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...
Ruby J. Wall Hockey
November 12, 2020
Ruby Josephine Wall Hockey, 100, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 12, 2020, at the Western Home Communities Martin Suites. She was born July 31, 1920 in Brooten, MN, the daughter of John Bennett and Anna Marie (Nelson) Wall. Ruby married Arthur A. Hockey on April 12, 1958 in Brooten. He preceded her in death on May 31,...
Margyne Mary Devries
November 11, 2020
Margyne Mary DeVries, 92, of Cedar Falls, formerly of New Hartford and Salida, Colorado, passed away at NewAldaya Lifescapes on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. She was born February 13, 1928, in Des Moines, daughter of Carl and Angeline (Derrick) Brown. Margyne graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School in Waterloo with the Class of 1946 and, later, attended Hawkeye Institute...
Connie Joanne Hansen
November 10, 2020
Connie Hansen, 85, of Cedar Falls, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, from Parkinson's disease. She was surrounded by her children.
Connie was born on May 25, 1935 to Paul and Frances (Stewart) Hansen of Cedar Falls. On October 26, 1956 she married Gordon Hansen, also of Cedar Falls, at Nazareth Lutheran Church...
Mary Ann Hatcher
November 7, 2020
Mary Ann Hatcher, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, November 7, 2020, at Pinnacle Specialty Care. She was born July 19, 1930 in Indianola, Iowa, the daughter of Grover and Dorothy (Wallas) Weeks. Mary Ann married Darrell Hatcher on August 21, 1948 in Leon, Iowa, and they later divorced. Mary Ann was a graduate of Indianola High School...
Linda Waldon
November 4, 2020
Linda Waldon of Cedar Falls, Iowa died on Wednesday evening, November 4 th , with her family by her side. She was born on December 13th, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Ernest and Audra Gilliam. She graduated from Proviso West High School in Chicago in 1963. Linda attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois for a year...
