Susan Elizabeth Zeigler
December 9, 2020
Susan Elizabeth Zeigler, 56, of Des Moines, IA and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at her home. She was born March 2, 1964 in Pennsylvania. She was adopted by Dr. Maurice & Carol (Legg) Zeigler. Susan worked as bookkeeper and also in administration at Des Moines Transportation Company.
Survivors include...
James Thomas Reid
December 9, 2020
James Thomas Reid, 85, of Parker Place Retirement Community in Parkersburg, died on December 9, 2020. He was born October 23, 1935, in Oelwein, son of Fredrick and Waunita (Hill) Reid. Jim graduated from Arlington High School with the Class of 1955. He married Bernita E. Miller on May 7, 1957, at Sacred Heart Church in Oelwein; she preceded...
Dr. Kay Kraft Stensrud
December 5, 2020
Dr. Otelia Kay Kraft Stensrud, 82, of Cedar Falls, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born April 22, 1938 in Aberdeen, SD, the daughter of Frank and Otelia (Kiesz) Kraft. Kay was briefly married to Robert Stensrud, but they later divorced. She earned her B.S. and M.S. Degrees...
Patricia Jane Moes
December 3, 2020
Patricia "Pat" Jane Moes, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 3, 2020, at MercyOne-Waterloo. She was born July 8, 1938 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Waterloo, with an adventurous spirit.
Pat was a 1956 graduate of Waterloo East High School, later being the first woman inducted into the High School Hall of Fame....
Shirley Ellen Klemmensen
December 2, 2020
Shirley Ellen Klemmensen, 84, of Cedar Falls, IA, formerly of Sioux City, IA, died of dementia Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at the Western Home Communities Martin Center in Cedar Falls. She was born March 1, 1936 in rural Battle Creek, IA, the daughter of Frederick J. and Edna P. (Stephenson) Klemmensen. Shirley graduated from Moville High School in...
Ruth Arlene Smith
December 2, 2020
Ruth Arlene Smith, 83, of Cedar Falls passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, at UnityPoint Health/Allen Memorial Hospital. She was born January 13, 1937, near Greene, daughter of Ernest and Augusta (Fick) Steere. Ruth graduated from Greene High School. On December 14, 1954, she was married to Lawrence Smith in Queen City, MO. They began married life in...
Gerald D Goodwin
November 30, 2020
Gerald "Jerry" Dean Goodwin, 81, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020, at MercyOne/Sartori Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born January 27, 1939, in Dysart, son of Charles Eldon and Hilda (Junge) Goodwin. He graduated from High School in Ferguson, Iowa, and took additional training to become an electrician. On February 15, 1959, Jerry was united in marriage...
Carol Jean Jaquith
November 30, 2020
Carol Jean Jaquith, 81, of Waterloo, died Monday, November 30, 2020, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born November 18, 1939 in Cedar Falls, IA, the daughter of Myron C. and Lucille M. (Anway) Creighton. Carol married Robert "Bob" Jaquith in November of 1972 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on January 29, 2018. ...
Laverne L. Thielen
November 30, 2020
LaVerne Leslie Thielen (a.k.a. Shorty), 91, passed away at Windhaven Assisted Living on Monday, November 30, 2020. He was born November 16, 1929, in Coulter, Iowa, son of Richard & Gladys (Rodemeyer) Thielen. LaVerne graduated from Latimer High School. On May 21, 1950, he was married to his high school sweetheart, Carol McCormick. LaVerne was Manager at...
Berniece L. Degroote
November 29, 2020
Berniece L. DeGroote, 95, of Parkersburg, IA, died Sunday, November 29, 2020, at MercyOne-Cedar Falls. She was born November 16, 1925 in rural Butler County, IA, the daughter of William and Minnie (Alberts) Mulder. Berniece married Harlan DeGroote on December 29, 1948 in rural New Hartford, IA. She was a graduate of Shell Rock High School and attended...
Betty Jean Clemmensen
November 27, 2020
Betty Jean (Phelps) (Tibben) Clemmensen, daughter of Russell and Olga (Farstrup) Phelps, was born July 15, 1932, in Exira, Iowa. She currently lived at Mallard Point Retirement Center in Cedar Falls. Betty was baptized and confirmed in the Danish Lutheran Church in Elk Horn. She attended the Exira Community Schools and graduated from high school in 1951. On February...
Joyce Lauer
November 27, 2020
Joyce T. Lauer, 86, of Cedar Falls died Friday, November 27, 2020 at Cedar Falls Health Care Center. She was born Saturday, April 28, 1934 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Edward & Hazel (Trent) Henriksen. She married Gilbert Sanchez in New York, New York in 1961. They divorced in 1966. She married Robert Lauer in 1978 in...
Janet Marie Besh
November 26, 2020
Janet Marie Besh, 80, passed away November 26, 2020 from complications with COVID-19.
Janet was born February 14, 1940 in Cedar Falls, Iowa to Viggo and Eva Petersen. Early in her career, Janet lived in Kansas City and worked for Braniff Airlines before returning to Cedar Falls to work for Ozark Airlines. ...
Robert James Schmidt
November 23, 2020
Robert "Bob" J. Schmidt, 84, of Cedar Falls, passed away at Unity Point Health/Allen Memorial Hospital on November 23, 2020, from COVID-19.  He was born May 23, 1936, to Wernold and Luella (Poock) Schmidt. He attended Readlyn High School and graduated from Tripoli High School. On March 19, 1954, he married Marlene Margaret Schweer at Immanuel Lutheran Church of...
James Rector
November 23, 2020
James Rector was born in February, 1924 in the house that his father built in rural Delaware County, Iowa. He grew up in the depression years, worked hard and did not venture far from his home farm. A great adventure as a youth was to travel with friends down to Iowa City to see Nile Kinnick play. His greatest...
James "Jim" Thompson
November 23, 2020
Cedar Falls, IA ~ James "Jim" Thompson, 86, passed away on November 23, 2020 at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital from a severe fall suffered on November 3, 2020. Jim was born October 16, 1934, the son of Thomas & Tillie Thompson of Fargo, ND. Jim married Shirley Vanderwerf on June 25, 1966 at the former Trinity Methodist Church in...
Juanita Blaser
November 19, 2020
Juanita Blaser, 88, of Cedar Falls, passed away peacefully at UnityPoint Health/Allen Memorial Hospital after contracting COVID-19. She was born in Webster, Iowa, on May 10, 1932, daughter of Donald and Frances (Hohenshell) Herrick. Juanita had very fond memories of growing up in rural Webster and a deep love for her father who passed away in a car accident...
Jerry Morse Hammer
November 16, 2020
Jerome "Jerry" Morse Hammer, 78, of Cedar Falls passed away at Cedar Valley Hospice Home on Monday, November 16, 2020.  He was born September 23, 1942, in Lac Qui Parle, MN, son of Joseph and Ragna (Morseth) Hammer.  Jerry graduated from high school in Milan, MN, then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and, on May 18, 1963, married his...
Richard A. Mehmen
November 14, 2020
Richard Andy Mehmen, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, November 14, 2020, at NewAldaya Lifescapes. He was born July 19, 1928, in Parkersburg, Iowa, the son of Anna Mehmen. Richard married Mariam Christiansen on September 22, 1951 in Waterloo, IA. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was a self-employed building contractor for 60...
Allan Carroll Jacobson
November 14, 2020
Allan Carroll Jacobson, 89, died Saturday, November 14, 2020, at Ravenwood Specialty Care of Waterloo, from COVID-19. He was born March 31, 1931, the son of Sigurd and Ella (Miller) Jacobson in Marcus, Iowa. At an early age, the family moved to Milwaukee (Cudahy), Wisconsin.  He attended public school there until the 8 th grade when the family moved...
