Joseph Patrick Van Dorn

Joe “Pat” Van Dorn, 75, of Waterloo, died Monday, August 26, 2019 at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center.

He was born May 8, 1944, in Waterloo, son of Lyle M. and Dorothy Holland Van Dorn. He graduated from Waterloo Columbus High School in 1962 and attended the University of Northern Iowa. He earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University.

Joe married Mary Rae Spotts in Waterloo in 1968; they later divorced. He married Wanda Lubert Stahl in Springfield, MO, in 1993.

He worked at Control Data in Minnesota from 1968 to 1977 working as a computer manufacturing engineer. In 1977, he returned to Waterloo to work at Chamberlain Manufacturing in research and development as a mechanical design engineer for several years until his retirement. He was also the president of the Cedar Valley Chess Club in 1980.

Joe is survived by his wife, Wanda Stahl of Waterloo; three sons, Brian (Carolyn) Van Dorn of Minneapolis‚ MN, Scott (Wendy Valentine) Van Dorn of Iowa Falls, and Sean Van Dorn of Rochester, MN; a daughter, Heather (Joseph) Schoenberger of La Porte City; three step-daughters, Chantel (Reinhard) Boeschen of Waterloo‚ Christine (Timothy) Nieman of Waterloo, and Stacey (Eric) Millar of Washburn; 16 grandchildren, Xavier, Kym, Alec, Austin, Tim, Matt, Gage, Chase, Isaac, Hope, Marisa, Allison, Anna, Mandi, Mira, and Marley; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rita (Kenny) Trost of Waterloo, and Phyllis Hausladen of West Lafayette, IN; and one brother, Edward “Pete” (Marissa) Van Dorn of Waterloo.

He is preceded in death by his parents; a stepson, Michael Stahl; a grandson, Brandon Nieman; four brothers, John, Richard, Jerry, and Timothy Van Dorn; and a sister, Sheila Francis.