William Sindlinger

WILLIAM WAYNE SINDLINGER

Cedar Falls

William Wayne Sindlinger, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at UnityPoint Health-Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.

He was born Jan. 21, 1927, in Orange Township,

Waterloo, son of William Dale Sindlinger and Alma Hoag Sindlinger. His family was among the first settlers of Black Hawk County, arriving in Waterloo in 1855, when there were no bridges or churches, and only a few log cabins together with two stores.

He married Joan Petrea Beck on Sept. 1, 1949, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. They raised their three children during their 58 years of marriage, with Joan passing away in March 2008. He then married Marilyn Sowers in August 2013; she survives.

He graduated from Orange High School, south of Waterloo, in 1944 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946. Growing up on a farm, as was common with his generation, he developed a broad set of skills and displayed his masonry, woodworking, electrical and other skills in the various homes that he helped build and remodel over the years.

He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1948 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1948, he attended Southern Methodist University Law School in Dallas, Texas, until he transferred back to the University of Iowa, where he received a Juris Doctorate from Iowa Law School in 1952. He opened his law office in Cedar Falls in September 1952 and was engaged in the general practice of law in and about Cedar Falls, Hudson and Waterloo for many years, eventually retiring in 2005.

He was a member of a number of civic groups and also served on the boards of various local institutions, including the Western Home. He was a member of Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his wife, Marilyn; his son, William Dale (Ann Bergstrom) Sindlinger of Cedar Rapids; his daughter, Anne Petrea (Neale) Lehmkuhl of Bloomington, Ill.; his daughter-in-law, Lisa Flores Sindlinger of Lake Oswego, Ore.; six grandchildren, Tucker and Alexandria (Allie) Sindlinger of Iowa City, Erik Lehmkuhl of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Laura Lehmkuhl of San Jose, Calif., Sarah Sindlinger of Los Angeles, Calif., and Joseph Sindlinger of Corvallis, Ore.; a sister-in-law, Jean Beck of Cedar Falls; and many nephews, nieces and extended family members.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his stepfather of 35 years, Charles Lusthoff (1965); his wife, Joan (2008); a son, Matthew Parker Sindlinger (2002); a grandson, Samuel Sindlinger (2000); and his sister, Pauline (Polly) McGinnis (1999).

Visitation will be Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the West Lounge of Windridge, Western Home Communities. Visitation also will be Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home in Cedar Falls. As he donated his body to the University of Iowa Medical School, there will be no interment services nor will there be any memorial service.

Memorials may be directed to the Western Home Communities, Cedar Valley Hospice and Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cedar Falls.

Online condolences may be left at www.Dahl

FuneralHome.com.