Live Stream of Elizabeth Collins' 'Life and Love' Memorial Celebration

A "Life and Love" service in honor of Elizabeth Collins is taking place in Cedar Falls tonight.

Collins, 8, and her cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, of Evansdale, disappeared while riding their bikes near Meyers Lake July 13. Their bodies were discovered in a wooded area of Bremer County last week.

Heartland Vineyard Church, at 405 Greenhill Road, Cedar Falls, will have a visitation and service for Elizabeth tonight, Dec. 13. The visitation is 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., with the service to begin at 7 p.m.

The church also plans to offer a live stream of the funeral on its website. Other media outets, including KWWL and KCRG, are also planning live coverage.

A service for Lyric will be held separately. Her mother, Misty Morrissey, grandmother Wylma Cook and aunt Tammy Brousseau told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier they are planning to hold a service after Christmas, possibly in January. They said they plan to have her remains cremated.

An obituary for Elizabeth, who was a student at Poyner Elementary in Waterloo, was printed yesterday. Here is an excerpt:

(She) was a bubbly little person, with the best smile, who loved what life had to give and all it had to offer. Elizabeth enjoyed dressing up and getting her nails and hair done. She loved singing, riding her bike and playing softball and hockey. She had a big heart and had a great love for animals...

Elizabeth is survived by her mom and dad Heather and Drew Collins of Evansdale; a brother Kelly and two sisters: Amber and Callie all of Evansdale; maternal grandmother Wylma Cook of Waterloo; paternal grandparents: Jeno Collins of Detroit and Aaron Michael and Sharon King of Elk Run Heights and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Elizabeth touched a lot of lives in her time here, she will be forever missed and never forgotten.