Jaime S. Jaenke

IOWA FALLS, Iowa — Iowa’s first female to die in the Iraq conflict was buried Wednesday after hundreds of mourners packed a small church in her hometown of Iowa Falls to remember the sailor’s life.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaime Jaenke, 29, was killed June 5 when her Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in the Al Anbar province.

She was buried in Alden, leaving behind a 9-year-old daughter and other family who described the Navy reservist as a caring woman.

“Jaime is without a doubt the kind of person the world will miss,” said Tifani Eisentrager, Jaenke’s cousin. “Jaime’s life, without a doubt, was taken too soon. We mourn her death and will always remember her fondly.” Jaenke was activated in January and had been serving as a paramedic in Iraq for less than three months before her death. She was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25 at Fort McCoy, Wis. Her unit was...