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Edward F Brandhorst

Edward F Brandhorst

August 10, 2007

Edward F. Brandhorst, 84, died Friday, August 10, 2007 at his home in Hudson, Iowa. He was born February 14, 1923, at Hudson, the son of Edd A. and Maria (Andorf) Brandhorst. Ed graduated from Hudson High School in 1941. He married Alice Marie Gutknecht December 19, 1943 at Zion Lutheran Church. She preceded him in death February...

Helen M Petersen

Helen M Petersen

August 8, 2007

HELEN M. PETERSEN, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, August 8, 2007, at Windhaven/Thalman Square in Cedar Falls. She was born November 18, 1917, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Carrie (Knudsen) Hills. Helen graduated from Shell Rock High School and attended beauty school and was a beautician for five years. She married Leonard Petersen...

Jeremy L Coonradt

Jeremy L Coonradt

August 2, 2007

JEREMY LEE COONRADT, 21, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, August 2, 2007, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. He was born June 14, 1986 in Waterloo, Iowa. Jeremy was a 2004 graduate of Cedar Falls High School and worked at Toad's Bar & Grill in Cedar Falls for seven years, most recently...

Karen K Stapleton

Karen K Stapleton

August 1, 2007

KAREN K. STAPLETON, 59, of Waterloo, Iowa, died at her home on Wednesday, August 1, 2007.  She was born November 24, 1947 in New Hampton, Iowa, the daughter of Edward and Rose (French) Nargang.  Private committal services will be at a later date.

Marcella L Gerdes

Marcella L Gerdes

July 29, 2007

MARCELLA L. GERDES, 86, of Bethel Springs, Tennessee, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, July 29, 2007, at her home in Bethel Springs. She was born January 25, 1921 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Vivian (Lawrence) Scoggin. Marcella married Clyde E. Gerdes on December 24, 1940 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on...

Gertrude N Olsson

Gertrude N Olsson

July 19, 2007

GERTRUDE N. OLSSON, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, July 19, 2007, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. She was born September 29, 1919 in Aplington, Iowa, the daughter of Arend and Susie (Molendorp) Naber. Gertrude married Gordon Olsson on December 1, 1940 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on May 12, 1995. ...

James H Vaughn

James H Vaughn

July 15, 2007

JAMES H. "JIM" VAUGHN, 71, of Cedar Falls, died of cancer at his home on Sunday, July 15, 2007. He was born June 17, 1936 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Albert S. and Esther E. (Harms) Vaughn. Jim married Marlene Winzenburg on May 22, 1955 at St. John Lutheran Church in Frederika, Iowa. He worked for...

Richard C Heath

Richard C Heath

July 12, 2007

RICHARD C. HEATH, 76, of Cedar Falls, died of natural causes on Thursday, July 12, 2007, at Country View Care Center in Waterloo. He was born September 19, 1930 in Waterloo, the son of Cecil and Helena (Neuhalfen) Heath. Richard married Anna Reifsteck on October 8, 1959 at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church in Cedar Falls. He was...

Donald M Nelson

Donald M Nelson

July 8, 2007

Donald M. Nelson, 72, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, July 8, 2007, at Holiday Lake, Iowa, near Brooklyn, Iowa. He was born November 30, 1934 at Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Merrill L. and Marie (DeJaeger) Nelson. He married Lois J. Gerholdt on December 21, 1955 and they were later divorced. He married Barbara Loeney and they...

Jean Dobson

Jean Dobson

July 6, 2007

JEAN MARKS DOBSON, 72, of Spirit Lake, Iowa and Tucson, Arizona, and formerly of Cedar Falls, died of natural causes on Friday, July 6, 2007, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born March 16, 1935 in Rockwell City, Iowa, the daughter of Melvin and Leta (Hinckley) Marks. Jean married Richard Dobson on August 8, 1955...

Geraldine D Butler

Geraldine D Butler

June 27, 2007

Geraldine "Geri" D. Butler of Cedar Falls and formerly of Des Moines died Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. Geri was born in Algona, Iowa the daughter of Clarence Eli & Magdelena Dorothea (Block) Burbank. She married Maurice Butler January 27, 1937 in Missouri. He preceded her in death August...

Sheri A Horn

Sheri A Horn

June 25, 2007

CEDAR FALLS ~ Sheri Ann Horn of Cedar Falls and formerly of Des Moines, died tragically in a plane crash on June 25, 2007 in Colona, Illinois, along with her husband John on their way to a Navion plane convention in North Carolina.

Sheri was born April 13, 1954 to Bill and Jeanann Greaves in Des Moines,...

John A Horn

John A Horn

June 25, 2007

John Andrew Horn, 53, of Cedar Falls died Monday, June 25, 2007 in Colona, Illinois as a result of an airplane accident. John was born September 22, 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Lloyd & Doris (Boss) Horn. He lived on a farm near Stuart for the first 6 years of his life until the family moved...

James E Trower

James E Trower

June 21, 2007

James Edward Trower, 51, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, June 21, 2007, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born October 22, 1955 in Oelwein, Iowa, the son of Bernard A. and Helen J. (Graesch) Trower. James graduated from East High School in Waterloo in 1973. He married Debbie Ott and they were later divorced....

Glendon D Nargang

Glendon D Nargang

June 12, 2007

Glendon "Glen" D. Nargang, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at ManorCare Health Center in Waterloo. Glen was born March 29, 1917 in New Hampton, Iowa, the son of John "Jack" & Gertrude Daly Nargang. He graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1935. He married Ala Denniston May 30, 1941 in Waterloo....

William B Lyon

William B Lyon

June 9, 2007

WILLIAM BURKE "BILL" LYON, 88, of Waterloo, died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Ravenwood Nursing & Rehab Center in Waterloo. He was born February 2, 1919 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of William Burke Lyon, Sr. and Jessiman May "Jessie" Bonly Lyon. Bill provided janitorial services at several metropolitan businesses. He was a member of First United Methodist...

Richard B Butler

Richard B Butler

June 3, 2007

RICHARD B. "BEN" BUTLER, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, June 3, 2007, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was born March 22, 1923 at Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Fred C. and Frances C. (Caley) Butler. Ben married Margaret (Roark) Rasmussen on May 21, 1966 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa....

Eugene L Kruse

Eugene L Kruse

May 28, 2007

EUGENE L. "BIG GENE" KRUSE, 62, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, May 28, 2007, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born November 24, 1944 at Davenport, Iowa, the son of Leonard H. and Erna (Butterbrodt) Kruse. Gene married Victoria Watton in 1969 and they were later divorced. He married Barbara Mullesch on...

Nielsine R Johnson

Nielsine R Johnson

May 28, 2007

Nielsine Ruby Johnson, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, May 28, 2007 at ManorCare Health Center in Waterloo, Iowa. Nielsine was born November 7, 1922 in Bennington Township, rural Independence, Iowa, the daughter of George Marius & Ruby Mae (Shannon) Jensen. She graduated in 1942 from Hubbard High School and married James Johnson May 17, 1949 in Hubbard....

Mary C Bruhn

Mary C Bruhn

May 11, 2007

MARY CATHERINE BRUHN, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, May 11, 2007, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born July 2, 1923 near Lawler, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Agnes (Martin) Finnegan. She married Holgar H. Bruhn on August 13, 1947 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He preceded her in death on November 5, 1985....

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