The Potter family later settled in Iowa, and farmed in Winneshiek County.
During this time, Lynn and Lorraine also worked as clerks of the livestock market in the city of Cresco.
They subsequently moved into Cresco, where Lynn Potter operated an accounting service for two decades.
In 1976, Lynn and Lorraine Potter retired and returned to Missouri.
Lynn Potter died at Keller Memorial Hospital in Fayette on March 13, 1982.