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Merlyn L Galle
December 12, 2009
Merlyn L. Galle, 86, of Denver, died Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. He was born May 27, 1923 the son of Frank and Edna (Shields) Galle in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Merlyn married Helen I. Weidemann on July 9, 1943 in Waterloo. She preceded him in death June 7, 1999. Merlyn was...
Kathryn L Kepler
December 11, 2009
Kathryn L. "Kathy" Kepler, 81, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, December 11, 2009, at Bickford Cottage in Cedar Falls. She was born January 2, 1928 in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Tom and Doris (Burgess) Dolan. Kathy married Cecil "Bud" Kepler on July 10, 1948 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Falls. She graduated from Cedar Falls...
Patricia A Garrison
December 9, 2009
Patricia Ann Garrison, 63, of Evansdale, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, from complications of diabetes. She was born August 7, 1946 in Waterloo, the daughter of Richard W. and Mardell M. (Head) Way. Patricia married Robert Garrison on June 18, 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska. They later divorced. Patricia worked for many years...
Melba J Hartson
December 7, 2009
Melba J. Hartson, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center. She was born May 14, 1913 in Lyle, MN the daughter of John and Theodora (Anderson) Knutson. Melba married Kenneth L. Hartson on June 26, 1935 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death August 16, 1949. She...
John C Fahrer
December 7, 2009
John C. Fahrer, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center.  He was born May 5, 1920 the son of Alfons and Emma (Assink) Fahrer at Waterloo. John married Maxine Carstensen February 16, 1941 at Finchford, Iowa. She preceded him in death April 17, 2009. John farmed until...
John E Gerholdt
December 4, 2009
John E. Gerholdt, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, December 4, 2009, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. John was born August 13, 1923 in Cedar Falls, the son of Truman & Elizabeth (Siepert) Gerholdt. He married Lavon Gersema March 21, 1946 in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death February 3, 1985. He married Mary...
Lynn Engel
November 29, 2009
Lynn Engel, 94, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, November 29 2009, at Western Home Elizabeth Martin Center in Cedar Falls. He was born October 10, 1915 at Dike, Iowa the son of Adam and Jennie (Lynn) Engel. Lynn graduated for Dike High School in 1932. He married Iva M. Nielsen November 21, 1939 at Kahoka, MO. She preceded...
Margaret M Greiner
November 27, 2009
Margaret M. Greiner, 89, of Grundy Center, formerly of Cedar Falls died, Friday, November 27, 2009, at Grundy Long Term Unit in Grundy Center. She was born August 30, 1920, at Eagle Center, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Agnes (Beck) Schmitz. Margaret married Raymond A. Greiner April 12, 1950 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waterloo. He preceded...
Richie A Green
November 27, 2009
Richie Green, 33, of Waterloo, formerly of Toledo, died Friday, November 27, 2009 at Covenant Medical Center, following an automobile accident. He was born February 6, 1976, the son of Everett Wayne and Cathy Linn (Caley) Green Jr. in Iowa City. He attended Cedar Falls High School. Richie was employed by Tyson's in Waterloo.
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Laurie J Rath
November 26, 2009
Laurie Jane Rath, 60, of Waterloo, died Thursday, November 26, 2009, at Allen Memorial Hospital, after a battle with cancer. She was born December 18, 1948, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Robert Andrew Rath and Audrey Jane Haffa. She graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1967 and was employed in retail positions in the area....
Ernest Doeden
November 17, 2009
Ernest Doeden, 80, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at his home in Cedar Falls. He was born June 9, 1929 in Butler County, Iowa, the son of Ernest W. and Ella (Bergman) Doeden. Ernest married Beverly Joyce Hoff on July 17, 1954 at Grace Methodist Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He was a graduate of New...
Virgil L Dralle
November 17, 2009
Virgil Louis Wilholm Fritz Dralle, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born April 21, 1923 in West Point Township, Butler County, Greene, Iowa, the son of William F. and Rosa M. (Schilling) Dralle. He was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church, Vilmar, Iowa. Virgil married Margret...
John R Baker
November 16, 2009
John W. Baker, 84, of Cedar Falls died, Monday, November 16, 2009 at Sartori Memorial Hospital. He was born October 29, 1925 in Dubuque, Iowa, the son of Chester Allen and Luella (Crop) Baker. John married Carol L. Dutcher on February 24, 1952 at Lehigh, Iowa. He received his B. A. from the University of Dubuque, his teaching...
Sylvia O Schlamp
November 15, 2009
Sylvia O. Schlamp, 91, of New Hartford, died Sunday, November 15, 2009, at the Shell Rock Healthcare Center. Sylvia was born May 2, 1918 in Dike, Iowa, the daughter of Richard & Anna (Rasmussen) Christiansen. She married Mike Schlamp November 15, 1936 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on September 29, 1979. Sylvia cleaned homes and then...
Eunice L Schoeman
October 30, 2009
Eunice L. Schoeman, 94, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, October 30, 2009, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. She was born March 23, 1915, in Bridgeton, New Jersey, the daughter of Rev. William W. and Mary (Harding) Johnston. Eunice spent the first eleven years of her life in Nanjing, China, where her...
Marlene S Wilson
October 27, 2009
Marlene Seeley Wilson, 75, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at Mallard Point Retirement Residence in Cedar Falls. She was born March 18, 1934 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, the daughter of Nelville and LaVerne (Wilson) Seeley. Marlene married Neil B. Wilson on January 22, 1956 in Rapid City, South Dakota. He preceded her in death...
Charles S Thurston
October 26, 2009
Charles S. "Chuck" Thurston, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, October 26, 2009, at Windsor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Cedar Falls. He was born July 14, 1918 in Garden City, Minnesota, the son of Lisle and Rebecca (Felix) Thurston. Chuck married Maxine Murdy on June 19, 1943 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. He was a graduate...
Jerry M Duea
October 24, 2009
Jerry Max Duea passed away at Sartori Hospital on Saturday, October 24, 2009 after battling pancreatic cancer for more than sixteen months. He was born April 24, 1936 in Waterloo, Iowa, son of Joe R. and Freda Dunkerton Duea. He married Joan Meyer June 10, 1962 in Oelwein, Iowa.
Dr. Duea graduated from Dunkerton High School (1954); subsequently,...
Sherry Sands
October 21, 2009
Sherry D. Sands, 53, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Sherry was born June 18, 1956 in Waterloo, the daughter of Donald C. and Barbara L. (Hanzlik) Ahlhelm. She graduated from East Waterloo High School in 1974. She married Dave Sands August 4, 1990 in Cedar Falls. He...
Jack E Stiner
October 20, 2009
Jack E. Stiner, 78, of Cedar Falls, died of cancer on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born October 7, 1931 in Cherokee, Iowa, the son of Fred L. and Agnes (Means) Stiner. Jack married Marian Megonigle on September 14, 1968 at First Methodist Church in Independence, Iowa. He was a...
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