Joan M. Hughson

Joan M. Hughson, 77, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, November 4, 2018, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo.  She was born February 1, 1941 in Oelwein, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Mae (Taylor) Leehey.  Joan married Robert L. Hughson on November 27, 1958 in Fairbank, Iowa.  He preceded her in death on March 31, 2007.  Joan was a graduate of Oran High School.

She is survived by her two sons, Paul (Jennifer) Hughson of Burnsville, Minnesota and Scot (Tracy) Hughson of Farmington, Missouri; her daughter, Lora Mohling, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a daughter-in-law, Sue Hughson, of Cedar Falls; 16 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; two brothers, Michael Leehey of Hot Springs, Arkansas and Timothy Leehey of Waterloo, and two sisters, Bonnie Westendorf of Oelwein and Patricia (Wade) Tuchscherer of Readlyn, Iowa.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents and husband; her son, Dale Hughson; her daughter, Gail Hemenway, and a brother, James Leehey.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 9, 2018, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls.  Visitation will be 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday and one hour before service at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice.  Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.