September 26, 2015

• Updates to University Heights website:
  
  
  •  Updated One University Place Page
  • City Engineer Report from City Engineer Josiah Bilskemper regarding Sensitve Areas Development Plan, Site Plan and Grading Plan presented at August 11, 2015 council meeting.
  • Updated U-Heights Residents in News Page
  • Phyllis Harper-Bardach Obituary
  • Phyllis Harper-Bardach, 87, died on Thursday, September 24, 2015.
    
    Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Tuesday, September 29th at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, with Father Steven Witt officiating. Visitation will be held Monday from 5-7 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Elder Services or Iowa City Hospice.
    Phyllis Harper-Bardach was born on January 3, 1928 in Staten Island, NY, the daughter of Leland and Estelle Freeman. After graduation from high school, Phyllis enrolled at Howard University in Washington DC and majored in Spanish. At Howard, Phyllis met Bill Harper who was a medical student. They were married in 1948 after their graduation and moved to Bill's hometown of Keokuk, Iowa.
    Phyllis' early professional life was focused on a pedagogy that included parents' participation. During those years, Phyllis lectured on Parent Education in Guidance and Counseling at the Summer Institute for Parents of Pre-school Deaf Children in Illinois. When Freeman entered secondary school at the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville, Illinois, Phyllis supervised the Parent-Pupil Tutor Program there and gained national recognition for the article, "A Visible Speech Aid" in the Volta Review. Shortly after the death of her husband in 1975, Phyllis decided to further her education and moved to Iowa City and entered the PhD program at the University of Iowa and in 1980 she received her doctorate in Educational Administration through the College of Education. At the University of Iowa, Phyllis served as a lecturer, supervisor of student teachers, teacher and consultant until her retirement in 1990. In Iowa City, Phyllis met and married Dr. Janusz Bardach in 1981.
    
    Survivors include, three children, Bill (Donna) Harper of Berkeley, CA, Freeman (Dorian Dorado) Harper of Iowa City, Phyllis (Dr. Michael) Finch of Phoenix, AZ; four grandchildren Stephen Harper, Michael Finch, Veronica Finch, and Allen Finch; her stepchild Ewa (Hani Elkadi) Bardach of Iowa City; step granddaughter Nina Elkadi of Iowa City; sister Pauline Cheesman of Staten Island, NY; Several nieces, nephews and cousins also survive her.
    
    She was preceded in death by her first husband Dr. William Harper and second husband, Dr. Janusz Bardach.
    A complete obituary and online condolences are at www.lensingfuneral.com