Julie Waterman, 76 of Carroll, died Sunday, July 6, 2025, at her home in Carroll.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2025, at St. John Lutheran Church in Carroll. Officiating will be Rev. Cindy Johnson. Music will be by Jan Potthoff. Honored to be her casket bearers are her grandsons and her great nephews: Caleb Jans, Blake Jans, Dominic Scheuermann, Colton Conn, Cole Reinhardt, and Seth Reinhardt. Burial will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday in the Merle Hay Memorial Cemetery in Glidden.
A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. Additional visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. on Friday at the church. Memorials may be left at the funeral home or the church for a later designation.
Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Julie’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Julie Rae (Drommer) Waterman was born July 15, 1948, the youngest child of William (Bill) and Dorothea Drommer. Julie grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and graduated from Central High School in 1967.
Julie attended Morningside College in Sioux City but suspended her pursuit of her degree when she married and had children. Julie married the love of her life Paul Waterman on December 6,1975. Paul and Julie spent 49 married years together. In 1977, Paul and Julie welcomed their youngest child into the family and moved to Jefferson. Julie became a Boy Scout troop leader when her son was of that age. Julie and her husband also became foster parents in the 1980s and still maintain a relationship with their foster kids as adults today. Julie continued her educational pursuit at DMACC in Boone and then transferred to Iowa State University in Ames where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in arts with a double major in 1987. After graduating, Julie worked for Laughlin enterprises out of Des Moines for a few years before she started her rewarding career with Walmart in Carroll. Julie loved working for Walmart and made many lasting friends while working there. After Julie’s husband retired, the couple moved to Carroll in 2009. Julie retired from Walmart in 2016, but continued to participate in the cookie exchanges as well as the ladies’ luncheons. Julie enjoyed shopping like no one else we know! But Julie also enjoyed baking goodies for her family, growing flowers in her yard, volunteering at church, and golfing. The only thing that brought Julie more joy than that was visiting and vacationing with her sisters and her family and friends. Anybody who knew Julie knew how much vacationing in Canada with her extended family every year truly meant to her.
Julie was preceded in death by her parents Bill and Dorothy Drommer; son-in-law Christopher Scheuermann; sisters Marilyn Johnson and Patricia (Darrell) Will; brothers-in-law Marvin Waterman and Dr. Robert White; sister-in-law Beverly (Darwin) Paeper; nephew Larry Paeper; and great-nephew Alex Reinhardt.
Julia is survived by her husband Paul Waterman of Carroll; daughter Michelle Spitler of Coon Rapids; son Patrick Jans and fianceé Christine Marrah of Maryland Heights, MO; daughter Carrie Scheuermann of Carroll; her grandchildren and great grandchildren consisting of: Tina Smith and her sons Riley and Austin of Lytton; Megan and Colton Conn and daughters Olivia and Eleanor of Omaha NE; Caleb and Alexa Jans and children Myla, Mac, and Micah Joe of Perry; Blake and Natalie Jans of Perry; Madeline and Jay McCord of Perry; and Dominic Scheuermann of Carroll; sister Dodie White of Alabama; brother-in-law Larry Johnson of Indiana; sister-in-law Sylvia Waterman of Lytton; dog Vader Sanders of Carroll; and by many other nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends.
