Casey Nichols, 4, of Waterloo died Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo.

He was born March 12, 2014 in Waterloo, son of Colton Nichols and Kelsey Rindels. Casey loved Dr. Seuss books, especially Sneetches and The Grinch. He also enjoyed going to the pumpkin patch. He loved and will be greatly missed by his two dogs, Lucy and Benny. Casey and his family loved and appreciated all of the nurses who helped care for him.

Casey is survived by his parents, Colton Nichols and Kelsey Rindels of Waterloo; maternal grandmother, Tonja (Jay) Thomas of Waterloo; maternal grandfather, Douglas (Crystal) Rindels of Waterloo; paternal grandparents, LeAnn (Chris) Even of Jesup, Dave (Morgan Thiesen) Nichols of Waterloo, and Anize Mamodaly of Buckingham; great‑grandparents, Patricia & Jerome Nagle of Raymond, Marlin Nichols of Waterloo, Jim & Linda Baruth of Grundy Center, Gene & Paula Even of Gilbertville, and Leslie Rindels of Waterloo; two aunts, Kyleigh Nichols of Des Moines and Kierston Nichols of Waterloo; and an uncle, Gage Riggle of Washington, DC.

He is preceded in death by two great-grandmothers, Dianne Nichols and Delores Ahlhelm (Baruth).