Duane W Rindels

Duane W. Rindels, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born December 16, 1926 in Wellsburg, Iowa, the son of Jake and Anna (Mollendorp) Rindels. Duane married Maxine Mommer on June 25, 1949 at the Little Brown Church near Nashua, Iowa. He served in the US Army during WW II and was a self-employed trucker, delivering freight for Viking Pump Company until 1972. Duane then went to work for the Black Hawk County Road Division, retiring in 1991.

Survivors include his wife, Maxine Rindels, of Cedar Falls; a son, Gary (Carolyn) Rindels, of Mountain Home, Arkansas; two daughters, Bernice (Ozzie) LaFleur of Battle Creek, Michigan and Bonnie (Scott) Zegarac of Cedar Falls; five grandchildren, Anthony (Heather) Baker, Jessica (Chris) Thomas, Cassandra (Nathan) Alderman, Leslie (Jason) Fields and Joshua (Sarah) Amundson; ten great grandchildren; three brothers, LaVern Rindels of Waterloo, Eugene (Stella) Rindels of Shell Rock, Iowa and Harold Lee (Georgia) Rindels of Cedar Falls, and a sister, Helen Danner, of Cedar Falls.

Duane was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Calvin Rindels, and three sisters, Irene Juhl, Vivian Hawley and Beverly in infancy.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesdayat First Presbyterian Church, with burial at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls. Military honors will be conducted by Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49. Visitation will be 4 to 7 Tuesday,at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and one hour before the service at the church. Memorials may be directed to First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Falls. Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.