Obituary of James L Long

James L. “Jim/Tex” Long, 75 of Iowa City formerly of Anamosa died suddenly Monday, May 30, 2016, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, where there will be one hour of visitation prior to the services. Burial with military honors will be at the Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City. Memorial donations can be made in his memory to Camp Courageous of Iowa. Online condolences, thoughts and memories can be shared with Jim’s family through the funeral home website @ www.gayandciha.com. James L. Long was born July 18, 1940, in Anahuac, Texas the son of Lloyd and Ruth (Maddox) Long. Following high school, Jim enlisted in the United States Marines, where he was serving when the Vietnam War began. While in the service he met and was united in marriage to Bonita Lee Schoon on March 17, 1962. A mechanical mind from his early youth, he put his passion of mechanics to work in all the places he worked over the years, from Allis Chambers, Iowa Manufacturing, Rockwell Goss and finally Goss Graphics where he retired from. He and Bonita enjoyed over 40 years of living in Anamosa before moving to Iowa City in 2014 to be closer to their children. Jim loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing but most of all his family. His family includes his wife, Bonita; sons, Trent and Wade; daughter, Traci; and two sisters, Gladys and Mary.