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Ethel E Abkes
June 16, 2008
Ethel E. Abkes, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, June 16, 2008 at her home of natural causes. Ethel was born February 20, 1929 in rural Cedar Falls, the daughter of Wesley & Ethel (Garton) Blum. She married Virgil Abkes November 25, 1949 in Iowa Falls. He preceded her in death August 20, 1983. Ethel was employed in the...
Eleanor A Rohrabaugh
June 14, 2008
Eleanor A. Rohrabaugh, 94, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. She was born July 2, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Jim and Frieda (Holler) Johnson. Eleanor married Harry Rohrabaugh on December 25, 1933 in Huron, South Dakota. He preceded her in death on February 15, 1967. Eleanor was...
Robert G Mounce
June 13, 2008
Robert G. Mounce, 61, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Friday, June 13, 2008. He was born September 25, 1946 in Cedar Falls, the son of Glenn W. and Essie I. (Ondler) Mounce. Bob graduated from Northern University High School in 1965. He married Linda Pollock June 20, 1969 at First Baptist Church in Cedar Falls....
Anna M Gage
June 12, 2008
Anna Marie Gage, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born August 21, 1922 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, the daughter of George and Anna M. (King) Stephens. Anna Marie married Jason D.D. Gage on August 19, 1944 in Waterloo, Iowa. During World War II, she worked at Chamberlains...
James E Bundy
June 10, 2008
James E. Bundy, 78, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born September 19, 1929 in Cedar Falls, the son of Lloyd and Hazel (Edwards) Bundy. James married Marian Peters on January 20, 1951 in Cedar Falls. He served with the US Army in Alaska during the Korean Conflict and...
Stephen C Ridenour
June 10, 2008
Stephen C. Ridenour, 67, of Cedar Falls, died at his home on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. He was born March 22, 1941 in Cedar Falls, the son of William "Ed" and Ruth (Boardman) Ridenour. Stephen married Kimie Aoyama on July 6, 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a 1958 graduate of Marshalltown High School and attended the University of...
Wayne G Jensen
June 3, 2008
Wayne G. Jensen, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. He was born September 7, 1920 in St. Ansgar, Iowa, the son of James and Clara (Priem) Jensen. Wayne married Eleanore Gravesen on December 31, 1953 in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death on October 29, 2001. Wayne was...
Phyliss L Roth
June 2, 2008
Phyliss L. Roth, 94, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, June 2, 2008, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born March 10, 1914 on a farm near Maquon, Illinois, the daughter of Warren and Samantha (Kay) Nelson. Phyliss married Albert Roth on February 8, 1936 in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on October 11, 1992....
Keith Pries
June 2, 2008
Keith "K.L." Pries, 75, of Waterloo, died Monday, June 2, 2008, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Keith was born September 24, 1932 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Henry & Elsie (Kroblin) Pries. He married Lavonne Boekelman September 18, 1955 at Good Hope Lutheran Church in Titonka, Iowa. Keith graduated from East High School and served...
David Pierce
May 30, 2008
David Pierce, Jr, 48, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa from injuries received in a work related accident. David was born December 28, 1959 at Mason City, Iowa, the son of David & Sharon (Squier) Pierce. He married Kimberly Engleman April 7, 1984 at St. John Lutheran Church in...
Rylee J Fillinger
May 18, 2008
Rylee Jane Fillinger, 14 months, died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. She was born March 14, 2007 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Jade Land and Carley Lynn (Epling) Fillinger.
She is survived by her parents and two sisters, Bailey Epling and Madison Fillinger, all of Dunkerton, Iowa; maternal grandparents, Tim and...
Philip B Moore
May 11, 2008
Philip B. Moore , 89, of Waterloo, died of natural causes on Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born April 26, 1919 in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, the son of Arlo N. and Gladys (Barlow) Moore. Phil was united in marriage to Mary E. Smith on May...
Evelyn S Wood
May 9, 2008
Evelyn Starkey Wood, 84, of Cedar Falls, died peacefully at Sartori Memorial Hospital on May 9 in the company of her long-time friends. She was an Associate Professor of English (Emeritus) and the loving wife of the late Stanley Wood, UNI Professor and Director of Theatre.
Evelyn was born in Huntington, West Virginia on June 26,...
Grace A Voetmann
May 4, 2008
Grace Andersen Voetmann, 88, of Weslaco, Texas, formerly of Cedar Falls, went to be with her Lord Jesus on Sunday, May 4, 2008, after a lengthy illness. Grace Marie Bailey was born in Waterloo on February 21, 1920, to Albert O. Bailey and Marie Katherine Bunger Bailey. Grace's father passed away in 1924, and due to hard times, Grace, her...
August H Asmus
April 26, 2008
August H. Asmus, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. August was born February 18, 1918 in Friend, Nebraska, the son of John & Ida (Moritz) Asmus. He married Alice Jensen June 9, 1940 in Nebraska. She preceded him in death on February 27,1951. He married Pearl Whitesell October...
Kenneth R Hoy
April 21, 2008
Kenneth "Ken" Ray Hoy, 59, of Incheon, South Korea, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Monday, April 21, 2008, in Incheon, South Korea of natural causes. He was born November 13, 1948 in Cedar Falls, the son of Kenneth Heaver and Marjorie Eilene (Gersema) Hoy. Ken was a 1967 graduate of Cedar Falls High School. He entered into the...
Virgil J Keeler
April 20, 2008
Virgil J. Keeler, 78, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, April 20, 2008, at his home. He was born December 14, 1929, at Albion, Iowa, the son of Lester and Verna (Stofferahn) Keeler. Virgil married Marlys Ann Thomas on July 24, 1949 at Albion, Iowa. Since 1986 he worked as the Family Service Counselor at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home....
Marion J Weston
April 19, 2008
Marion J. Weston, 81, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Westbrook Acres Care Center, Gladbrook, Iowa. She was born October 16, 1926 in Preston, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank and Minnie (Nohr) Bammert. Marion was a graduate of Preston High School, Preston, Minnesota. She married Lionel Weston October 31, 1948 at Preston, Minnesota. He preceded her...
Kenneth A Caines
April 14, 2008
Cedar Falls ~ Kenneth A. Caines, 62, of Cedar Falls, died of heart failure on Monday, April 14, 2008, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born June 29, 1945 in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Evan Thomas and Fern Garnett Kroger. Ken was later adopted by A. N. "Nory" and Edith Winifred (Roddis) Caines of...
Andrew D Sergeant
April 11, 2008
Andrew D. "Andy" Sergeant, 85, of Hudson, died of natural causes on Friday, April 11, 2008, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born October 14, 1922 in Waterloo, the son of Floyd and Helen (Hasler) Sergeant. Andy married Dorothy Degener on September 25, 1947, and they later divorced. He married Arlene Brandhorst Schulz on July 12,...
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