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Loren C. Homann
May 21, 2021
Loren C. Homann, 73, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Friday, May 21, 2021. He was born June 6, 1947 in Waterloo, IA, the son of Edgar and Velma (Faust) Homann. Loren married Janyce Hoffman on October 25, 1980 at Zion Lutheran Church in Waterloo. He was a graduate of Waterloo West High School and was a...
Richard C. "Dick" Melick
May 20, 2021
Richard C. "Dick" Melick, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, May 20, 2021, at MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center. He was born October 5, 1931 in Independence, IA, the son of Jesse and Ella (Swanson) Melick. Dick married Anne Carmichael on June 26, 1954 in Waterloo, IA. She preceded him in death on September 8, 2011. Dick graduated...
Lorraine Myra Fox
May 20, 2021
Lorraine Myra Fox, 96, of Cedar Falls, passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2021, at NewAldaya Lifescapes.  She was born August 12, 1924, daughter of Oscar and Ella (Oswald) Norris, in "the East room" of the Oswald farm in Fertile, MN.  Lorraine moved with her parents to Duluth where she graduated from Denfield High School, then attended Duluth State...
Paul Lauvern Meyeraan
May 12, 2021
Paul Lauvern Meyeraan, 93, of Cedar Falls, died at home Wednesday, May 12, 2021. He was born February 21, 1928 in Grundy Center, IA, the son of Carl E. and Ruth J. (Stuck) Meyeraan. Paul married Mona Kruger on September 30, 1949 in Grundy Center. He attended school in Grundy Center and Worthington, MN. Paul served in the...
Glenn Henry Wiebke
May 10, 2021
Glenn Wiebke, 91, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Sumner, passed away on Monday, May 10, 2021, at UnityPoint Health/Allen Hospital in Waterloo.  He was born in rural Butler County, on April 27, 1930, to Henry Wiebke and Antje (Franken) Wiebke.  Glenn attended the rural schools in Butler County and graduated from Greene High School in 1948.  After graduating...
Shirley B. Moses
May 7, 2021
Shirley Moses, 88, of Cedar Falls, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021, at UnityPoint Health/Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born January 28, 1933, in Dinsdale, Iowa, daughter of Gerriet and Elva Mae (Jorgensen) Bolt. Shirley was married to Roy E. Moses on July 2, 1953, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. She worked for Northwestern Bell,...
Barbara Marie Heitland
May 3, 2021
Barbara Marie Heitland, 82, of Parkersburg, passed away at home on Monday, May 3, 2021. She was born in Waterloo on November 6, 1938, daughter of Marvina and Frank Cole. Barb graduated from Cedar Falls High school with the Class of 1957. She was married to Marvin Heitland on September 14, 1958, at First United Methodist Church of Cedar...
Grace Arline Sindlinger
May 1, 2021
Grace Arline Sindlinger, 103, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Western Home Communities Stanard Assisted Living Center. She was born September 27, 1917 in Ethlyn, MO, the daughter of Charles A. and Florence L. (Sanders) Perham. Grace married Elmer Mackey on November 2, 1946 in Waterloo, IA. He preceded her in death on April...
Thomas Eugene Schons
April 25, 2021
Thomas E. Schons, 70, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, April 25, 2021 at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. Tom was born August 10, 1950 in Cedar Falls, the son of Le Roy & Margaret (Fredrickson) Schons. He married Christa Wheelock on March 13, 1971. Tom served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War from 1969 until 1973. ...
Pearl Hanson
April 24, 2021
Pearl Irene Hanson, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, April 24, 2021 at The Deery Suites at Western Home Communities. She was born December 29, 1933 in Owen, Wisconsin, the daughter of Peter & Marie (Jensen) Krarup. She married Richard Hanson on August 21, 1953 in Withee, Wisconsin. He preceded her in death September 14, 2016.
...Jerome William Ortman
April 18, 2021
Jerome William Ortman, 92, of Cedar Falls passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021. He was born July 13, 1928, in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, son of Henry and Martha (Hoffman) Ortman. The family moved to the Waterloo area during the Depression where his father found work at John Deere. Jerry graduated from Waterloo West High with the...
Mildred Marie Nielsen
April 17, 2021
Mildred Marie Nielsen was born December 23, 1917, in Albert City, IA, the daughter of Adolph and Marie Nelson (later of Sumner, IA). She graduated from Oran, IA high school in 1935 and attended teacher training in Cedar Falls at Iowa State Teacher's College (UNI). Mildred taught country school in Bremer County. She married Willie A. Nielsen of Cedar...
Renee Elliott
April 12, 2021
Lorraine "Renee" Carole Elliott, 78, of Cedar Falls passed away at UnityPoint Health/Allen Memorial Hospital on Monday, April 12, 2021. She was born in Osage, Iowa, on October 14, 1942, daughter of Maurice and Adelaide (Lindley) Muller. She graduated from Osage High School with the Class of 1961 then attended Young's School of Beauty in Waterloo. Renee's...
Marcia Lauraine Renner
April 12, 2021
Marcia L. Renner, 85, of Cedar Falls, died April 12, 2021, at home. She was born April 5, 1936, in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of V. Wayne and Georgia H. (Vande) Wolf. Marcia graduated from Cedar Falls High School with the Class of 1955. She was united in marriage to Burton "Joe" F. Renner, Jr. on October...
Harlan Henry Degroote
April 3, 2021
Harlan H. DeGroote, 93, of Parkersburg died Saturday, April 3, 2021 at Maple Manor Village in Aplington, Iowa. He was born March 19, 1928 in rural Parkersburg, the son of Thomas DeGroote, Sr. and Kobey (DeBuhr) DeGroote. He married Berniece Mulder December 29, 1948 in New Hartford. She preceded him in death November 29, 2020. Harlan worked at...
Jon Arvid Linck
March 30, 2021
Jon A. Linck, 74, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at his home of natural causes. Jon was born January 7, 1947 in Cortland, New York, the son of George & Jane (Dunham) Linck.  He married Suzanne Hays August 8, 1970 in Sioux City Iowa. John was employed as a carpenter.
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Beverly Jean Wulf
March 23, 2021
Beverly Jean Wulf, 81, of Hudson passed away unexpectedly at home on her 81 st birthday. She was born March 23, 1940, in Kalispell, Montana, daughter of James and Shirley (Powers) Stevens. Bev spent her childhood in Marceline, Missouri, raised by her mother and adoptive father, Clifford Richardson. Her family moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, where she graduated from...
Ronald Eugene Juhl
March 17, 2021
Ronald Eugene Juhl, 79, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at Hospice of the Valley – Surprise Palliative Care Center. Ron was born June 22, 1941, in Cedar Falls, IA, to Robert and Grace (Hill) Juhl. He graduated from Cedar Falls High School, and soon thereafter joined the US Navy in 1959, receiving the Good Conduct...
Carol C. Fischels
March 16, 2021
Carol Catherine Fischels, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born January 20, 1933 in Hardin County, IA, the daughter of William and Elsie June (Lake) Neuenfeldt. Carol married Gordon Cuvelier on June 23, 1956 in Buckeye, IA, and they later divorced. She married Robert Fischels on...
Lynn B. Harned
March 11, 2021
Lynn Bernard Harned was born March 29, 1921 in Brandon, Iowa, the son of Ollis Hayes Harned and Rhoda Singer Harned. In 1922 the family moved to Waterloo and then to Cedar Heights in 1927. He continued to live in Cedar Heights until his death on March 11, 2021.
Lynn attended Cedar Heights Elementary...
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