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Alvin Le Roy Pedersen

Alvin Le Roy Pedersen

March 22, 2016

Alvin Le Roy Pedersen, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born January 21, 1926 in Cedar Falls, the son of Peder and Christina (Jacobsen) Pedersen. Alvin married Wilma Skene on June 7, 1947 in La Porte City, Iowa, and they later divorced. He married Loretta Reyberg on September...

Richard G. Folkers

Richard G. Folkers

March 14, 2016

Richard G. Folkers, 82, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Monday, March 14, 2016 at Elizabeth Martin Center, Western Home Communities. He was born July 20, 1933 in Shell Rock, Iowa, the son of Jacob and Lizzie (Siems) Folkers. Richard married Delores M. Gerholdt March 20,1955 at Finchford Community Bible Church. He was a...

Robert Folkers

Robert Folkers

March 10, 2016

Robert "Bob" D. "Flip" Folkers, 74, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, March 10, 2016, at Manor Care in Waterloo. He was born December 12, 1941 in Aredale, Iowa, the son of Frank and Marie (Oltman) Folkers. Bob attended Greene High School in Greene, Iowa and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Era. He worked in the building...

Erika Hurst

Erika Hurst

March 8, 2016

Erika A. Hurst, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.  Erika was born October 28, 1936 in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Emil & Rita (Rudolf) Pitzman.  She married Donald Hurst September 3, 1955 at St. John Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls.  She was employed with Woolverton Printing and was a...

Charles Kline

Charles Kline

March 8, 2016

Charles John Kline, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Bickford Cottage in Cedar Falls. He was born August 18, 1931 in Sheffield, Iowa, the son of Lewis and Gertrude (Furness) Kline. Charles married Dorothy Entner on December 17, 1951 in Kingsman, Arizona. She preceded him in death on June 30, 2015. Charles was a graduate...

Martin "Mc" Cook

Martin "Mc" Cook

March 7, 2016

Martin "MC" Cook, 62, of Waterloo, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 7, 2016, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born August 25, 1953 in Waterloo, the son of James H. and Darlene M. Cook. Martin was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam...

James Sassaman

James Sassaman

March 6, 2016

James Elliott Sassaman, 69, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born June 18, 1946, the son of Ralph and Elner (Foote) Sassaman in Cedar Falls. He married Pattie Gaede and they were later divorced. He married Julie Forbes June 17, 1995 in Cedar Falls. James graduated...

Edith Lenora Pearce Meyerhoff

Edith Lenora Pearce Meyerhoff

February 27, 2016

Edith Lenora Pearce Meyerhoff, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, February 27, 2016, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born August 23, 1919 in Decatur City, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Mabel (McClarnin) McCormick. Edith married George William Pearce on January 15, 1938 in Osceola, Iowa. He preceded her in death on July 31, 2003. She married...

Roger Williams

Roger Williams

February 27, 2016

Roger Williams, 83, of Waterloo, formerly of Cedar Falls, Des Moines and Ottumwa, died Saturday, February 27, 2016, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born February 9, 1933, the son of Charles and Esther (Hoogenakker) Williams in Des Moines, Iowa. Roger married Shirley Reese December 5, 1952 in Des Moines. She preceded him in death August 19,...

Ruth M. Downs

Ruth M. Downs

February 22, 2016

Ruth M. Downs, 89, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Waterloo, died Monday, February 22, 2016, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. She was born December 3, 1926 in Clarksville, Iowa, the daughter of George and Elsie (Goodnow) Scheidecker. Ruth married Paul Downs on January 30, 1948 in Charles City, Iowa. He preceded her in death on December 1,...

Beth Mcdougall

Beth Mcdougall

February 20, 2016

Bethyl "Beth" McDougall, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Care Center. She was born November 22, 1929 in Dunkerton, Iowa, the daughter of Charles & Alvena (Kalenske) Ford. She married Floyd McDougall November 26, 1949 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death March 16, 2005. Beth graduated from Waterloo...

Robert "Bob" Goss

Robert "Bob" Goss

February 17, 2016

Robert C. "Bob" Goss, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Care Center.  He was born March 31, 1929 in Huntington, Indiana, the son of Hubert and Helen (Reagan) Goss.  Bob married Carolyn R. "Lyn" Hipskind on March 28, 1951 in Huntington.  She preceded him in death on June...

Arnold Freitag

Arnold Freitag

February 12, 2016

Arnold J. Freitag

Arnold J. Freitag was the son of Henry and Frieda Schipper Freitag.  He was born December 29, 1922 on the family farm home in rural Roann, Indiana. He entered the U.S. Army in February of 1943, where he served for three years with the 843rd Signal Service Battalion in the Yukon of...

Lori Jane Clark

Lori Jane Clark

February 12, 2016

Lori Jane Clark, 54, of Waterloo, Iowa, died at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo on Friday, February 12, 2016. She was born April 11, 1961 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Duane H. and Betty Lou (Tibbetts) Torner. Lori married Kevin James Parker and they were later divorced. She married William Corey Clark on June 20, 1998. Lori graduated from...

Bonnie Miller

Bonnie Miller

February 7, 2016

Bonnie J. Miller, 83, of Dike, Iowa, died Sunday, February 7, 2016, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Reinbeck, Iowa. Bonnie was born July 3, 1932, in Moline, Illinois, the daughter of Maurice & Mildred (Pennington) Mitchell. She married Marvin J. Miller September 27, 1957 in rural Reinbeck. Bonnie was employed at Rath Packing Company for 10 years and...

Jeree Hope Taber Faulkner

Jeree Hope Taber Faulkner

February 5, 2016

Jeree Hope Taber Faulkner, 90, of Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Waterloo, Iowa, died Friday, February 5, 2016, at Copper Village in Mesa. She was born September 7, 1925 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Harold and Theola (Lester) Taber. Jeree married Garrott LeRoy Faulkner on June 2, 1946 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on February 4,...

Gwendolyn M Sandven

Gwendolyn M Sandven

February 5, 2016

Gwendolyn M. Sandven, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, February 5, 2016 at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born September 16, 1924 in Ames, Iowa the daughter of H. Gilbert and Mabel (Kalsem) Dueland. Gwendolyn married Kenneth Sandven June 15, 1951 in Eagle Grove, Iowa. He preceded her in death in 2001. Gwendolyn graduated from Luther College...

Sigrid Jensen

Sigrid Jensen

February 4, 2016

Sigrid Jensen, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, February 4, 2016, at Sartori Memorial Hospital, Cedar Falls. She was born January 8, 1930 in Varde, Denmark, the daughter of Kristen and Elsa (Hansen) Pedersen. Sigrid married Tage Jensen in Denmark in 1956. She worked for Sartori Memorial Hospital and the Western Home Communities as a nurse's aide for many...

Hilma Marie Schimmels

Hilma Marie Schimmels

February 3, 2016

Hilma Marie Schimmels, 95, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at the Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly, Iowa. She was born September 17, 1920 in rural Cedar Falls, the daughter of Hans C. and Emma (Nielsen) Petersen. Hilma married Fred Schimmels on February 18, 1944 in Parma, Idaho. He preceded her in death on October 5,...

John L. Crabb

John L. Crabb

February 3, 2016

John Louis Crabb, 67, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born May 8, 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa the son of Dallas J. and Ellen M. (Larsen) Crabb . He married Joanne Shea June 27, 1986 in Waterloo. John graduated from East High School, Sioux City in...

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