Lori Lynn Nelson

Lori Lynn Nelson, 63, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Friday, October 22, 2021, at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center from complications of cancer.

Lori was born June 16, 1958, in Waterloo, the daughter of Thomas Rodamar and LaVonne Mumm Kerr. She graduated from Hudson High School and received Bachelor Degrees from the University of Northern Iowa in Accounting and Music.

She married Bill Kimpston and they later divorced, though they kept in contact. Lori married Scott R. Nelson on July 15, 1993.

Lori worked as a CPA for Carney, Alexander, and Marold; was Treasurer for the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home and had been a co-owner of Criterion Manufacturing. Lori started and operated her own CPA practice until her retirement.

She was the organist for Waterloo First United Methodist Church for 47 years and played the organ at Notre Dame in Paris.

Survivors include her husband, Scott of Waterloo; son, James (Mandy) Kimpston of Waterloo; step-son, Ryan (Meredith) Nelson of Marblehead' Massachusetts; twin grandchildren, Thomas and Lillian Kimpston; step-grandchildren, Drew and Cale Nelson; and her mother, LaVonne Kerr of Hudson.

Lori is preceded in death by her father, Thomas Kerr and a brother Joseph Kerr.