Person:L.B. Shriver (1)

L.B. Trusty Shriver passed away at 1:37 a.m. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013, at his home, surrounded by friends and caregivers.

L.B. was born in Fairfield on November 20, 1946, son of the late Eldon Ray and the late Helen Elaine Trusty Shriver.

He attended the University of Iowa in the School of Journalism. While a college student in Iowa City, L.B. was the first person to be instructed in the Transcendental Meditation technique in Iowa. He became a teacher of TM shortly thereafter. L.B. was the person that alerted the TM movement about the availability of the Parsons College campus as a new location for the Maharishi International University.

Once MIU relocated to Fairfield, L.B. enrolled as a fulltime student and served as student body president. He graduated from MIU with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies in 1983 and then earned a Masters in Professional Writing in 1988.

L.B. also taught Tai Chi and served as freelance professional writer and editor. For a quiet, private man, L.B. was very well known and recognized for his wit, kindness, love of knowledge, passion for truth and dedication to the quality of life here in the community he loved.

In accord with his wishes as a native son, L.B.’s body was buried in a local cemetery.

Survivors include his partner, Ms. Xiaoli Ji of China, a brother, T.A. Shriver and sister-in-law, Irene, of Austin Texas; a niece, Christina "Tina" of Waterloo, Iowa; and a nephew, Timothy, of Austin; aunts, uncles and cousins mostly from northern Iowa.

L.B. Shriver April 2013

1.   LB was his name. The initials were not "short" for anything. However, I do believe he was named after his grandfather Lester BurrAllen Trusty and that the initials stood for Lester. LB did not marry.
2.   LB was buried at the Pattison Cemetary in Cedar township of Jefferson County yesterday (28 May 2013) afternoon at 6:30pm. It was a very amazing experience. It had been raining, often torrentially all day. For the hour of his burial, the rain stopped, the sun poked through and we were able to lay his body to rest in the heart of the Iowa countryside in this beautiful peaceful cemetary that he had picked out for his final resting place in February of this year. Pattison has been used since settlement days so this small graveyard is peopled with pioneers and old Fairfield families. LB's body is in 'good company'. A pine tree will be planted there per LB's wish, instead of a grave marker of stone.