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RUNNING, George
RUNNING, George. (Tacoma, WA, Mar. 25, 1937--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 2, 2020.) George the only son of O.M. and Marjorie Running. The family moved to Chicago, and eventually Decorah, Iowa, where George graduated from Luther College. He received his Master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado. While in graduate school, George met Kaye Dennis and they were married June 8, 1968. He taught at Lake Mills, Iowa, schools for four years prior to spending over 30 years teaching social studies and coaching wrestling at JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL before retiring in 1999.
George was a member of the Dubuque Choral and the Friends of the Library for many years.
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Obituaries. Telegraph Herald, November 6, 2020