Slatko Haidin

1946 - 2021

SLATKO HAIDIN Cedar Rapids Slatko Haidin, 74, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. A visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at The Legacy Center at Murdoch-Linwood in Cedar Rapids. All guests are respectfully requested to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Slatko was born July 16, 1946, in Klagenfurt, Austria, the son of Saban and Regina (Janis) Haidin. He was united in marriage to Diane Wedge on April 24, 1966, in Cedar Rapids. Slatko served in the U.S. Air Force from 1965 to 1969 during the Vietnam War. He worked at Iowa Manufacturing for 43 years. Slatko loved to fish, hunt and play softball. He enjoyed spending time at the cabin in Guttenberg. Slatko loved his friends at CJ's. Survivors include his children, Holly Wolverton of Cedar Rapids, Hope (Robert) O'Bannon of Travese City, Mich., and Nick (Cassie) Haidin of San Antonio, Texas; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Saban and Regina Haidin; wife, Diane Haidin, in 2013; and his brother, Henry "Hank" Haidin. Please share a memory of Slatko at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.