WARM, Ivan Verl Reinhold 1929-2018

WARM, GOINGS, VIKTORA

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 8/26/2018 at 19:03:56

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Ivan Verl Reinhold Warm

Ivan Verl Reinhold Warm was born on July 14, 1929 at St. Francis Hospital Waterloo to Reinhold and Nellie (Goings) Warm. He went to Immanuel Lutheran School and graduated from East High School. Ivan attended Iowa State University to study civil engineering and architecture. He also served our country in the United States Air Force as a First Lieutenant during the Korean Conflict in San Antonio, Texas.

When he returned home, Ivan married the love of his life, Joyce Viktora, in Kirksville, MO on January 10, 1954. The couple moved back to Waterloo and welcomed three children into their family.

During this time, Ivan worked as an architect and civil engineer at Stenson, Warm, Grimes, and Port, where he was also a partner. He helped design many recognizable buildings in the Cedar Valley area including: Black Hawk County Court House, Hawkeye Tech, various churches, Central High School, and the Greyhound Racetrack. Ivan retired in 1987, moving down to Florida with Joyce and began working part-time at the school district.

The couple moved back to Cedar Falls in 2016. Ivan was the president of the Rotary Club in Waterloo and president of the Chamber of Commerce in Cedar Falls. He loved fishing, hunting, and flying in the air plane that he owned. Ivan loved music and it played an important role in his life: having his own band, playing any instrument that he would pick up, and entertaining the family with his accordion during Christmas time.

Ivan Verl Reinhold Warm died on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Western Home Communities: Nations Cottage, at the age of 89.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and one son: Bruce Warm.

Ivan is survived by his wife of 64 years: Joyce Warm; one son: Gary (Delores) Warm of San Antonio, TX; one daughter: Cindy (Roy) Eichengreen of Deep River, CT; one sister-in-law: Karilyn Todd; one niece: Jennifer Barnard; five grandchildren: Eric (Melissa) and Cecily Bo Warm, Amelia and Hadley Eichengreen, and Genevieve Warm. Ivan is also survived by two great-grandchildren: Addison and Mckenzie Warm.

SOURCE: Parrott & Wood Funeral Service website