Gretchen Jacobson
June 7, 2016
Gretchen Jacobson, 100, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Western Home Communities Windhaven Assisted Living. She was born October 28, 1915 in Ft. Pierre, South Dakota, the daughter of Albert & Martha (Stoecker) Norby. She married Rev. Douglas Jacobson June 14, 1940 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He preceded her in death September 19, 1996. Gretchen...
Judith Mary Homann
June 5, 2016
Judith Mary Homann, 66, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, June 5, 2016, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. She was born September 30, 1949 in Waverly, Iowa, the daughter of Ronald and Mary (Karns) Homann. Judith worked for Goodwill Industries for many years. She enjoyed crafts, knitting, crocheting, music and shopping. Judith enjoyed and loved her church the...
Steve Fitkin
June 4, 2016
Steve Fitkin, 59, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, June 4, 2016, at his home following a battle with brain cancer. He was born October 2, 1956 in Cedar Falls, the son of Wayne & Maxine (Lehmkuhl) Fitkin. Steve married Joyce Brown September 11, 1981 in Cedar Falls. He was a dairy farmer most of his life.
Survivors...
Eula Johnson
June 3, 2016
Eula L. Johnson, 85, of Waterloo, died Friday, June 3, 2016, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. Eula was born December 14, 1930 in Terril, Iowa, the daughter of Howard & Nellie (Kelly) Williamson. She married Melvin P. Johnson on August 11, 1950 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He preceded...
Kenneth L. "Ken" Jackson
May 31, 2016
Kenneth L. "Ken" Jackson, 86, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born February 28, 1930 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Gus M. and Fern (McDonald) Jackson. Ken married Jane Lonnecker on April 16, 1950 at First Presbyterian Church in Waterloo. He worked for Midwest Pattern Company for many...
Garel L. Johnson
May 25, 2016
Garel L. Johnson, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at NorthCrest Specialty Care in Waterloo. He was born October 9, 1936 on a farm in DeKalb County, Missouri, the son of Earl E. and Ella Inez (Newby) Johnson. Garel married Jeanine Humbert on October 30, 1958 in Cedar Falls. He worked at Viking Pump Company in...
Ruth Schoeneman
May 20, 2016
Ruth Janet Schoeneman, 91, of Waterloo, died Friday, May 20, 2016, at Rosewood Estate in Waterloo. A memorial service will be at a later date.
Gordon Eugene Nieman
May 19, 2016
Gordon Eugene Nieman, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Sartori Memorial Hospital. He was born October 26, 1936 in Cedar Falls, the son of John and Cecile (Lockwood) Nieman. Gordon married Janet Dieckmann October 7, 1961 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waterloo. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Gordon graduated from Teachers...
Leona Taylor
May 16, 2016
Leona Taylor, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, May 16, 2016, at her home in Cedar Falls. She was born March 24, 1931 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Albert ad Una (Bigelow) Mickey. Leona married Thomas Taylor January 20, 1964 in Chandler, Arizona. He preceded her in death November 20, 2014.
She is survived by two...
Roger Bucholtz
May 13, 2016
Roger William Bucholtz, 94, of Hudson, died Friday, May 13, 2016, at Cedar Falls Health Care Center. Roger was born July 17, 1921 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of William & Clair (Grimm) Bucholtz. He was raised in the Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home in Davenport. Roger married Laura Bixby December 17, 1944 in Waterloo. He graduated from Davenport Central...
Lavonne M, Zimmerman
May 12, 2016
Lavonne M. Zimmerman, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the Western Home Communities Nation Cottage from complications of dementia. Her death occurred one day before her 65th wedding anniversary. She was born August 30, 1928 in Bremer County the daughter of Gustav O. and Elsie (Struck) Boeckman. Lavonne married Paul Zimmerman May 13, 1951 at...
Rita Gutknecht
May 11, 2016
Rita A. Gutknecht, 63, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, Iowa. Rita was born May 27, 1952, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Richard A. & Bernice I. (Bloch) Gutknecht. She was employed as a hairstylist, cosmetologist, managed Sally's Beauty Supply and was a Secretary at River's Edge Christian...
Judy Kay Black
May 9, 2016
Judy Kay Black, 66, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Monday, May 9, 2016. No services are being planned at this time.
Fred Rekers
April 23, 2016
Fred W. Rekers, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.    Fred was born July 28, 1932, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Fred Rekers, Sr. and Elizabeth (Bergstrom) Rekers. He married Juanita Hughes June 10, 1955, in Cedar Falls. Fred served in the U. S. Navy from 1953 to 1955,...
Robert Leahy
April 18, 2016
Robert D. Leahy, 88, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, passed away on April 18, 2016 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls from complications of lymphoma. Bob was born on July 29, 1927 in Denison, Iowa to Melvin and Marie Christensen Leahy, where he was raised and graduated from Denison High School with the class of 1945. After graduation, he...
Byron Ray Hall
April 9, 2016
Byron Ray Hall was born in Venus, Nebraska April 21, 1934 to Ernest and Mable (Doll) Hall. He had nine siblings, with Bonnie (Hall) Spica still living.
Byron married DeLila Mae Rindels May 16, 1953. Together they had Robert Ray (Tammy) Hall of Shell Rock, Iowa, Pamela Sue Brown of Des Moines, Iowa, Michael John (Mary) Hall...
Warren J. Berhends
April 9, 2016
Warren Berhends, 84, of Traer, Iowa, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born December 10, 1931, the son of Claus and Etta (Brower) Behrends in Grundy Center, Iowa. He married Glorianne Rabenberg in 1954 and she preceded him death in 1994. He married Tena Klunder in...
Wayne Aurand
April 5, 2016
Wayne O. Aurand, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born July 27, 1923 in Le Mars, Iowa, the son of Reuben H. and Evelyn G. (Parkinson) Aurand. Wayne married Miriam Hansen on August 21, 1948 in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death on April 2, 1979. Wayne...
Karima Abdallah
April 3, 2016
Karima Karam Abdallah, 75, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Cedar Falls Health Care Center.
Services were Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Donald M. Hasbrouck
March 28, 2016
Donald M. Hasbrouck, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at NewAldaya Lifescapes. Donald was born July 19, 1930 in New Hartford, Iowa, the son of Marlyn & Laura (Immings) Hasbrouck. He married Helen Napierkowski August 9, 1952 in Waterloo. She preceded him in death in 1992. He married Marilyn VanSant August 3, 1996 in Cedar Falls....
