Daniel "Dan" Nigg
November 22, 1954 — October 12, 2019
Daniel “Dan” Nigg, 64, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 20, 2019, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 21, 2019, at King of Kings Lutheran Church, located at 3275 N. Center Point Road, Cedar Rapids, with Pastor Mark Halvorson officiating. Committal services will follow at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, at St. Mary’s Newport Cemetery, located at 2683 Newport Road in Solon, Iowa.
Dan was born November 22, 1954, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of William and Velma (Krall) Nigg. He graduated from City High in Iowa City and went on to attend Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy University. Dan served honorably in the United States Navy from 1973 to 1977. He was united in marriage to Theresa “Terri” Donati on November 5, 1977. Dan has been employed as a Reliability Engineer for 31 years with Rockwell Collins, now known as Collins Aerospace. He was an avid and loyal Iowa Hawkeye fan. Dan’s family was everything to him. He was a loving, caring and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle. Dan will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Dan is survived and lovingly remembered by his wife of 41 years, Terri Nigg of Cedar Rapids; three children, Rachael (Derec) Koch of Deep River, Iowa, Brandon Nigg (Haley Chapman) of Cedar Rapids, and Leslie (Aaron) Paterson of Bozeman, Montana; six grandchildren, Jocelyn, Jack, Tyler, Henry, Oscar, and Lucille; one brother, Greg (Kay) Nigg of Iowa City, Iowa; two sisters, Sheri (Jon) Thomas of Iowa City, and Mary (Tim) Barbee of Puyallup, Washington; and a host of extended family members from the East Coast to the West Coast including sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, cousins, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Velma Nigg.
Memorials in Dan’s memory may be directed to Special Olympics of Iowa at 551 SE Dovetail Road, Grimes, Iowa 50111; or The Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy at Mercy Foundation with the memo “Oldorf Hospice House” at 701 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403; or St. Mary’s Newport Cemetery Association.
Dan was born November 22, 1954, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of William and Velma (Krall) Nigg. He graduated from City High in Iowa City and went on to attend Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy University. Dan served honorably in the United States Navy from 1973 to 1977. He was united in marriage to Theresa “Terri” Donati on November 5, 1977. Dan has been employed as a Reliability Engineer for 31 years with Rockwell Collins, now known as Collins Aerospace. He was an avid and loyal Iowa Hawkeye fan. Dan’s family was everything to him. He was a loving, caring and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle. Dan will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Dan is survived and lovingly remembered by his wife of 41 years, Terri Nigg of Cedar Rapids; three children, Rachael (Derec) Koch of Deep River, Iowa, Brandon Nigg (Haley Chapman) of Cedar Rapids, and Leslie (Aaron) Paterson of Bozeman, Montana; six grandchildren, Jocelyn, Jack, Tyler, Henry, Oscar, and Lucille; one brother, Greg (Kay) Nigg of Iowa City, Iowa; two sisters, Sheri (Jon) Thomas of Iowa City, and Mary (Tim) Barbee of Puyallup, Washington; and a host of extended family members from the East Coast to the West Coast including sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, cousins, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Velma Nigg.
Memorials in Dan’s memory may be directed to Special Olympics of Iowa at 551 SE Dovetail Road, Grimes, Iowa 50111; or The Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy at Mercy Foundation with the memo “Oldorf Hospice House” at 701 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403; or St. Mary’s Newport Cemetery Association.
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