Ami Kathleen Dark-Rosen

Ami Kathleen Dark-Rosen, 48, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Thursday, January 16, 2020, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born May 27, 1971 in Topeka, Kansas. Ami graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1989 and from the University of Northern Iowa in 1994 with a degree in Education and later earned her Masters Degree in Special Education in 2013. She was a payment representative for the past six years at Veridian Credit Union in the Fiscal Solutions division, and was a published author, "Stronger Through Christ: A Mother's Memoir". Ami was a member of Hope City Church in Waterloo, Iowa and Alpha Delta Pi sorority at the University of Northern Iowa. She was selected to serve as the poster child for JDRF in 1979 and 1980 and was Miss Wheelchair of Iowa in 2004.

Ami was passionate about investing in others and loved nothing more than being in the presence of family and friends. After spending her first 12 years as an only child, her dream of having a family came true when her mother married Hank and adopted her, giving her the gift of a father as well as a brother and sister.

Some of her fondest memories were of high school days. She thrived in every extracurricular activity she participated in including: pom squad, marching band, choir, cadet teaching and LUG. Many of the friendships she developed in high school and college stayed with her for the rest of her life.

Ami was a nurturing mother, a beloved daughter, and a sincere and compassionate sister, aunt, niece, cousin and friend. In spite of every obstacle that came her way, she counted every day a blessing. She had a zest for life that touched everyone she encountered.

Ami is survived by her daughter, Sarah Rosen, of Cedar Falls; her parents, Judi and Hank Dark, of Cedar Falls; a sister, Beth (Scott) Ochsner and their children, Katherine, Anne and Luke, and a brother, Mike (Angie) Dark, and their children, Reese, Landon and Miles, all of Cedar Falls, and m any aunts, uncles and cousins.

A Celebration of Life Service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at Orchard Hill Church in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be 4—7:00 p.m. Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Falls, and one hour before service Tuesday at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Gift of Life Transplant House-Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), www.gift-of-life.org or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, www.jdrf.org. Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.