Gary Lee Simatovich

Gary Lee Simatovich, 31, of Bettendorf, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2025 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Bettendorf. Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island with military honors. Visitation will be held Thursday from 4 until 7 p.m. at the Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport with additional visitation held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family for his children or to a favorite charity in memory of Gary.

Gary Lee Simatovich was born on Easter Sunday, April 3, 1994 in Ames, Iowa, a son of Monica (Ryan) and Scott L. Simatovich. He was a 2012 graduate of North Scott High School. He proudly served our country in the Army Reserves for eight years serving one year at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Gary was self-employed in property ownership in the Quad City area. He had big dreams and a generous soul. Gary enjoyed golfing, traveling and fishing, especially when doing it with his children whom he cherished. He was a faith-filled people person who loved animals and beautiful country sunsets. There wasn’t a cat or dog that he didn’t love. He liked volunteering, specifically making meals for those in need through a ministry at All Saints Catholic School. Genealogy, history, and reading were his favorite pastimes. He took delight in making others laugh, especially his younger siblings. He cherished time with family, especially his Uncle Dan and Aunt Michelle. Gary was a fan of the Chicago Cubs and Iowa State Cyclones.

Those left to honor Gary’s memory are his children: Emma and Levi; his parents: Monica (Luke) Westfall, Eldridge, and Scott (Melissa) Simatovich, Davenport; siblings: Ryan, Maria, Isabelle, Austin (Kelsey), Nic (Allison), Zoya, Bella, Corbin, Matilda, and Lucy; grandparents: Richard “Dick” and Cheryl Ryan, Davenport, Diane Ritter, Blue Grass, Becky Westfall, Marion, Iowa, Dean VanAcker, Muscatine, and Bob and Marianne Corbin, Davenport, great-grandfather, Donald Corbin, Davenport, as well as many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by grandparents: Gary Simatovich, Cecil Ritter, Keith Westfall, Mildred VanAcker.