Dorothy Wingert
January 8, 2010
Dorothy Fincham Wingert, 96, formerly of La Porte City, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at Ozark Manor Retirement Center, Fredericktown, Missouri, of natural causes. She was born October 25, 1913, in Gilbert, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Mabel Fincham. She married Harold R. Wingert on June 22, 1935, in the Rose Gardens at Iowa State University, Ames....
Mavis D Wackerbarth
January 3, 2010
Mavis D. Wackerbarth, 81, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, January 3, 2010, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born March 17, 1928 near Melvin, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Emma (Gildemeister) Miller. Mavis graduated from Melvin High School in 1945. She married Merland J. Wackerbarth on June 15, 1952 at Melvin, Iowa. He preceded...
Louise Schurman
December 30, 2009
Louise Schurman, 99, of Cedar Falls, died at home Wednesday, December 30, 2009. She was born March 29, 1910 near Grundy Center, Iowa, the daughter of John and Helena (Stroh) Johnson. Louise married Jelle Jack Schurman on November 21, 1929 at the Reformed Church in Aplington, Iowa. He preceded her in death on January 8, 1978. Before her...
Herbert H Buenzow
December 26, 2009
Herbert H. Buenzow, 80, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, December 26, 2009, at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center in Cedar Falls. He was born August 13, 1929 at Bremer County, Iowa, the son of John and Clara (Ganske) Buenzow. Herb married Shirley Bruns on May 24, 1959 at Denver, Iowa. He worked for the railway postal service for...
Myrna C Patterson
December 26, 2009
Myrna C. Patterson, 73, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, December 26, 2009, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. Myrna was born January 7, 1936 in Latimer, Iowa, the daughter of Jens & Edna (Oleson) Christensen. She married Donald Patterson in 1954 and they later divorced.
Survivors include four sons, Roger (Sue Albert) Patterson, Jim...
Kazuko M Engelstad
December 25, 2009
Kazuko "Kay" Engelstad, 80, of Waterloo, died Friday, December 25, 2009, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. She was born May 11, 1929 in Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Japan, the daughter of Shohei and Kieko Maekawa. Kay married LaVerne Engelstad in Japan, he preceded her in death on January 7, 1995.
Survivors include her family...
Harvey A Byggere
December 24, 2009
Harvey A. Byggere, 98, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born July 25, 1911 in Royal, Iowa, the son of James and Sena (Anderson) Byggere. Harvey married Gertrude M. McCormick on January 19, 1946 in Worthington, Minnesota. He attended Iowa State Teachers College High School in...
Ruth A Call
December 23, 2009
Ruth A. Call, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. She was born December 21, 1920 in Dike, Iowa, the daughter of Peter and Dagmar (Slifsgard) Johnson. Ruth married Gilbert L. Call on May 5, 1944 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. She was employed at Bell Telephone Company...
Irene E Blum
December 23, 2009
Irene Edna Blum was born May 1, 1927 to William B. and Pearl (Caswell) Sossaman in Greenwood, Mississippi. Irene was the second oldest of five children when her mother passed away when Irene was only five years old. Irene accepted the hard life as the daughter of a sharecropper and helped raise herself and her siblings. Irene was...
Martin T Holst
December 17, 2009
Martin T. Holst, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 17, 2009, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. Martin was born October 21, 1922, in Cedar Falls, the son of Thorvald & Mary (Rasmussen) Holst. He married Evelyn "Sue" Prostine June 16, 1957, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Martin graduated from Iowa State Teachers College (UNI)...
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....
