam Reeves, Silver Spring, Md.; and John and Kandi Resnick, Bettendorf; 20 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers, Frank Resnick, Davenport, and Edward (Marj) Resnick, Hudsonville, Ohio; and a sister-in-law, Loris Resnick, Davenport.
His parents, a son, Martin Resnick, in 1990, and his brother, Richard, preceded him in death.
Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting Jim's obituary at www.hmdfuneralhome.com.