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Elsie
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Elsie Ehlert
April 15, 1930 — December 21, 2015
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Elsie Elizabeth Kearney Ehlert, 85, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Monday, December 21, 2015, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born April 15,1930 at Oakland, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Mona (Bates) Kearney. Elsie was the last of seven children and only daughter. Elsie and her brothers grew up on the family farm at Oakland, Iowa. She married Harlan H. Ehlert June 21, 1953 at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. After graduating from Oakland High School in 1947, she attended college at the University of Iowa for two years and then transferred to Iowa State Teachers College (UNI), graduating in 1951 with a four year B.A. degree in Lower Elementary. Elsie taught school in Des Moines and Waterloo. Later in life she attended Hawkeye Community College graduating in 1975 with an Applied Arts Degree. She retired from teaching to become a homemaker after the birth of her daughter, Nora Ehlert and later a son, Brian Ehlert. Elsie enjoyed her art work and was a collector of many glass antiques.
Survivors include her husband, Harlan Ehlert, of Cedar Falls; one son-in-law, Paul Johnston, of Cedar Falls; two grandsons, Todd (Nicole) Johnston of Scotia, New York and Stephen Johnston of Portland, Maine; two great grandchildren, Caleb and Caitlyn Johnston, of Scotia, and two brothers, Mervin Kearney of Oakland, Iowa and Blaine Kearney of Audubon, Iowa.
Elsie was preceeded in death by her son, Brian Ehlert (2007), her daughter, Nora Johnston (2015), her parents, Frank and Mona Kearney; four brothers, Paul, Earl, Loren, and Roy Kearney, and sisters-in-law, Darlene, Jackie, and Mary Lou.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2015, at Nazareth Lutheran Church, with burial at Fairview Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 PM Sunday, December 27, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, and an hour before service at the church on Monday. Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice and the Western Home Foundation.
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Service Schedule
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Visitation
Sunday, December 27, 2015
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home
Funeral Service
Monday, December 28, 2015
Starts at 11:00 am
Nazareth Lutheran Church
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