Diana June Child
May 17, 2023
Diana June Child, 72, New Hartford, died Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at UnityPoint Allen Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa. Â She was born January 17, 1951 in Cedar Falls to the late Veryl and LaRue (Lamb) Sammons. Â Diana married Garald "Gary" Child on August 25, 1973 in Cedar Falls. Â In addition to being a very devoted mother and homemaker, Diana also was...
Donna Kay Koopman
May 13, 2023
Donna Kay Koopman, 76, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, May 13 , 2023, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born on June 19 , 1946 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Dale W. and LaVerne E. (Neessen) Johnson. Donna was a graduate of Waterloo West High School and briefly worked for See...
Ronnie Lee Maifeld
May 6, 2023
Ronnie Lee Maifeld, 62, of Cedar Falls, died at his home Saturday, May 6, 2023. Ronnie was born October 29, 1960 in Cedar Falls to the late Donald Rae and Dorothy Ann (Folkers) Maifeld. Following his graduation from Cedar Falls High School he honorably served in the US Army. Ronnie worked for Iowa Ham Canning later Tyson Foods...
Navy Drew Smith
May 4, 2023
Navy Drew Smith, 9 months, of Waterloo, was called back to Heaven on Thursday, May 4 , 2023. She was born August 4 , 2022, in Waterloo, the much loved daughter of Tyler Smith and Alyssa Root.
Despite her young age, Navy traveled with her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents for vacation...
Larry Lewis Jergens
April 24, 2023
Larry Lewis Jergens, 84, Cedar Falls, died Monday, April 24, 2023 at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center. He was born January 16, 1939 in Waterloo to the late Ernest C. and Edith M. (Shipp) Jergens. He graduated with the class of 1957 from Cedar Falls High School. He married the love of his life, Nancy L. Anderson on May...
Stephen Walter Keve
April 20, 2023
Stephen Walter Keve, 73, Cedar Falls, died Thursday, April 20, 2023 at UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital. Stephen was born February 7, 1950 in Galesburg, IL to the late William A. and Shirley J. (Dyer) Keve. He received his GED from Hawkeye and later graduated from UNI in 1989 with a degree in Power & Energy Technology. Stephen...
Scott Ross Blackburn
April 19, 2023
Scott Ross Blackburn, 82, of Cedar Falls passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home of Waterloo. He was born in Cedar Falls on July 9, 1940, son of Ross and Beatrice (Thompson) Blackburn. Scott graduated from Cedar Falls High School with the Class of 1959. He...
Douglas Eugene Trueg
April 9, 2023
Douglas Eugene Trueg, 55, of Bondurant passed away on April 9, 2023, at UnityPoint Health/Iowa Lutheran Hospital of Des Moines from complications of Frontotemporal Dementia. He was born October 18, 1967, in Cedar Falls, son of Roger and Barbara (Christenson) Trueg. Doug graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1986 and Ferris State University in Michigan with a degree...
Eugene Kenneth Anderson
April 9, 2023
Gene Anderson, 75, of Cedar Falls, a.k.a. Doc to many of his colleagues and the Bunkum Man, Harry Hustle Money or Sir Richard Lord Fatherly, to many of his students, died on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at home from natural causes. He was born September 5, 1947, in Cedar Falls, son of James and Mabel Anderson. Gene was a...
Thomas William Kline
April 9, 2023
Thomas William Kline, 83, Hudson formerly of Dubuque, died Sunday, April 9, 2023 at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center.
Tom was born August 14, 1939 at Allen Hospital, Waterloo to the late William Louis and Belva Lucille (Forney) Kline. He graduated from high school in Greene, IA. Tom married the love of his life, Linda Busse, in June...
Dennis Keith Hamlett
April 8, 2023
Dennis Keith Hamlett, 76, of Cedar Falls, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2023, at the Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born February 12, 1947 in Oelwein, Iowa, the son of Arnold and Inez (Freemon) Hamlett. Dennis graduated from Starmont High School and served honorably as a combat medic in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam...
Leonard Emil Bauer
April 6, 2023
The greatly loved patriarch of the Bauer family, Leonard Emil Bauer, passed away on April 6, 2023 at the age of 99. He spent his last few days at Sartori Hospital surrounded by his children and their families. Leonard was the son of Emil Bauer and Julia Schaffenburg, born in Cedar Falls, Iowa on November 4, 1923. Throughout his...
Christina Kay Remington
April 5, 2023
Christina Kay Remington was born on October 22, 1973 in Waterloo, Iowa to Barry and Judy Remington. She passed away unexpectedly April 5, 2023 at UnityPoint Allen Hospital. She had been battling lung cancer since December of 2022. She will be cremated.
She was employed at FBG Services as a cleaning specialist and worked at Wartburg College. ...
Gary Lee Alberts
April 5, 2023
Gary Alberts, 79, of Hudson, passed away peacefully at MercyOne Hospital in Waterloo on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, after a battle with breathing/lung issues. He was born in Aplington to Roy and Helen (Oldenburger) Alberts on June 11, 1943. He married Phyllis (Escher) on October 5, 1962, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Parkersburg; the couple recently celebrated...
Paul Joseph Brietske
March 25, 2023
Paul Joseph Brietske, 65, of Cedar Falls, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes at home on Saturday, March 25, 2023. He was born in Des Moines on January 8, 1958, son of Robert and Gayle (Hoyle) Brietske. Paul graduated from Central High School in Waterloo with the Class of 1976 and Hawkeye Technical College in 1979. On June 14,...
Jean Dorothy Shepard
March 16, 2023
Jean Dorothy Shepard, 96, formerly of Waterloo, died Thursday, March 16, 2022 at Thornton Manor, Lansing, Iowa.
Jean was born December 6, 1926 in West Union to the late Emil and Dorothy Charlotte (Stannard) Wolf. After working in a factory during the war, she married Leslie Claude Shepard on December 3, 1946. The couple was blessed with...
Linda Lea Smith
March 14, 2023
Linda Lea Smith, 78 of Cedar Falls, passed away on March 14, 2023, at Oak Park Estates Assisted Living and Memory Care.
Linda was born December 31, 1944, in Osage, IA. Linda was raised in Osage by her mother, Bethel Staff Durby, and her father, Olaf Staff. She also loved spending time with her grandparents, Gersham and...
Joyce Alene Campbell
March 13, 2023
Joyce Alene Campbell, 89, of Cedar Falls died March 13, 2023 at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center after a brief illness.
She was born Oct. 6, 1933 in Columbus Junction to Russell and Dorothy (Knotts) Owens.
Joyce graduated from Ainsworth High School and attended Iowa Wesleyan College. She then began a teaching career that would take...
Marlys Jean Stoffregen
March 12, 2023
Marlys Jean Stoffregen, 87, of Cedar Falls, passed away at UnityPoint Health/Allen Hospital on Sunday, March 12 , 2023.  She was born in Allison, June 15 , 1935, daughter of John and Lydia (Heyenga) Henning.  Marlys graduated from Greene High School with the Class of 1953 and married Donald Stoffregen June 7 , 1959, at St. Paul Lutheran...
Barbara Jean Cooper
March 6, 2023
Barbara Jean Cooper, 87, Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 6 th , 2023 at the Martin Suites of Western Home Community's, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Barbara was born December 15 th , 1935 in Livermore, Iowa, to the late Edward and Amelia (Slieter) Anderson. She married Donald Cooper on December 19 th , 1953 in Hampton, Iowa. Barbara...
