Nina Bayer

Nina J. Bayer, 80, of Davenport, died Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf.

Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 1, 2018 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Bettendorf. Burial will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 31st with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. at Halligan McCabe DeVries Funeral Home in Davenport. An additional visitation will be held one hour prior to Mass at the church on Friday. Memorials may be made to Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House.

Born on November 11, 1937 in Vale, South Dakota, Nina was the daughter of Christopher Martin and Arthela E. (Carr) Sorenson. On March 3, 1957 in Sturgis, South Dakota, she married Floyd A. Bayer.

Nina was a long-time member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Davenport, and upon moving from their home on Telegraph Road, they attended Holy Family Catholic Church in Davenport. Nina enjoyed bowling, ceramics, playing cards, walking, and reading. She was an avid sports fan, watching the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Kansas City Royals. Nina cherished her time spent with family, especially her grandchildren.

Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Floyd; children, Terry (Debbie) Bayer of Overland Park, Kansas, Rhonda (Dan) Elskamp of Davenport, Roxie (David) Johnston of Bettendorf, and Tim (Sharon) Bayer of Davenport; eleven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren; sister, Leona (Fred) Carr; sister-in-law, Ardith (Don) Smith; brothers-in-law, Darrell (Betty) Bayer and Gary Fink; and a special cousin, Stan (Mary Lea) Negaard.

Nina was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Doreen Scheneman, Mary Walcott, and Evelyn Sorenson; brother, Clifford Sorenson; sister-in-law, Peggy Fink.