Gene Cunningham
December 17, 2025
Harry "Gene" Cunningham, 90, of Wellsburg, died Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Gene was born in Cedar Falls on May 30, 1935, the son of Joseph and Mary (Aelmans) Cunningham. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1952, serving for 3 years before enlisting in the United States...
Francis "Gene" Winter
December 12, 2025
Francis "Gene" Winter, 86, of Waterloo passed away at UPH/Allen Hospital following a brief illness on Friday, December 12, 2025. He was born across the railroad tracks in his family home in Jackson Junction, Iowa, on March 3, 1939. Gene was the son of Lorenz and Pearl Winter. His love for the outdoors began when he walked to his...
Larry Lee West
December 11, 2025
Larry Lee West, 85, Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 11, 2025 at his home under the care of UnityPoint Hospice.
Larry was born July 21, 1940 in Waterloo to the late Charles Lester and Anna Blubell (Fink) West. Â He graduated from New Hartford High School and then enlisted in the US Army honorably serving from 1959-62 earning...
William "Bill" John Teaford
December 6, 2025
William J. Teaford was born on a snowy night, December 5, 1933, in a farmhouse in Norton County, Kansas, to Walter and Hattie Teaford. On December 6, 2025, he died on a snowy night in Cedar Falls, Iowa, surrounded by his wife and children. Bill won a state engineering championship when he was in high school and he decided...
Marlys Ann Keeler
December 3, 2025
Marlys Ann Keeler, 93, Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at NewAldaya Lifescapes.
Marlys was born June 26, 1932 in Liscomb, Iowa to the late Clarence and Mary (Nelson) Thomas. Â She graduated from Albion High School and later married the love of her life, Virgil Keeler, on July 24, 1949 in Albion. Â The couple was blessed...
Averil Lorraine Escher
December 1, 2025
Lorraine, 94, passed away on December 1, 2025, at Deery Suites of Cedar Falls. She was born November 11, 1931, at Sartori Hospital in Cedar Falls, daughter of Alsey and Dorothy (Uhl) Fuller. Lorraine was baptized April 9, 1944, at the First Baptist Church in Cedar Falls. She attended Brookside No 9 country school and graduated from Iowa State...
Dorothy Elaine Bright
November 24, 2025
Dorothy E. Bright, 95, of Cedar Falls, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Monday, November 24, 2025. She was born in Randalia, Iowa, on March 13, 1930, the daughter of Emil and Martha (Wolfe) Wegner, and graduated from Fayette High School. Dorothy married Eugene Bright on September 3, 1949, in Waterloo. They spent 71...
Jerald Noel Smith
November 19, 2025
Jerald Noel Smith, 89, Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at his home under the care of Cedar Valley Home Hospice.
Jerry was born December 19, 1935 in Marshalltown to the late Dale C. and Hazel I. (Sawyer) Smith. While Jerry was an outstanding senior football and basketball player at Grundy Center High School in 1954, he met Carol Heckroth,...
David Allen Brooks
November 19, 2025
David Allen Brooks, 76, Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at UnityPoint Allen Hospital, Waterloo.
Dave was born March 29, 1949 in Waterloo to the late Orval Dexter and Leola Evangeline (Perry) Brooks. Â He is a 1967 graduate of Cedar Falls High School. Â Dave married the love of his life Suellyn Kay Colvin, having met while...
Bradford John Good
November 16, 2025
Bradford John Good, 78, of Dike, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at his home in rural Dike. He was born on March 5, 1947 in Cresco, the son of John and Theresa (Magee) Good. Bradford married Dixie Lee Brandt in Waterloo in March 1997. They were happily married for 15 years prior to Dixie's death on...
Warren C. Bown
November 12, 2025
Warren C. Bown, 91, of Cedar Falls, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born in Waterloo on December 21, 1933, the son of Roger and Idamaye (Ingols) Bown, and graduated from Reinbeck High School. Warren married Violet "Vi" Dickson on September 17, 1954 in Waterloo, and have shared...
Wilma Jean Paup
November 10, 2025
Wilma Jean Paup, 89, formerly of Cedar Falls, passed away on Monday, November 10, 2025, at Meadowview in Johnston, Iowa. She was born in Cedar Falls, August 15, 1936, the youngest daughter of Walter and Alta (Moore) Wilson. Wilma graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1954, then attended Iowa State Teacher's College (UNI). On June 16,...
Carol Marie Smith
November 4, 2025
Carol Marie Smith, 88, Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at the Cedar Valley Hospice House.
Carol was born December 13, 1936, at Sartori Hospital to the late Glen H. and Margaret (Clark) Heckroth. While Carol was a Junior and cheerleader at Teachers College High School in 1954, she met Jerald “Jerry” Smith, a Senior football player at Grundy Center...
James Curtis Jacobson
November 4, 2025
James Curtis Jacobson, 88, of Cedar Falls, passed away peacefully at NorthCrest Specialty Care on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Â He was born in Mason City, IA on March 7, 1937, son of Henry and Vernetta (Hanson) Jacobson. Jim graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1955, then served in the United States Navy for 4 years, working in depth...
Alan Dwight Tapper
November 3, 2025
Alan D. Tapper, 94, of Cedar Falls, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 3, 2025, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. Alan was born at the family farm home North of Williams, Iowa, on July 11, 1931, the son of Jans and Grace (Arnold) Tapper. He married Bessie "Bess" L. Wolf on September 7, 1952, at the Church...
Dean Allen Brandt
November 3, 2025
Dean Allen Brandt, 81, of Cedar Falls, passed away at UPH/Allen Hospital on Monday, November 3, 2025. He was born in Morrison on April 3, 1944, son of Roy and Vera (Allgood) Brandt. Dean attended school in St Ansgar but graduated from Crestwood High School in 1962, after a family relocation placed him in a different school district for...
John Mark Waldorf
October 22, 2025
John Mark Waldorf, 75, of Waterloo passed away at Cedar Valley Hospice Home on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Son of Horace "Kaye" and Harleen (Harper) Waldorf, he was born in Vinton, Iowa on September 21, 1950. John graduated from Washington High School in Vinton with the Class of 1968. He attended the University of Hawaii for a short while,...
Carole Noelle Edginton
October 20, 2025
Carole N. Edginton, known to readers and students around the world by her pen name Lulu Edge, passed away peacefully in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on October 20, 2025, at the age of 58. Born on November 4, 1966, in California, to Susan and Christopher Edginton, Carole devoted her life to inspiring creativity, kindness, and curiosity in children and young...
Kenneth Herbert Harting
October 19, 2025
Kenneth Herbert Harting, 70, Cedar Falls, died Sunday, October 19, 2025 at home surrounded by his loving family under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice.
Ken and his twin, Don, were born November 13, 1954 in Waterloo to the late Don C. and Marilyn L. (Wilcox) Harting. Â He graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1973 and...
Lorraine "Peg" Laverle Schultz
October 16, 2025
Lorraine "Peg" LaVerle Schultz, 88, of Cedar Falls, passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly while in Hospice. Peg was born on February 15, 1937, in Clermont, the daughter of Willard and Marie Ellen Bertina Johnson Mosby Martin, Sr. She was baptized April 18, 1937, at West Clermont Lutheran Church, confirmed at...
