Veterans Way Honorees

Milton was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on Feb. 11, 1945. He came to Waterloo at age 3. Joined the Army on 1/31/63. Was stationed in Germany. He earned the Good Conduct Medal and Expert Rifle. He received an Honorable Discharge on 3/8/66. He lived in Germany a few years after discharge, then moved back to Waterloo. He was very proud of his military service and it made him very patriotic. He loved the flag and always had one flying. He married Cheryl and had 3 daughters – Traci, Nikole, and Michele and 4 granddaughters -Shabbrea, Briana, Temiah, and Najya (who he never got to meet). He also never met his 2 great grandsons, Makai and Messiah. He would have been so happy to have them as he always hoped for a boy but it was all girls until then. However, his daughters and granddaughters were his world. He was so happy with them he didn’t miss having a boy. He would do things like buy matching hats and bandanas for himself and the girls. When the granddaughters lived out of state and the leaves turned color in the fall, he sent them each a card with a pretty leaf in it. Family was everything. He was an avid fisherman spending most of his free time at a lake or river. He also loved to travel with the red rocks of Zion and Bryce National Parks being one of his favorite places. He worked at the Highway Commission as a surveyor, Rath Packing, bus driver for Headstart (which was his favorite!), then Met Transit until he became too ill to work. He passed away on August 1, 2007. He is missed.”

Major John G. Temeyer was born January 19, 1941, in Independence, Iowa, one of 11 children born to Tillie and Chuck Temeyer. After graduating from Don Bosco High School in Gilbertville in 1959, John enlisted in the Army in 1959 and served 20 years. He served as company commander and Huey helicopter pilot while in Vietnam, receiving the Bronze Star; Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism while participating in an aerial flight emergency extraction of 3 soldier recon patrol endangered by the Viet Cong; and Air Medal for Heroism (Sixteenth Oak Leaf Cluster) while participating in the extraction of the 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry while under enemy fire. He went back to college and graduated from the University of Dubuque. In 1980, he retired and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida with his then wife (Susan) and 2 children (Thomas and Leah). He was a member of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association after his retirement. He moved to Jacksonville, Florida with his daughter and granddaughter in 1997. He remained in Jacksonville until his death on December 4, 2012.

A proud Vietnam vet, union man with 36 years a telephone tech with Northwestern Bell, retiring from Century Link in 2015. I have stayed active as treasurer of three union organizations and with the BlackHawk County Democrats. I have been an election official for 8 years. I am a member of the American Legion Post in Waterloo and the Cedar Falls Amvets. I enjoy living in Waterloo.

Fred C. Roberts was my father. He became a licensed plumber after the Army. Later on, he worked for John Deere.

Born in Dunkerton on the Roberts farm after graduating high school join arm services it was sent to Korea came back with the Rath packing company

Angie Gingrich served as an operating room technician on Active Duty in the United States Army from 1997-2003. She served at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and in a Combat Support Hospital in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Angie continues to serve Cedar Valley Veterans as a Nurse Practitioner at the Waterloo VA Outpatient Clinic.