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Ines F Goranson
June 11, 2005
INES FREIDA GORANSON, 88, of Waterloo and formerly of Cedar Falls died Saturday, June 11, 2005 at Allen Memorial Hospital. Ines was born February 12, 1917 near Dike, Iowa the daughter of August & Freida (Behrens) Wellman. She was raised on a farm near Dike. She married Richard B. Goranson on August 21, 1953 at St. John...
Maxine B Stratton
June 4, 2005
MAXINE B. STRATTON, 60, of Hudson, Iowa died Saturday, June 4, 2005 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa from complications of lung cancer. Maxine was born October 13, 1944 in Story County, Iowa the daughter of Haaken & Elizabeth (Skeers) Horness. She married Gary J. Stratton June 12, 1965 at St. Petri Lutheran Church in Story...
Helen J Haberkamp
June 1, 2005
HELEN J. HABERKAMP, 77, of Cedar Falls died Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home.  Helen was born April 14, 1928 at Lake Mills, Iowa the daughter of Alfred & Clara (Hanson) Haugen. She married Eugene Haberkamp August 1, 1948 at Lake Mills. He preceded her in death December 28, 2002. Helen was co-owner...
Leroy H Degener
May 31, 2005
LEROY H. "BUD" DEGENER, 80, of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown died Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at the Marshalltown Medical Center. Leroy was born January 14, 1925, at Hudson, Iowa, the son of Edwin Carl and Elizabeth (Noltensmeier) Degener. He married Ruby Christensen and they were later divorced. He served in the United States Marine Corp...
Marjorie L Baker
May 23, 2005
MARJORIE LORRAINE BAKER, was born November 1, 1918, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Frank A. and Mildred M. (Freet) Ahlhelm. She married Sidney B. Baker September 4, 1937 in the Little Brown Church at Nashua, Iowa. He died May 27, 1995. Marjorie worked at the University of Northern Iowa as an assistant food director, retiring...
Larry L Mayfield
May 20, 2005
LARRY L. MAYFIELD, 64, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, May 20, 2005 at Sartori Memorial Hospital of a heart attack. He was born July 2, 1940 in Unionville, Missouri the son of William & Crystal Barton. He married Joanne Jean Hugh July 17, 1967 in Unionville, Missouri. Larry worked at John Deere & Company in tractor and...
Earl G Hansen
May 20, 2005
EARL G. HANSEN, 82, of Cedar Falls died Friday, May 20, 2005 at his home, surrounded and embraced by his family. He was born July 27, 1922 in rural Dike, Iowa the son of Irenius & Helga Weltz Lindholm Hansen, one of nine children. Earl married Freda May Howell May 9, 1946 in Cedar Falls....
Betty L Wittren
May 11, 2005
BETTY LENORE WITTREN was born November 21, 1926, the daughter of Guy William and Isabel (Schwind) Morelock in Newton, Iowa. Her mother died when she was 12 days old and then was raised by her father and step mother, Dean. She married Richard A. Wittren November 11, 1945 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Betty died Wednesday, May 11,...
Richard Colvin
May 8, 2005
RICHARD "DICK" COLVIN, 65, of Brooklyn and formerly of rural Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, May 8, 2005, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born December 26, 1939 in Iowa City, Iowa. Dick was the adopted son of Jesse M. and Lorraine (Gonnering) Colvin. He married Nancy Heber on November 5, 1960 at Nazareth...
Elizabeth D Van Dyke
May 8, 2005
ELIZABETH D. "BETTY" VAN DYKE, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, May 8, 2005, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born August 10, 1921 in Herren-Sulzbach, Germany, the daughter of Friederich and Mathilda (Bambaur) Weis. Betty married Rev. Alfred Van Dyke on December 25, 1940 in Wayne Township, New Jersey. She was a secretary...
Clarence O Bruhn
April 28, 2005
CLARENCE O. BRUHN, 102, of Cedar Falls and formerly of Janesville, died Thursday, April 28, 2005, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. He was born February 1, 1903 in Grundy County, Iowa, the son of Chris and Anna (Ostergaard) Bruhn. Clarence married Emma Romain Mayse on March 30, 1942 in Jefferson City, Missouri. She preceded him...
Carl M Mueller
April 27, 2005
CARL M. MUELLER, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. Carl was born November 26, 1913 in California, Missouri the son of William & Clara (Goller) Mueller. He married Ada Marie Muller June 30, 1938 in Yorktown, Iowa. She preceded him in death September 4, 1996. Carl was a...
Linda K Pratt
April 26, 2005
LINDA KAY PRATT 43, of Cedar Falls, died after a long and brave fight with breast cancer, on Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. She was born December 11, 1961 in Waterloo, the daughter of Donald and Rita (Palmersheim) Rosauer. Linda married James Pratt on December 29, 1984 at Immaculate...
Sheryl A Bickford
April 21, 2005
SHERYL ANN BICKFORD, 49, of Waterloo and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, April 21, 2005, at her home in Waterloo, Iowa. She was born April 21, 1956, the daughter of Ward W. and Phyllis I. (Button) Bickford at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Sheryl graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1975. She received her Teaching Associate degree...
David E Rogers
April 16, 2005
DAVID E. ROGERS, 56, of Waverly and formerly of Cedar Falls, died of cancer on Saturday, April 16, 2005, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born April 29, 1948 in Cedar Falls, the son of Lawrence E. and Jeanette (Baker) Rogers. David married Marla Nicol on May 1, 1969 in Galena, Illinois. He...
Lena M Price
April 13, 2005
LENA M. STODDARD PRICE 92, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. She was born March 20, 1913, the daughter of Thomas and Christene (Christiansen) Thomsen, on a farm near Stout, Iowa. Lena married Cecil Stoddard on March 20, 1934 in Cedar Falls, Iowa and he preceded her in death...
Eleanor M Christiansen
April 9, 2005
ELEANOR M. CHRISTIANSEN, 90, of Cedar Falls died Saturday, April 9, 2005 at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. Eleanor was born December 31, 1914 in Black Hawk County, Iowa the daughter of Edward & Marie (Andorf) Brandhorst. She married Herbert Christiansen February 22, 1936 at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Hudson. They farmed in the Dike area from...
Verna M Luders
April 9, 2005
VERNA MAE LUDERS, 86, of New Hartford, died Saturday, April 9, 2005, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. She was born June 7, 1918, in Wesley, daughter of Walter and Anna Schorie Smith. She married Harold Luders Nov. 12, 1939, in New Hartford. Verna retired from Hinson Manufacturing after 25 years of service. ...
Robert Richard Lauer
April 8, 2005
ROBERT RICHARD "PINKY" LAUER, 74, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, April 8, 2005, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home of natural causes. He was born Oct. 13, 1930, in Eldorado, Iowa, the son of Philip and Francis Keig Lauer. He married Delores Witwer Oct. 14, 1951, in Eldorado. They later divorced. He married Joyce T....
Jerry R Dorwin
March 31, 2005
JERRY ROBERT DORWIN was born April 15, 1946, the son of Robert K. and Lucille K. (Dietz) Dorwin at Charles City, Iowa. He married Marilyn L. Adams October 17, 1972 at Falls Avenue Wesleyan Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving the United States Army. He was a custodian at UNI...
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