Gertrude E. Burch
October 19, 2017
Gertrude E. Burch, 90, of Ackley, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, October 19, 2017, at Grand Jivante Care Center in Ackley. She was born September 16, 1927 in Stout, Iowa, the daughter of Uffe and Jennie (Meyer) Lauterbach. Gertrude married John Burch on October 11, 1961 in Cordova, Alaska. He preceded her in death on March 2,...
Cheryl O'Brien
October 15, 2017
Cheryl Vonee O'Brien, 69, of Cedar Falls, died at her home, Sunday, October 15, 2017. Cheryl was born September 5, 1948 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Carroll & Vonee (Heil) Wogens. She married Kenneth "Obie" O'Brien April 9, 2009 in Cedar Falls. Cheryl taught mathematics and was a guidance counselor in Elgin, Illinois, Cedar Falls and Waterloo school...
Bethel O. Durby
October 15, 2017
Bethel O. Durby, 92, of Cedar Falls, died, Sunday, October 15, 2017 at the Windhaven Assisted Living, Western Home. She was born December 15, 1924, at Osage, Iowa, the daughter of Gersham and Nettie Mae (Millard) Lashbrook. Bethel married Olaf Martin Staff and they were later divorced. She married Marlo Durby and he preceded her in death in 2005....
Darlene Wirth
October 9, 2017
Darlene Wirth, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, October 9, 2017, at the Western Home Communities Windhaven Assisted Living Center. Darlene was born April 9, 1927 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur & Mabel (Elwood) Worley . She married Eugene Wirth April 2, 1950 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death June 16, 2002. She married Joe Lawson...
Karen Lee Bolger
October 7, 2017
Karen Lee Bolger, 71, of Cedar Falls, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born September 17, 1946 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Irwin L. and Marjorie E. (Greer) Nelson. Karen married James L. Bolger on August 17, 1968 in Cedar Falls. She...
Robert James Bolte
October 5, 2017
Robert James Bolte, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, October 5, 2017, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born April 28, 1935 in Cedar Falls, the son of John and Fern (Aikey) Bolte. Robert married Beverly M. Kuker on August 15, 1959 at Peace Lutheran Church in Shell Rock, Iowa. He was a 1953 graduate of Janesville...
Janice M. Evans
October 2, 2017
Janice M. Evans, 92, of Grimes, Iowa, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Monday, October 2, 2017, at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines, Iowa. She was born September 12, 1925 in Gladbrook, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Alice (Whittaker) Wilken. Janice married William P. Evans on August 10, 1947 at First Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded...
Harold L. Meyerhoff
October 1, 2017
Harold L. Meyerhoff, 91, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Sunday, October 1, 2017. He was born July 29, 1926 in Chester, Iowa, the son of Lewis and Minnie (Lamprecht) Meyerhoff. Harold married Virginia Wolfgram on September 14, 1947 in Nashua, Iowa and she preceded him in death on June 12, 1992. Harold served in the U.S. Navy...
Leon Tollefson
September 30, 2017
Leon Robert Tollefson, 80, died at his home of acute leukemia surrounded by his family. He was born February 3, 1937 at Satori Hospital in Cedar Falls, the only child of Leonard and Doris (Berg) Tollefson.
He graduated from Cedar Falls Schools lettering in four sports and as president of his 1955 senior...
Marylyn Jane Thomas
September 29, 2017
Marylyn Jane Moore Thomas, 90, of Cedar Falls, died of stroke complications at UnityPoint Health in Waterloo, on Friday, September 29, 2017. Jane was born on October 31, 1926 in Sedalia, Missouri, the daughter of Barney B. & Mable M. (Warman) Moore. She married Donald O. Thomas on May 4, 1946 at St Johns Chapel, First Methodist Church, in...
Norman Oleson
September 24, 2017
Norman G. Oleson, 86, the third child of Louis and Hertha (Guldager) Oleson, was born in Cedar Falls on August 13, 1931. He died at Cedar Valley Hospice Home, in Waterloo on September 24, 2017. Norman grew up with his parents, one brother and two sisters, on their family farm five miles southwest of Cedar Falls. He attended district...
Michael King
September 20, 2017
Michael J. King, 70, of Janesville, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at UnityPoint-Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa following a short illness. He was born June 20, 1947 in Cedar Falls, the son of Donald & Lura (Boggs) King. He married VerJean Bockhaus July 26, 1975 at St. John Lutheran Church in Frederika, Iowa. Michael owned and operated the...
Ramona Wedeking
September 19, 2017
Ramona B. Wedeking, 94, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. Ramona was born September 22, 1922 in Shell Rock, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas & Edith (Miller) Jurgens. She married Harlo Johnson May 7, 1943 in Missouri and they later divorced. She married...
Opal A. Sienknecht
September 13, 2017
Opal A. Sienknecht, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born December 23, 1920 in rural Gladbrook, Iowa, the daughter of Oren and Effie (Houghton) Swartz. Opal married Gaylord N. Stauffer on March 3, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri. He went missing in action in 1944 over Borneo during...
Clifford Mortenson
September 10, 2017
Clifford Dale Mortenson,72, died Sunday, September 10, 2017 at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo.
He was born January 17, 1945 in Story City to parents Esther (Mechaelsen) Mortenson and Richard C. Mortenson. He was raised on the family farm NE of Jewell, IA with his siblings Richard (Dick), Louise (Sue), Linda and Clair (Bud). Cliff attended school in...
Dorothy Ann Newberry
August 31, 2017
Dorothy Ann Newberry, 86, of Cedar Falls, died at her home on Thursday, August 31, 2017 from Alzheimer disease. She was born December 11, 1930 in Waterloo, the daughter of Henry James and Amy M. (Share) Yount. Dorothy married Donald E. Newberry June 17, 1951 at Trinity American Lutheran Church in Waterloo. He preceded her in death September 1,...
Judy A. Ovel
August 30, 2017
Judy A. Ovel, 72, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the Western Home Communities Martin Health Care Center, Cedar Falls. She was born October 31, 1944 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of John & Agnes (Majerus) Thein. She married Don E. Ovel May 12, 1963 in Waterloo. They were later divorced. She had been employed...
Richard C. Scobee
August 25, 2017
Richard C. Scobee, 72, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, August 25, 2017, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center. He was born June 29, 1945 in Cedar Falls, the son of Thomas and Maxine (Blanton) Scobee. Rich married Carolyn Lageschulte on October 14, 1967 in Cedar Falls. He graduated from Cedar Falls High School and was a...
Dorothy Jane Graves
August 22, 2017
Dorothy Jane Graves, 81, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at her home. She was born August 18, 1936 in Clarksville, Iowa the daughter of David and Bessie (Curtis) Aswegen. Dorothy married Lawrence Russell Graves December 5, 1956 in Aplington, Iowa and he preceded her in death November 12, 2013. She graduated from Ackley High School. Dorothy...
Dr. Michael S. Spencer
August 21, 2017
Dr. Michael S. Spencer died from complications of stroke at his residence in Cedar Falls, Iowa on August 21, 2017. Mike was the adoring husband of Susan for over 45 years and loving father to Kathleen Spencer, Cynthia Gillette (Jeff), Kelsey Stark (Nick), Andrew Spencer, and Austin Spencer. He was also a doting grandfather to Michael, Isaiah, and Ethan...
