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Maxine E Oldenburger

Maxine E Oldenburger

May 18, 2003

MAXINE E. OLDENBURGER was born December 26, 1917 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of George W. and Edna A. (Otto) Miller. She graduated from East High School in Waterloo, Iowa and from Moody Bible Institute in Miami, Florida. Maxine was Director of Nursing at Presbyterian Hospital in Waterloo and administrator of the LPN program at Waterloo Schools, which later...

Esther L Meinders

Esther L Meinders

May 9, 2003

ESTHER LILLIAN MEINDERS was born May 18, 1905 the daughter of Edward and Ione (Thompson) Wiese at Lincoln, Iowa.  She married Richard F. Meinders August 18, 1928 at Storm Lake, Iowa.  He died March 19 1980.  Esther retired from the University of Northern Iowa as a housekeeper in 1971. Esther died Friday May 9, 2003 at the Cedar Falls...

Louise E Gutknecht

Louise E Gutknecht

May 9, 2003

LOUISE EMMA GUTKNECHT was born May 23, 1906, the daughter of August Frederick and Rebecca Sophia (Andorf) Engel near Cedar Falls, Iowa. She married Ewald Henry Gutknecht June 4, 1924 at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Hudson, Iowa. He preceded her in death on October 23, 1964. Louise and Ewald farmed for 33 years before retiring and moving into Hudson....

Catherine J Miller

Catherine J Miller

April 26, 2003

CATHERINE JO MILLER, 88, of Oelwein and formerly of Cedar Falls died Saturday, April 26, 2003 at Mercy Hospital in Oelwein of natural causes.  She was born July 27, 1914 at Egg Harbor, Wisconsin the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Hoover) Kroll.  She married August "Ed" Miller May 25, 1945 at Brownwood, Texas.  Ed preceded her in death January...

Marcella M Wheeler

Marcella M Wheeler

April 23, 2003

MARCELLA M. & CHARLES E. WHEELER, Marcella was born September 11, 1920 in Littleton, Iowa, the daughter of John C. and Irene A. (Hess) Toussaint. She graduated from Sumner High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa and Gates Business College in Waterloo, Iowa. Marcella worked for 18 years at the James...

Herbert W Hoffmeister

Herbert W Hoffmeister

April 22, 2003

HERBERT W. HOFFMEISTER was born November 9, 1901 at Morgenstern, Province of Pommern, East Germany the son of Friederich & Margarete Hoffmeister. He married Martha I. Bauer September 5, 1935 at Zion Lutheran Church, Hudson. She preceded him in death on May 3, 1991. Herbert worked as a mechanic repairing locomotives in a round house in Berlin before coming...

Helen F Riter

Helen F Riter

April 14, 2003

HELEN F. RITER was born October 14, 1918, in New Hartford, Iowa, the daughter of William S. and Emma C. (Johnson) Challstrom. She married Morris Verne Riter on January 20, 1938 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He preceded her in death on December 23, 1996. Helen died Monday, April 14, 2003, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, at...

George Amelung

George Amelung

April 13, 2003

GEORGE  AMELUNG was born January 20, 1917 in Butternut, Wisconsin, the son of Reinhold and Kathryn (Meyer) Amelung. He married Jo Ann Schreoder on July 7, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee. George served with the U.S. Navy during WW II. He was a Field Supervisor for Chromium Mining and Smelting Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee. He died Sunday, April 13, 2003,...

L. Elaine Walters

L. Elaine Walters

April 5, 2003

L. ELAINE WALTERS of Cedar Falls, Iowa died Saturday, April 5, 2003 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Elaine was born 24 September 1929 in Stuart, Adair County, Iowa to Harold & Lenora (Ripley) McPherson.  She attended Stuart Public school until 1942, when the family moved to West Des Moines, Iowa.  She attended...

Dorothy Simpson

Dorothy Simpson

April 3, 2003

DOROTHY (WOOD) SIMPSON was born July 8, 1930 at Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur & Viola (McLeish) Wood. She married Duane A. Simpson August 5, 1948 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death December 14, 1994. She was a 1948 graduate of Cedar Falls High School. Dorothy died Friday, April 3, 2003, at her home...

Charles & Marcella Wheeler

Charles & Marcella Wheeler

April 3, 2003

MARCELLA M. & CHARLES E. WHEELER, Marcella was born September 11, 1920 in Littleton, Iowa, the daughter of John C. and Irene A. (Hess) Toussaint. She graduated from Sumner High School and attended Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa and Gates Business College in Waterloo, Iowa. Marcella worked for 18 years at the James...

Esther E Schardt

Esther E Schardt

March 30, 2003

ESTHER E. SCHARDT, 90, of Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque, Iowa and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, March 30, 2003, in Dubuque.  She was born July 2, 1912 in Belmond, Iowa, the daughter of Rev. W. E. F. and Marie (Friesleben) Meier.  She married the Rev. Adolph G. Schardt on July 16, 1933 in Manson, Iowa.  Esther...

Arlene Jarchow

Arlene Jarchow

March 28, 2003

ARLENE (HARPER) JARCHOW was born July 17, 1920 at Oelwein, Iowa the daughter of Floyd & Elsie (Peeper) Harper. She married Alfred A. Jarchow on May 28, 1939 in Oelwein. He preceded her in death on November 28, 1994. Arlene was employed at Raytheon when they lived in Oelwein and the was employed at Sears in Waterloo for many...

William L Kerbey

William L Kerbey

March 21, 2003

WILLIAM L. "BILL" KERBEY was born February 25, 1920 in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Edgar and May (Leonard) Kerbey. He married Jane Martin on June 19, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Bill served in the China-Burma-India Theatre of Operations with the U.S. Army Air Corps during WW II. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1942 with...

Phyllis A Aperans

Phyllis A Aperans

March 16, 2003

PHYLLIS ANN  APERANS was born August 26, 1938 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Donald and Lyra (Steggall) Pepin. She married Janis Aperans on October 19, 1956 in Cedar Falls. Phyllis died Sunday, March 16, 2003 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, at 64 years of age.

She is survived by her husband,...

Melda A Bunn

Melda A Bunn

March 3, 2003

MELDA ARLENE BUNN, 81, of Parkview Nursing & Rehab died Monday, March 3, 2003 at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, Iowa.  She was born March 21, 1921 at Webster, South Dakota the daughter of Emil & Lula (Veritson) Jeske.  She was united in marriage to Rueben Angerhofer in 1955 at Milbank, South Dakota.  He died December 3, 1963.  Melda was...

Dr. Fred W Lott

Dr. Fred W Lott

February 24, 2003

DR. FRED W. LOTT, JR., 85, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, February 24, 2003, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Center in Cedar Falls.  Fred was born October 8, 1917 in Cherry Fork, Ohio, the son of Fred W. Lott, Sr. and Margaret Greene Lott. He married Kathryn Deever on December 20, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio. Fred served...

Axel N Sorensen

Axel N Sorensen

February 24, 2003

AXEL NORMAN SORENSEN was born May 17, 1917 in Grundy County, Iowa the son of Soren Peter & Anna Dorothea (Nielsen) Sorensen.  He married Myrtle Nielsen June 29, 1944 at Fredsville Lutheran Church, rural Cedar Falls.  Myrtle died November 8, 1994. Norman and Myrtle farmed for over 50 years in the Cedar Falls area and they also operated...

Emma C Jensen

Emma C Jensen

February 22, 2003

EMMA C. JENSEN, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, February 22, 2003 at her daughter's home near Toddville, Iowa.  She was born October 28, 1916 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Nick and Elsie (Petersen) Dockwell.  She married Erhardt I. Jensen on November 21, 1936 in Galena, Illinois.  He preceded her in death on May 21, 1977.  Emma was...

Theodore Bergman

Theodore Bergman

February 21, 2003

THEODORE "TED" ROOSEVELT BERGMAN, was born October 15, 1907 on a farm in Grundy County, Iowa the son of Jacob & Susie (Meester) Bergman.  He married Edna Claassen March 22, 1939 at Stout, Iowa.  She preceded him in death on December 9, 1968.  He married Marian L. (McDowall) Kaiser November 17, 1984 at Strawberry Point, IA.  Ted farmed for...

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