James Hi Duke Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Jim was born June 9, 1943, in Hammond, Indiana, the son of Andrew and Carolyn (Cvitkobich) Hi Duke. He received his Bachelor of Arts at St. Joseph College, Calumet, IN and his Master of Arts at Marquette University. He also did one year of Ph.D work at Notre Dame in Renaissance Literature, and one year of Ph.D work at Carnegie Mellon University in Rhetoric. On May 19, 2001, he was united in marriage to Carlene D. Quackenbush at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Jim was an English Professor at the University of Northern Iowa since 1967. Jim lived for golf and published roughly twenty poems and two sketches that were drawn in charcoal and pencil. The Dr. Grammar service officially kicked off on February 1, 2000 with a publicity campaign including a billboard and television public service announcements in Eastern Iowa. Jim is survived by his wife, Carlene of Cedar Falls; his parents, Andrew and Carolyn Hi Duke of Sun City, AZ; brothers, Drew of Frisco, TX, Terry of Ft. Myers, FL and David of Ogden Dunes, IN; sister, Gail Hi Duke of San Clemente, CA and step-son, Michael Quackenbush of San Diego, CA. Jim died Monday, November 17, 2003 at his home in Cedar Falls. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society