Obituary of Bharati M. Windmon

Bharati M. Windmon, 19, of Iowa City, died Sunday, September 16, 2012, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, September 20, 2012, at the Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Funeral services and burial will take place in Chicago on Saturday, September 22nd. A memorial fund has been established in Bharati's memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Bharati was born October 31, 1992, in Chicago, the daughter of Dennis Mattox and Brenda Windmon. She and her family moved to Iowa City nearly 7 years ago where she attended Iowa City Schools, graduating from City High School with the Class of 2011. She was currently enrolled at Kirkwood Community College. Her family includes her mother, Brenda of Iowa City; father, Dennis of Chicago; sisters, Tiara Jones and Takayla Windmon; grandparents, Betty Jones, Samuel Windmon Sr. and Vanessa Windmon; an uncle, Gregory Windmon; numerous aunts, cousins, a niece, a nephew, and her best friend, Tyara Hamilton. She was preceded in death by her uncle, Samuel R. Windmon Jr. and step-grandfather, James Jones.