David Reynolds
  • Born on: July 18, 1940
  • Departed on: August 19, 2020
  • Resided in: Swisher, IA

David Reynolds

David Reynolds (80) of Swisher passed away on August 19, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  

David was born July 18, 1940 in Plymouth, Massachusetts the son of Rev. Albert B. and Virginia (Reid) Reynolds. 

He was a graduate of Penn State and earned his PHD from Northwestern University.  He is a professor Emeritus of geography at the University of Iowa and taught there for 40 years. During his tenure there he chaired the department for a period of 7 years. 

David was united in marriage to Deirdre McGuinne on May 3, 1968 at Beck Chapel on the campus of Indiana University with his father Rev. Reynolds officiating.  

David loved his family and home and community in Nova Scotia and his passions were teaching, hunting and fishing and folk music. 

Those left to cherish David’s memory are his wife Deirdre, his two children Jennifer (George Stoianov) Reynolds and David (Kristen) Reynolds, and two grandchildren Brendan Reynolds Stoianov and Jonah Reynolds.
 
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters Jane Westcott, Virginia Lambert, and Barbara Reynolds and a daughter Grainne who died in 1969.   
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