Michael Robert Hutchison

Michael Robert "Mike" Hutchison, 80, of Waterloo, Iowa, died at UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital, on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Mike was born November 16, 1939, in Waterloo, son of Raymond E. and Margaret R Nauman Hutchison. He graduated from West High School in 1958 and attended UNI.

Mike served in the United States Army from 1960 to 1964, three years with the 7th Army in Germany. He married Elvira "Ellie" C. Geis on May 10, 1963, in Mannheim Sandhoffen, West Germany.

Mike worked in Finance/Mortgage Lending for most of his life. He started with The Leavitt & Johnson Company from 1964 to 1986. He then went to work at MidAmerica Savings Bank and after numerous name changes thru the nineties he transitioned over and went to work for Trammell Crow a facilities management company. In the early 2000's they sold to CB Richard Ellis where he retired in 2009 as Senior Facilities Manager. He managed over 30 properties for a bank client with locations in Iowa and Illinois. After retirement he worked at Locke Funeral Home as a funeral attendant.

Mike was Past President of the Waterloo Lions Club (1993-94) and Lions District Cabinet Secretary (1998-99). He was an avid gardener for over 50 years and canned hundreds of jars of produce from his garden including green beans, carrots, beets, tomatoes, and tomato juice. His other great passion was boating and chasing fish, some catching, mostly chasing.

He is survived by his wife Ellie; son Robert "Bob" (Kristi) of Florence, Arizona; grandsons, Matthew Hutchison of Cedar Falls and Cory Hutchison of Breckenridge, Colorado; cousins Sue and Gary Schulz and Judy Champion, all of Osage; four sisters in law, Edda McCalley, Magda O'Lear, Linda (friend Bill Spivey) Solomen, and Gerda Wolfe; a brother in law Frankie Geis; and many nieces and nephews.

Mike is preceded by his parents; brother in law Fred Geis; sister in law Liselatt Geis; and cousin Jim Dunkelberg.