Sherry Sands

Sherry D. Sands, 53, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Sherry was born June 18, 1956 in Waterloo, the daughter of Donald C. and Barbara L. (Hanzlik) Ahlhelm. She graduated from East Waterloo High School in 1974. She married Dave Sands August 4, 1990 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death November 21, 2005. Sherry worked for Viking Pump form 1979-1993 and sold real estate in the Cedar Valley for nineteen years.

Survivors include a son, Larry King, of Windsor Heights, Iowa; two stepdaughters, Shelly and Melissa; two grandchildren, Makenzie and Tyler King; five stepgrandchildren, Eugene, Bullet, Courtney, Cheyenne and Dylan; her mother, Barbara Ahlhelm, of Waterloo; two brothers, Scott (Rebecca) Ahlhelm of Osage, Iowa and Joe Ahlhelm of Waterloo, and two sisters, Pam (Jim) Solomon of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan and Becky (Tony) Myers of Cedar Falls.

Sherry was preceded in death by her grandparents, William & Betty Ahlhelm and Reva & Edward Hanzlik; her father, Donald Ahlhelm; her husband, David Sands; a nephew, Jeremy Ahlhelm; a niece, Jessica Solomon; sister-in-law, Patty Graham and brother-in-law, Larry Graham.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 24, 2009, at First Christian Church with burial in Hillside Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and for one hour prior to service time at the church on Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice or the Covenant Cancer Treatment Center, Waterloo. Online Condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com