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David Owen Short
April 16, 2019
David Owen Short, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born December 16, 1939 in Charles City, Iowa, the son of Owen and Mildred (Hale) Thompson Short. David married Marcia Elaine Newport on August 15, 1964 in Waterloo. He was a 1958 graduate of Teachers College...
Duane Moore
April 13, 2019
Duane C. Moore, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo from complications of Alzheimer's Disease. He was born January 13, 1935 on the family farm in Castalia, Iowa, the son of Carl & Elvie (Manderfield) Moore. He graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1952. He married Judith Shaw...
Grethe M. Gauger
April 7, 2019
Grethe M. Gauger, 91, of Waterloo, died Sunday, April 7, 2019 at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital. She was born December 17, 1927 in Dike, Iowa, the daughter of Vilhelm & Kamma (Christiansen) Urup. She married Clifford E. Gauger December 10, 1949. He preceded her in death July 31, 1970. Grethe was an Assistant Vice President with Midway Bank &...
Robert Dale Newby
April 5, 2019
Robert Dale Newby, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, April 5, 2019 at Western Home Communities-Windhaven Assisted Living. Robert was born Monday, August 2, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Raymond & Viola (Koch) Newby. He married Wanda Harden July 24, 1948 in Cedar Falls. Robert served in the U. S. Navy during WWII and trained as a...
Lawrence "Larry" Anderson
March 27, 2019
Larry "LV" Anderson, 88, of Cedar Falls went to his eternal home Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Western Home Communities Nation Cottage. He was born May 21, 1930, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the son of Lawrence & Minnie (Olson) Anderson. Larry graduated from Mayville High School in 1948. After graduation he enlisted in the Marine Corp and served...
Florence Ann Wrede
March 24, 2019
Florence Ann Wrede, 88, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Hudson, died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born December 18, 1930 near Hudson in Black Hawk County, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Matilda (Engel) Gutknecht. Florence married William "Bill" Wrede on October 30, 1950 at Zion Lutheran Church in rural Hudson....
Donald E. Walker
March 23, 2019
Donald E. Walker, 94, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, March 23, 2019, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. He was born April 12, 1924 in Clatonia, Nebraska, the son of Nelson and Kathryn (Williams) Walker. Don married Geraldine Gregg in 1949, and they later divorced. He married Miriam Westendorf in 1991 in Readlyn, Iowa. Donald earned...
Glennis Formwalt
March 23, 2019
Glennis Formwalt, 71, of Janesville, died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday, March 23 , 2019, at the Bartels Lutheran Home in Waverly, Iowa. She was born May 18 , 1947 in Huron, South Dakota, the daughter of Odis & Evelyn (Lee) Paulson. She graduated from De Smet High School in De Smet, South Dakota in 1965 and from Augustana...
Linda Jo Faga
March 21, 2019
Linda Jo Faga, 76, of Waterloo, formerly of Cedar Falls and Casey, Iowa, died Thursday, March 21, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born September 16, 1942 in Jefferson, Iowa, the daughter of George and Josephine (Howard) Eddy. Following the death of her mother on the day of Linda's birth, George and extended family...
Virginia Grover
March 16, 2019
Virginia L. Grover, 90, of Woodward, Iowa and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Woodward Resource Center. Virginia was born September 6, 1928, the daughter of Otto & Emma (Adamsen) Grover.
Private graveside services are being planned at Fairview Cemetery in Cedar Falls.
Florence L. "Flo" Dahl
March 13, 2019
Florence L. "Flo" Dahl, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born May 19, 1934 in Bayard, Iowa, the daughter of Carl H. & Martha D. (Pindle) Boots. Flo married John Dahl on January 3, 1953 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on March 13,...
Elizabeth Ann Sibert
March 11, 2019
Elizabeth A. Sibert, 95, of Des Moines and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 11, 2019 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Shirley was born June 1, 1923 in Essex, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn & Grace (Velie) McMaster. She married Joseph Sibert August 13, 1943 in Elcentro, California. He preceded her in death January 12,...
Todd A. Elliott
March 6, 2019
Todd Alan Elliott, 50, passed away unexpectedly at his home on March 6 th in Waterloo, Iowa. Todd, the son of Kenneth and Joyce (Thomas) Elliott, was born in Waterloo, Iowa on July 28 th , 1968. He grew up in Cedar Falls and graduated from Cedar Falls High School...
James D. Betts
March 4, 2019
James D. Betts, 56, of Sumner, Iowa, died Monday, March 4, 2019, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born June 24, 1962 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Bill and Judy (Adkisson) Betts. James was a graduate of Boone High School in Orlando, Florida. He worked construction, was an auto mechanic, and most recently...
Marjorie Wulf
March 4, 2019
Marjorie Wulf, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 4, 2019 at NewAldaya Lifescapes. Marjorie was born October 12, 1922 in Hudson, Iowa, the daughter of Edwin & Elizabeth (Noltensmeier) Degener. She married Norman Wulf October 12, 1941 in Hudson. He preceded her in death December 15, 1985. Marjorie was employed at Harrison's Variety and was a clerk...
Gloria Darlene Crail
March 2, 2019
Gloria Darlene (Cramer) Crail died Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Winslow House Care Center in Marion.
She was born December 9, 1928, the daughter of Victor Pearl Cramer and Margery Audrey (Pauley) Cramer of Albia, Iowa. She married Calvin L Crail on February 28, 1948, and just celebrated their...
Alma Dee Heath
February 28, 2019
Alma Dee Heath, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Western Home Communities Nation Cottage. She was born October 31, 1936 on a farm near Bristow, Iowa, the daughter of Hollis & DeAlda (Manifold) Overturf. She graduated from Malcolm Price Laboratory School. On December 22, 1956 she married Philip Heath in Cedar Falls. She was...
Mark Edward Brown
February 27, 2019
Mark Edward Brown, 54, of Elk Run Heights, Iowa, passed away at the Midwestern Regional Cancer Treatment Center of America in Zion, Illinois on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.  He was born September 12, 1964 in Mason, Michigan, the son of Clarence and Barbara (Howery) Brown.  Mark married Julie Weber on February 24, 1990 in Waterloo, Iowa.  He was...
Erma J. Colvin
February 25, 2019
Erma J. Colvin, 99, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, February 25, 2019 at Western Home Communities Thuesen Cottage. Erma was born May 3, 1919 in New Hartford, Iowa, the daughter of Johnnie & Agnes (Johnson) Christensen. She married Dean Colvin on March 15, 1940 a her parents home in New Hartford. He preceded her in death May 19,...
Stephen John Nicholson
February 23, 2019
Stephen John Nicholson, 68, of Denver, Iowa, died Saturday, February 23, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Stephen was born April 5, 1950 in Cedar Falls, the son of John & Marita (Reiff) Nicholson. He married Paula (Hutchinson) Brooks on May 22, 1999 in Denver, Iowa. Stephen was previously married to Pamela White and...
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