Eleanor Jean Sitzmann

Eleanor Jean Sitzmann, 12 day old daughter of Eric and Holly (Leaverton) Sitzmann, died Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City. She was born July 5, 2019 at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa.

Eleanor is survived by her parents, Eric and Holly Sitzmann, of Cedar Falls; her brother, Emmett Thomas Sitzmann, of Cedar Falls; paternal grandmother, Vicki Sitzmann, of Kingsley, Iowa; maternal grandparents, Tom (Tana) Leaverton and Deb (Bob) Lorenz, all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; maternal great grandparents, Paul Leaverton of Tampa, Florida, Pauline (Dwight) Miller of Iowa City and Karen Hogan of Muscatine, Iowa; her aunts and uncles, Amy (Zach) Crnecki of Savage, Minnesota, Drew (Jennifer) Dechant, Tommy Schmitt and Michael Schmitt, all of Cedar Rapids, Jeremy (Gina) Sitzmann of Kingsley, and Becky (Dustin) Meinen of Akron, Iowa, and her cousins, Henry and Aubrey Crnecki, Avery, Chloe and Owen Dechant, Jordyn and Brynn Sitzmann, and Kaylie and Cole Meinen.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Darrell Sitzmann; paternal great grandparents, Virgil (Rosemary) Sitzmann and Shirley (Warren) Heeren, and her maternal great grandparents, Michael (Julie) Hogan and Bob (Elaine) Lorenz.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at St. John Lutheran Church, with burial at Fairview Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be 3—6:00 p.m. Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and one hour before service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Knox Blocks Foundation in La Porte City, knoxblocks.org or the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City. Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.