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...
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...
