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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,...
Elizabeth C Diestler
April 10, 2008
Elizabeth Craft Diestler, 62, of Waterloo, died of cancer at her home on Thursday, April 10. She was born on November 6, 1945, in San Francisco, California, daughter of Robert M. and E. Esther Craft. She married Bruce E. Diestler on August 8, 1964. Elizabeth was active in the LAFNOW neighborhood association, the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary,...
Robert O Harder
April 9, 2008
Robert "Bob" O. Harder, 74, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Bob was born January 12, 1934, at Dysart, Iowa, the son of Ray & Ruby (Kroeger) Harder. He married Barbara Caley November 24, 1955 at First United Methodist Church in Cedar Falls. Bob received his B.A. Degree in...
Muriel I Stephens
April 7, 2008
Muriel I. Stephens, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, April 7, 2008, at the Western Home Communities, Elizabeth Martin Health Center. Muriel was born June 4, 1920, in Black Hawk County, Iowa, the daughter of Harry & Anna (Nelson) Jorgensen. She married James W. Stephens August 31, 1940, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. He preceded her...
Wilbert G Leisinger
April 2, 2008
Wilbert G. Leisinger, 77, of Waverly, died Wednesday, April 2, 2008, of pneumonia at Waverly Health Center, Waverly, Iowa. He was born November 5, 1930 in rural Bremer County, near Waverly, Iowa, the son of Gustav and Marie (Mueller) Leisinger . Will married Audrey Rieckenberg on March 25, 1951 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Waverly. As...
Dorothy E Brush
March 30, 2008
Dorothy Elizabeth Brush, 88, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Rosewood Estates in Waterloo, Iowa. She was born May 31,1919, in Hudson, Iowa, the daughter of William H. and Maye (Hansen) Peimann. Dorothy married Earl F. Brush on April 7, 1940 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on November 29,...
Leonard S Daman
March 29, 2008
Leonard S. Daman, 80, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Allan Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born February 11, 1928 near Cresco, Iowa, the son of George N. and Ollie E. (Salisbury) Daman. He married Mila M. Cannon on March 4, 1950 at Harmony, Minnesota. Leonard served in the U.S. Marines from 1946-1949. He farmed...
Arthur J Juel
March 26, 2008
Arthur J. Juel, 95, of New Hartford, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center in Cedar Falls. He was born October 21, 1912 near New Hartford, Iowa, the son of Julius and Jenny (Nelson) Juel. Arthur married Sybil "Kitty" Boroviak on January 26, 1946 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. She preceded...
Susan M Risse
March 24, 2008
Susan M. Risse, 50, of Waterloo, died Monday, March 24, 2008, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born May 22, 1957 in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, the daughter of Richard S. and Frances E. (Edwards) Douglas. Susan was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School.
Survivors include her husband,...
William R Thode
March 17, 2008
William Rasmus "Bill" Thode, 70, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 17, 2008, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born December 24, 1937 in Cedar Falls, the son of Harry and Helen (Ackerman) Thode. Bill married Patricia Katz on August 26, 1961 in Cedar Falls. He was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School and...
Ruth E Haurum
March 17, 2008
Ruth Ethel Haurum, 89, of Waterloo, Iowa, formerly of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, died Monday, March 17, 2008, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. She was born October 13, 1918 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of William and Ethel C. (Hugh) Strein. Ruth married Elmer S. Haurum on October 26, 1935. He preceded her in death in 1994....
Joseph W Schneider
March 16, 2008
Joseph W. F. Schneider, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born September 24, 1915 near Tipton, Iowa, the son of William M. and Hazel R. (Whitmer) Schneider. Joe attended grades 1—8 at White Pigeon Rural School. He graduated from Wilton, Iowa High School and in...
Joan P Sindlinger
March 14, 2008
Joan Petrea Sindlinger, 77, of Cedar Falls, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Friday, March 14, 2008. She was born April 16, 1930 in Cedar Falls, daughter of Svend Marinus Jochumsen Beck and Fredericka Pedersen Beck. She was both baptized and confirmed at St. Ansgar's Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Iowa. She married William W. Sindlinger...
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