WATERLOO - Rene Ellen Epperson Drewes, 44, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, at Covenant Medical Center of cancer. She was born Jan. 14, 1962, in Santa Maria, Calif., daughter of Bill and Judie L. Tollefson Watkins. On Oct. 6, 1984, she married Darrel R. Drewes at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo. Mrs. Drewes graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1980. She had been employed at Kmart and Aramark, but her real career was spent at home being a wife and mother. Survivors include: her husband; a son, Gregory (Antoinette "Toni") of Waterloo; two grandchildren, Tristan Ray and Chloe Rene Drewes, both of Waterloo; her parents of Bakersfield, Calif.; two brothers, her twin, Robert E. Epperson of Boulder, Colo., and Michael P. Watkins of Waterloo; and three sisters, Susan L. Watkins of Lemoore, Calif., and Shelley L. Cook of Fort Myers, Fla., and Christine (Michael) Likins of Bakersfield. Rene enjoyed camping, golfing and fishing. She loved spending time with her family and loved them dearly, especially her grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all the many who knew her.