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Former 3rd Ward Alderman Dan Vance dies after heart attack
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| News Date | Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:55:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former 3rd Ward Alderman Dan Vance dies after heart attack
Thomas Geyer and Tom Saul | Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:00 am | (8) Comments
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Former Davenport 3rd Ward Alderman Dan Vance died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack, said close friend Joe Saldivar of Davenport.
Vance, 60, died at Genesis Medical Center-East Rusholme Street, Davenport.
“He had a heart attack Saturday evening,” Saldivar said.
Saldivar said he had been at the hospital and had been keeping tabs on Vance’s condition.
About 6 p.m., he said, “Tony (Vance’s son) called me and told me he had passed away.”
“He was a good man,” Saldivar said. “We were like brothers. He often told me that.”
Vance was throwing his hat into the ring again in the next election by running for alderman at large, he said.
“He really cared about people,” Saldivar said. “His business card said, ‘It’s about people, not politics.’ ”
Vance also was owner and publisher of the local paper, The Best Years. In 2004, he ran as a Republican for the 86th Iowa House District seat, but lost to Democratic incumbent Cindy Winkler.
Former Davenport Alderman Bob McGivern said he had been thinking about Vance the past few days after learning that he was in the hospital. He described Vance as a friend who “always made me laugh.”
“He loved Davenport and he loved to serve,” McGivern said. “He was one of the few who, whether he left voluntarily or involuntarily, always wanted to come back. There aren’t too many like that around.”
Vance served eight years as 3rd Ward alderman. He had served for six years before losing his seat in 1999. He then regained the seat in 2001.
Former Davenport Mayor Phil Yerington, who served with Vance, said that people will miss him, “because he really cared about people, and not everybody who has sat in an alderman’s seat can say that.”
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