Joseph Leo Dwyer
July 16, 1932 — January 23, 2016
Joseph Leo Dwyer, Jr., 83, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2016, in Panama City Beach, Florida. Services: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2016, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Rock Island National Cemetery.
Joseph is survived by his life-long partner, Ansun Opfer of Cedar Rapids; brother, John Dwyer of Billerica, Massachusetts; and sister, Catherine (Leonard) Buckland of Billerica, Massachusetts.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Joseph was born on July 16, 1932, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, son of Joseph and Mary (Dunn) Dwyer, Sr. He served in the US Navy from 1950- 1953 Joseph was a Lieutenant Detective on the police force in Boston, Massachusetts for 20 years and later worked as a professor in Criminal Justice at Mount Mercy College for twelve years. He enjoyed wood working, traveling and walking. He was an avid Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs fan.
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Joseph is survived by his life-long partner, Ansun Opfer of Cedar Rapids; brother, John Dwyer of Billerica, Massachusetts; and sister, Catherine (Leonard) Buckland of Billerica, Massachusetts.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Joseph was born on July 16, 1932, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, son of Joseph and Mary (Dunn) Dwyer, Sr. He served in the US Navy from 1950- 1953 Joseph was a Lieutenant Detective on the police force in Boston, Massachusetts for 20 years and later worked as a professor in Criminal Justice at Mount Mercy College for twelve years. He enjoyed wood working, traveling and walking. He was an avid Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs fan.
Please share a memory of Joseph at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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