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Margaret J. Sorensen
April 26, 2019
Margaret J. Sorensen, 71, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, April 26, 2019 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Margaret was born July 21, 1947 in Fargo, North Dakota, the daughter of John & M. Virginia (Blackburn) Stensland. She married Dean Sorensen June 4, 1966 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Janesville, Iowa. She graduated from State College...
Jean E. Beck
April 26, 2019
Jean Ellen Beck, 94, of Cedar Falls, died on Friday, April 26th, 2019 at New Aldaya Lifescapes. She was born on January 19, 1925 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Harold R. Rath and Vera (Hoff). She grew up in the Cedar Heights area, attended the University of Northern Iowa for 2 years and graduated as a Medical...
Dennis Truman Gerholdt
April 22, 2019
Dennis Truman Gerholdt, 55, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, April 22, 2019, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Cedar Falls. He was born August 29, 1963 in Cedar Falls. Dennis married Karen Leggett on June 20, 1987 in Sioux City, Iowa. He was a 1981 graduate of Cedar Falls High School and a 1985 graduate of...
Karen Marie Persson
April 22, 2019
Karen Marie Persson, 76, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, April 22, 2019 at MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center. She was born June 11, 1942 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Elmo Dale & Ruby Marie (Powell) Powell. Karen graduated from Waterloo West High School. She married John "Jack" Persson on June 10, 1961 in Waterloo. Karen was a...
Wanda June Harden Newby
April 20, 2019
Wanda June Harden Newby, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, April 20, 2019, at the Western Home Communities Windhaven Assisted Living Center. She was born July 18, 1928 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Clyde Gilbert and Mina (Latimer) Harden. Wanda married Robert Dale Newby on July 24, 1948 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on...
Harold L. "Tuffy" Weihe
April 19, 2019
Harold L. "Tuffy" Weihe, 91, of Waterloo, Iowa, died at home on Friday, April 19, 2019. He was born at home on April 20, 1927 in Westgate, Iowa, the son of Louis and Emma (Geistfeld) Weihe. Harold married Dorothy Holmes on February 17, 1951 in Waverly, Iowa. She preceded him in death on August 22, 2001. Harold served...
Joan E. Conradi
April 17, 2019
Joan E. Conradi, 77, of Waverly, Iowa, died at home on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. She was born September 9, 1941 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of LeRoy and Mildred (Petersen) Bundy. Joan married Darius Conradi on September 26, 1959 in Kirksville, Missouri. He preceded her in death on January 16, 2019. Joan was a graduate of Cedar...
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...
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