Prymek, Carolyn M.

Carolyn M. Prymek, 70, of Coralville, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Iowa City, with burial to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, where a parish vigil service will begin at 7 p.m.

Carolyn Mary Prymek was born March 9, 1942, in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Lewis and Adeline (Balik) Prymek. She attended schools in Iowa City, graduating from City High School in 1960. She continued her education by taking a number of business courses that enabled her to become a bookkeeper as her life's profession. She had worked at Culligan's Soft Water, AB Clement, Protein Blenders and just recently retired from Stutzmans in Hills this past January.

She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Dominic's at St. Patrick's and St. Wenceslaus's churches, and had served as president of ABWA (American Business Women Association), where she was also a member. Carolyn enjoyed china painting, stock car races, but most of all she loved traveling, especially going to see her nieces and nephews!

Her family includes her four brothers, Kenneth of Coralville, Ronald and his wife, Pat, of Des Moines, Joe of Oxford and Jim and his wife, Dianne, of Iowa City; 12 nieces and nephews; 15 great-nieces and great-nephews; and three great-great- nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister-in-law, Janet Prymek; and a nephew, Jim “Smoe.”

A memorial fund has been established in Carolyn's memory.

Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web at www.gayandciha.com.

Published June 1, 2012 in The Gazette