Mildred "Mickey" Louise Gardner

Mildred Louise "Mickey" Gardner, 77, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, September 22, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born June 8, 1942 in Central City, Iowa, the daughter of John and Frieda (Gienapp) Gerjets. Mickey married Merlin "Butch" Gardner on September 27, 1959 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on February 6, 1996. Mickey attended Waterloo West High School and was a machinist for over 20 years at Waterloo Industries. She was an IAM (Intl. Assoc. of Machinists) representative/secretary at Waterloo Industries, former board member for the local United Way, a member of the Black Hawk Union Council, a member of several local card clubs and was a member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Waterloo and Messiah Lutheran Church in Janesville, Iowa.

Mickey is survived by her three daughters, Brenda (Roger) Sager of Morrison, Iowa, Kimberly (Dennis) Stewart of Waterloo and Angela (Scott) Hicks of Janesville, Iowa; eight grandchildren, Tara (Josh) Johnson, Ty Niedert, Johnathan (Bethany Batema) Gardner, Kayla (Mitch Smith) Fobian, Anastasia (Charles) Fowler, Ashley (Kiefer Cornick) Hicks, Codey Hicks and Megan Stewart; five step grandchildren, Raven (Manuel) Martinez, Jeremy (Jessica) Fuhrman, Adam (Lindsey)  Sager, Joseph (Katherine) Sager, David (Adrianna Mendoza) Sager ; five great grandchildren; seven step great grandchildren; her brother, Jerry Gerjets, of Boston, Massachusetts, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband; a son, Andy Gardner; a brother, Paul Gerjets, and a sister, Elsie Pratt.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, September 27, 2019, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be 4—7:00 p.m. Thursday, and one hour before service Friday, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family, The United Way or Cedar Valley Hospice. Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.