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Elizabeth A Caley
April 1, 1928 — April 20, 2000
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ELIZABETH "LIZ" ANGELINE
CALEY, 72, of Cedar Falls died Thursday, April 20, 2000 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo of natural causes. She was born April 1, 1928 in Shell Rock, Iowa the daughter of Eppe and Emma (Miller) Arends. She was baptized July 1, 1928 at the Aplington Reformed Church and confirmed on April 18, 1943 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Allison. She graduated from Allison High School on May 15, 1946. She married D. E. "Red" Caley on July 21, 1947 at Brainerd, Minnesota. He preceded her in death on January 12, 1993.
Liz was happiest when she was cooking and baking, and cooked in some capacity all her professional life, including managing her own restaurant and later retiring after many years with U.N. I. Food Service.
She was an avid gardener, always growing enough vegetables to share with her family and friends. Liz loved music and enjoyed playing her harmonica and other musical instruments.
She is survived by one son, Norman Caley and his wife, Joyce, of Sumner; two daughters, Bonnie Hughes and her husband, Larry, of Cedar Falls, Cathy Green of Toledo; five grandchildren, Randy Hughes and his wife, Jennifer, Chris Hughes and his wife, Cindy, Richie, Chad, and Tangela Green; five great grandchildren, Zachary, Brendan, Katherine and Kaylee Hughes and Tristan Quail; one sister, Hilda Fick and her husband, William, of Oelwein; and one sister-in-law, Grace Arends of Janesville, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and one brother, Edward Arends.
Funeral services were 1 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2000 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be directed to the family. Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, was in charge of arrangements.
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