Putting good into the world: Michele Recanati, a bubbly Iowa medical assistant, died of COVID-19 Tony Leys, Des Moines Register
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Michele Recanati loved being a mom to three sons. She loved working as a medical assistant. And she loved being an identical twin to her sister, Cynthia.
The two women lived in the same towns most of their lives. First in California, then in Idaho, and then in northeast Iowa.
And they both worked as medical assistants, most recently at the MercyOne hospital in Oelwein.
Michele’s boisterous voice and laugh were often heard way down the halls, announcing her presence to patients and colleagues before they could see her. She found a deep fulfillment in lifting the patients’ spirits, even when they were contending with serious health problems, said her sister Cynthia Recanati.
Michele Recanati loved being a mom to three sons. She loved working as a medical assistant. And she loved being an identical twin to her sister, Cynthia.
The two women lived in the same towns most of their lives. First in California, then in Idaho, and then in northeast Iowa.
And they both worked as medical assistants, most recently at the MercyOne hospital in Oelwein.
Michele’s boisterous voice and laugh were often heard way down the halls, announcing her presence to patients and colleagues before they could see her. She found a deep fulfillment in lifting the patients’ spirits, even when they were contending with serious health problems, said her sister Cynthia Recanati.
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If students wanted to skate through Freshman Rhetoric a requirement at Augustana College they better hope they weren’t in Roald Tweet’s class.
The longtime professor was known for giving out “legendary” assignments, former Rock Island Mayor Mark Schwiebert told the Quad-City Times.
An essay in which only three multi-syllabic words were used. A paper in which the letter “E” only appeared a select number of times. A poem about a single word.
They were the sort of exercises that made one consider the craft of writing, the kind that inspired a lifelong love of language.