MUSCATINE, Iowa - Brent Weikel, 31, of Muscatine, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, at his home in Muscatine. A prayer vigil service will be at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society and left at the funeral home. Services will be at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salix. Burial will be at the St. Anthony Cemetery in Clearwater, Neb. Mr. Weikel was born on Nov. 23, 1968, in Mount Pleasant, the son of Rex and Beverly Bartak Weikel. He married Catherine Terneus on May 20, 1995, at St. Mathias Catholic Church. His family moved from Winfield to Sloan where he grew up and graduated from Westwood High School in 1987. He was valedictorian of his class and active in high school sports, and other activities. He received the Freshman Kent Westergaard Award, the sophomore Russell Lord Award and the senior Joe Clark Award for outstanding student during high school. He graduated from the University of Iowa in December of 1991 where he earned a bachelor's in mechanical engineering. He was a member of Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity. He was employed by Stanley Consultants as a mechanical engineer. He was a member of St. Mathias Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, served as President of the local chapter of the Engineering Society, and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He played football, basketball, softball, volleyball, and golf. He was an avid Hawkeye fan and a devoted family man Survivors include his wife, Cathy of Muscatine; his son, Jared at home; his parents, Rex and Beverly Weikel of Sloan; two sisters, Jill Weikel Adams and her husband, David, of Omaha, Neb., Jean Myers and her husband, Randall, of Kearney, Neb.; a nephew, Keithen Adams, of Omaha; grandparents, Ruby Weikel of Mapleton and Charles R. and Margy Bartak of Neligh, Neb. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Lloyd Weikel and maternal grandmother, Phyllis Bartak.