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Memorial service honors 104 body donors for medical training
About 300 people gathered at Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City for a memorial honoring 104 individuals who donated their bodies to the University of Iowa anatomy program. Speakers included Rex Montgomery and Rev. George Paterson who emphasized gifts of life through donation. attendees recalled donors’ choices to aid future health care, with reminders to contact the Deeded Body Program for information.
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University of Iowa College of Medicine
University
Roland Krekeler
Wrous Stan
Iowa City
Oakland Cemetery
Anatomy Department
University of Iowa
George Paterson
Department of
Rex Montgomery
College of Medicine
Barbara
Paterson
American Legion Post 27
Muscatine
John Connell
Bonnie Hutcheson
Waterloo
Dale
Hutcheson
Dorothy Gano
University Hospitals
Henry Hook
Davenport
Esther Burt
San Antonio
Texas
China
Department of Anatomy
BSB
Iowa