Margaret Borchelt
December 8, 2017
Margaret E. Borchelt, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, December 8, 2017, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born June 5, 1926 at Dike, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Leona (Wedeking) Brandhorst.  Margaret married Martin Borchelt on January 20, 1962 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on January 16, 2017. Margaret...
Marvin Moyer
December 4, 2017
Marvin E. Moyer, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, December 4, 2017, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born November 3, 1934 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Emerson and Viola (Lundeblade) Moyer. He married Betty Lou Kettwig on June 28,1958 and she preceded him in death on June 22, 2006. Marvin was a veteran of...
Lorna Knapp
December 1, 2017
Lorna J. Knapp, 65, of Shell Rock, Iowa, died Friday, December 1, 2017 at the Waverly Health Center in Waverly, Iowa. Lorna was born August 20, 1952 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Lawrence & Jennie (Van Lengen) Folkers. She married Dennis Knapp at First Baptist Church in Cedar Falls in 1973...
Ellen Pohl
November 27, 2017
Ellen A. Pohl, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, November 27, 2017, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. She was born January 26, 1938 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of George Henry and Ethel Frieda (Johnson) Pohl. Ellen graduated from Cedar Falls High School and Pitzes Beauty School in Waterloo. She was a cosmetologist for 49 years, retiring in...
Evelyn Lohman
November 22, 2017
Evelyn M. Lohman, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Evelyn was born February 8, 1930 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of William & Emily (Olson) Lutz. She married Roger W. Lohman March 18, 1951 in Malvern Iowa. He preceded her in death November 26, 1995. Evelyn was...
Elsie Lee Kopel
November 20, 2017
Elsie L Kopel, 106, died Monday, November 20, 2017 at the Stanard Assisted Living, Western Home, Cedar Falls. She was born April 11, 1911 in Tama County, Iowa, the daughter of J. Clyde and Rosa (Hargan) Williams. Elsie married Cletus L. Kopel March 6, 1948 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death August 8, 1989. She attended the Reinbeck...
John Jepsen
November 16, 2017
John E. Jepsen, 58, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 16, 2017, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born December 29, 1958 in Cedar Falls, the son of Myron and Bertie (Colville) Jepsen. John married Ellen Miller on August 27, 1993 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls, and they later divorced. John graduated from...
Merville D. Brunscheen
November 15, 2017
Merville D. Brunscheen, 73, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center. He was born September 9, 1944 in Anamosa, Iowa, the son of Oliver and Margaret (Luke) Brunscheen. Merville was a graduate of Midland Community School in Wyoming, Iowa and was a farmer for many years.
He...
Melvin Cunningham
November 13, 2017
Melvin D. "Mel" Cunningham, 87, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of rural Waverly and Cedar Falls, died Monday, November 13, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. He was born July 4th, 1930 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Maurice and Cathryn (Rohrig) Cunningham.
Mel was a graduate of Waterloo West High School and...
Harley Bergman
November 12, 2017
Harley H. Bergman, 80, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born November 24, 1936 in Waverly, the son of Erwin and Martha (Rodemeyer) Bergman. Harley married Betty Simon December 21, 1968 in Waterloo. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Harley worked for Pepsi Cola for...
Gerald Bowman
November 9, 2017
Gerald Bowman, 83, of Cedar Falls, Iowa and formerly of Kiowa, Kansas, died Thursday, November 9, 2017, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. He was born June 7, 1934 in Pontiac, Michigan, the son of Edgar & Viva (Cyrus) Bowman. Gerald married Darlene Best August 1, 1953 in Pontiac. He worked for the water department in...
James S. "Jim" Godsey, Jr.
November 6, 2017
James S. Godsey, Jr., 72, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, November 6, 2017, at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born December 16, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of James S. Godsey, Sr. and Opal (Craycraft) Godsey. Jim married Becky Morrison on July 31, 1965 in Cedar Falls. He worked for John Deere & Company in...
James Loewen Bolger
November 3, 2017
James L. Bolger, 70, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, November 3, 2017, at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born November 19, 1946 in Belmond, Iowa, the son of James H. and Josephine (Loewen) Bolger. James married Karen L. Nelson on August 17, 1968 in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death on October 7, 2017. James graduated...
Virjeanne Jean Petersen
November 2, 2017
Virjeanne (Jean) Petersen, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 2, 2017, at Bickford Cottage in Cedar Falls. She was born May 14, 1929 in Boone, Iowa and raised by her mother Nona and step-father Dick Nordman. Jean graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1947. She married Bob Bancroft and they were later divorced. Jean married Joe Petersen...
Alice Baldwin
November 2, 2017
Alice F. Baldwin, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 2, 2017 at Sartori Memorial Hospital. Alice was born July 22, 1926 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Howard & Bess (Larkin) Wright. She graduated from Janesville High School. Alice married Irvin Baldwin June 13, 1953 in Charles City. He preceded her in death June 5, 2015. She was...
Cheryl Timion
October 28, 2017
Cheryl Day Shoesmith Timion, 77, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, October 28, 2017, in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. She was born May 7, 1940 in Jefferson, Iowa, the daughter of Max and Hattie (Short) Shoesmith. Cheryl married Larry Timion on June 9, 1962 in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on March 16, 2012. Cheryl earned her MA...
Donald R. Hemmer
October 26, 2017
Donald R. Hemmer, 73, of Waterloo, died Thursday, October 26, 2017, at Ravenwood Specialty Care. He was born November 24, 1943 in Waterloo, the son of Peter and Geraldine (Johnston) Hemmer. Donald married Terry Warren on October 27, 1962 in Waterloo, and they later divorced. Donald worked at John Deere in Waterloo for over 30 years, from 1972 until...
Joann M. Sullivan
October 22, 2017
JoAnn M. Sullivan, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, October 22, 2017, at The Village in Indianola, Iowa. She was born July 27, 1932 in Waverly, Iowa, the daughter of Carl and Hulda (Pipho) Rediske. JoAnn married Patrick H. Sullivan in 1967. He preceded her in death on July 1, 2002. JoAnn was a graduate of Waverly High School...
Lois Hagen
October 21, 2017
Lois Buls Hagen, 95, of Waterloo and formerly of Parkersburg, died Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Friendship Village Lakeview Landing in Waterloo. She was born January 7, 1923 in Tripoli, Iowa, the daughter of Herman & Hilda (Rohrssen) Buls. She married Loran W. Hagen on August 30, 1940 in Tripoli, Iowa. He preceded her in death on April 1,...
Terry Wiebenga
October 21, 2017
Terry D. Wiebenga, 75, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, October 21, 2017 at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. Terry was born November 28, 1941 in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of David & Claudia (Smith) Wiebenga. He married Peg Smith November 24, 2001 in Cedar Falls. Terry attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and also the University of Missouri...
