Wayne Charles Schoville, 85, of Waterloo, died on Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Thuesen Cottage of the Western Home Communities, Cedar Falls.

Wayne was born October 20, 1933 in Soldiers Grove, Wisc., the son of Archie Vilas and Lucille Heavrin Schoville, and graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1951.

He married Patricia Benton; they were later divorced. He married Calla Buchholz in 1977 at Zion Lutheran Church.

Wayne was Superintendent of the John Deere Foundry retiring in 1987; he then was Executive Director of Adults Incorporated (now Northstar Community Services); was a Business consultant with UNI, and Business Manager at Heartland Vineyard Church.

Wayne is survived by his wife, Calla of Waterloo; 2 sons, Mark and Joe (Diane)‚ both of Cedar Falls; 2 daughters, Tricia (Todd Roggenbuck) Conner‚ Minneapolis and Amy (Fred) Bell‚ Texas; an honorary daughter, Amber (Nick Bergmann) Nielsen and Autumn, Evansdale; 9 grandchildren: Eric (Jen) Schoville, Holly (Brian) McBurney, Josh (Amy) Schoville, Danielle (Andy) Perkins, Jeremiah Conner, Chloe Conner, Lindsay Conner, Tahnisha (Valley) Thompson, and Ahyahna Bush; 12 great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Lorna (Jim) Nelson‚ Minneapolis, MN and Ade (Bruce) Sampson, St. Paul, MN; and 2 brothers, Mike (Karen) Schoville‚ Johnston and Tom (Julie) Schoville‚ Bettendorf.

He is preceded in death by his parents; step mother, Lois; and his beloved grandfather, Fred Heavrin.

Wayne was known by many as a Renaissance Man. He had a zest for knowledge and life. Wayne loved the Lord. He worked hard, played hard, loved hard; there was no in-between. Wayne’s legacy will be the unconditional love he gave his wife Calla and his family.