Lloyd Gruis

Lloyd Owen Gruis, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, September 9, 2021 at Friendship Village in Waterloo.  Lloyd was born December 20, 1936 in Iowa Falls, Iowa, the son of Nanny & Martha (Priske) Gruis.  He attended St. Patrick's Grade School and graduated from Teacher's College High School in 1954.  Lloyd worked at Viking Pump and later for 28 years as a machinist at John Deere.  He married Mildred Osterberger in January 1959 and they later divorced.

Survivors include two sons, Michael Gruis of Evansdale and Mark Gruis of Waterloo; two daughters, Laura (David) Lynn of Cedar Falls and Linda Gruis of Evansdale; six grandchildren, Jake Graveman, Janey Graveman, Rachel Gruis, Keith Gruis, Zachariah Regenold and Laura Kettman; a great grandchild on the way; his brother, Willard (Kay) Gruis of Ogden, Utah; two sisters, Delma Weikert of Cedar Falls and Katherine Gruis of Panama City Beach, Florida and his brother-in-law, Dean Lathrop.

Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Shirley Lathrop.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at St. Patrick Catholic Church with burial at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens.  Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home and one hour prior to service time at the church.  Memorials may be directed to the family.

Lloyd was a fan of John Wayne, old western shows and loved a good joke.