Emergency personnel responded early Thursday morning to the report of an unresponsive male inside a residence in the 600 block of South Church Street in Waterloo.

The Monroe County Coroner’s Office was requested by the Waterloo Police Department to respond to that location a short time later after it was determined the man was deceased. 

Monroe County Coroner Bob Hill said 46-year-old Cory W. Becker of Waterloo was pronounced deceased at 9:35 a.m.

“On scene investigation and a rapid drug screen was conducted with a preliminary cause of death as a drug overdose,” Hill said.

The death continues to be investigated by the Monroe County Coroner’s Office and Waterloo Police Department.

Funeral services for Becker will take place this Saturday at Quernheim Funeral Home in Waterloo. 

“While Cory faced challenges, including struggles with addiction, these did not define him,” his obituary states. “He was a mechanic and a multi-skilled tradesman who could take on nearly any construction project and do it well.”