Alfred Vogel Wood
December 1, 2019
Alfred Vogel Wood, 73, of Waterloo, Iowa, died at his home on Sunday, December 1, 2019. He was born December 23, 1945 in Tampa, Florida, the son of Charles and Vivian (Vogel) Wood. Alfred served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He earned his BA in Engineering from the University of Minnesota and his MA in...
Marvin Dale Berends
November 29, 2019
Marvin Dale Berends, 69, passed away following a brief illness on Friday, November 29, 2019, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. He was born March 30, 1950, in Aplington, Iowa, son of Peter and Grace (Eckhoff) Berends. Marvin graduated from the Northern University High School with the Class of 1968. He enlisted in the United States Air...
Richard L. Christensen
November 29, 2019
Richard Christensen, 74, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, November 29, 2019 at NewAldaya Lifescapes. He was born May 30, 1945 in Waterloo, the son of Elmer M. and Grace A. (Gigl) Christensen.
Survivors include two sons, Todd Christensen of Cedar Falls and Travis Christensen of Waterloo; two stepdaughters, Amy Thomas of Cedar...
Richard L. Aschenbrenner
November 27, 2019
Richard L. Aschenbrenner, 80, of Waterloo, Iowa died Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center. Richard was born February 13, 1939, the son of Donald & Ethel May (Watters) Aschenbrenner.  He married Phyllis Crawford November 21, 1973 in Cedar Falls. Richard worked for John Deere & Company for many years and retired as an inspector. ...
Evelyn A. Diekman
November 26, 2019
Evelyn A. Diekman, 91, of Cedar Falls passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home of Waterloo. She was born August 30, 1928, daughter of Anton and Henrietta (Hinders) Cordes. Evelyn was raised and attended schools in Parkersburg where she fell in love with Raymond Samuel Diekman.  The couple married on April 8, 1945,...
Claus W. Stricker
November 23, 2019
Claus W. Stricker, 80, of Blue Eye, Missouri, formerly of Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa, died at home on Saturday, November 23, 2019. He was born February 20, 1939 in Waterloo, the son of Claus and Viola (Jurgens) Stricker. Claus married Marlene Gutknecht on February 7, 1959 in Mapleton, Iowa. He attended Maple Valley High School in Mapleton...
Emma Louise Johnson
November 19, 2019
Emma Louise (Weis) Johnson, 91, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, passed away at her daughter's home in Dike on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. She was born August 1, 1928, in Du Quoin, Illinois, daughter of Adam and Emma (Heuman) Weis. Emma was raised and attended school in Du Quoin and was married to William "Roy" Johnson on June 25, 1949. ...
Meinard Koop
November 19, 2019
Meinard Koop, Jr. was born December 20th, 1936. He was the son of Meinard and Bertha Koop and grew up on a farm north of New Hartford, Iowa.
At 17, Meinard - in a story he so loved to tell- was at the Butler County Fair and spied the most gorgeous girl he had...
Roberta Mae Gutknecht
November 11, 2019
Roberta Mae Gutknecht, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, November 11, 2019, at UnityPoint Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born October 8, 1935 in Waterloo, the daughter of Glenn D. and Mary A. (Heichel) Brown. Roberta married Harry P. Gutknecht on August 22, 1955 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on March 1, 2011. Roberta graduated...
Mary H. Delagardelle
November 9, 2019
Mary Hilda (Frost) Delagardelle, 95, of Cedar Falls, passed away at Affinity House in Waterloo. She was born in Raymond, Iowa, on September 16, 1924, daughter of Matt and Cecelia (Phillips) Frost. Mary met the only man she ever loved, Vincent Delagardelle, and the couple was married on August 22, 1944, at St. Joseph Catholic Church of Raymond. They...
Joyce M. Lattimer
November 3, 2019
Joyce M. Lattimer, 74, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, November 3, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. She was born October 10, 1945 in Waterloo, the daughter of Jake and Elsie (Trinka) Kloberdanz. Joyce married Walter R. Lattimer on June 4, 1988 in Cedar Falls. She was a graduate of Waterloo Columbus High School...
Glenn M. Lugg
November 2, 2019
A Celebration of Life will be held from 1-4:00 pm on Saturday, November 28, 2020 , at the Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49 along with Military Rites.
Glenn M. Lugg, 72, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, November 2, 2019 at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. He was born August 27, 1947 in Osage, Iowa, the...
Paul Wayne Dickson
October 28, 2019
Paul Wayne Dickson, 86, of Cedar Falls passed away at NewAldaya Lifescapes on Monday, October 28, 2019. He was born in Bartlett, Ohio, son of Wayne and Dorothy (Smith) Dickson. After graduating from high school, Paul worked as a pumpman for the Illinois Central Railroad in Waterloo until 1953 when he was inducted into the United States Army, serving...
Danielle N. "Dani" Hagberg
October 27, 2019
Danielle Nichol Hagberg, 42, began her heavenly journey on Sunday, October 27, 2019. She will always be remembered for her beautiful smile, her huge heart, her dedication to her family, her ability to love unconditionally and her fierce devotion!
Danielle, better known as Dani, started her earthly journey on August 15, 1977 at Sartori...
Phyllis Ann Mcbroom
October 17, 2019
Phyllis Ann McBroom, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, October 17, 2019 at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. Phyllis was born October 9, 1930 in Chariton, Iowa, the daughter of William & Mary (Fosberg) Jones. She married Carroll L. McBroom April 29, 1951 in Newton, Iowa. He preceded her in death August 29, 1990.
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Chuck Ridder
October 16, 2019
Chuck's family is asking in lieu of flowers, please direct memorials to them for future designation. Thank you.
Chuck Ridder, 78, passed away at home on October 16, 2019.  He was born April 28, 1941, in Butler County, Iowa, son of Herman and Angelena (Geerdes) Ridder.  He graduated from Dike High...
Elizabeth H. Macgibbon Nelson
October 13, 2019
Elizabeth Houston MacGibbon Nelson, 103, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Massachusetts and Vero Beach, Florida, died Sunday, October 13, 2019, at NewAldaya Lifescapes. She was born June 23, 1916 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the daughter of Donald Leigh and Elizabeth Riddell (Houston) MacGibbon. Elizabeth married George S. Nelson on August 14, 1937 in Bradford, Massachusetts. She was a graduate...
Barbara J. "Bobbie" Darling
October 9, 2019
Barbara J. "Bobbie" Darling, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, October 9, 2019, at the Western Home Communities Thalman Square. She was born February 14, 1930 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Edwin and Ethel (Stoneking) Darling. Bobbie received her BA degree in 1952 from Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) and her MA degree in 1958 from...
Ann Eades
October 7, 2019
Emelia "Ann" Eades, 83, passed away at NewAldaya Lifescapes of Cedar Falls. She was born August 24, 1936, in Shenandoah, Iowa, daughter of Clel and Rubye (James) Rydberg. Following her mother's death, Ann was raised by Clel and her step-mother, Doris. She attended Iowa State Teacher's College where she earned her degree in education, graduating with the Class of...
Gertrude Grace Aswegan
October 6, 2019
Gertrude Grace Aswegan, 98, passed away at Edenbrook of Edina in Edina, MN. She was born March 1, 1921, in Comfrey, Minnesota, daughter of Frank and Bessie (Valentien) Hippen. On September 18, 1945, Gertrude was united in marriage to Luke Awegan, Jr. and the couple moved to Cedar Falls where they were both employed in the dairy business. Luke...
