Obituary of Mary Graf Reddick

Mary Graf Reddick, 96, lifelong resident of Iowa City, died Monday, January 12, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Monday, January 19, 2015, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Burial will take place following services in the Old Section of St. Joseph Cemetery in Iowa City. Memorial donations can be made in her memory to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Iowa City. Mary K. Villhauer was born June 21, 1918, in Iowa City, the daughter of William and Katherine T. (Reese) Villhauer. She attended schools at St. Mary's where she graduated from high school. She married William A. Graf on May 1, 1941, in Iowa City. For a number of years she worked at the J.C. Penny's Store downtown. After her husband retired she and Bill started the Wm. A. Graf books, a mail order catalog business selling books all over the world. Bill Graf died December 16, 1995. Mary married William L. Reddick on September 5, 2002, in Memphis, MO. The couple continued to make their home in Iowa City. Her family includes her husband, William "Bill"; sisters, Dorothy Belger of Solon; and Phyllis Jedlicka (Paul) of Iowa City, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbnd, William A. Graf; brother, William Villhauer; and sisters, Cecelia Wellman, Lucille Thomas, Helen Delsing, and Lois Michel.