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Roger Steward
December 17, 2015
Roger A. Steward, 67, of Mason City and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 17, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.
No services are being planned.  Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof  Funeral Home.
Ralph "Red" W. Leymaster
December 13, 2015
Ralph Leymaster, 92, of Waterloo, died Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Lakeview Landing, Waterloo. He was born March 11, 1923 in Aurora, Nebraska to Stewart and Tillie Groelz Leymaster. He graduated from Aurora High School in 1940. The family moved to Cedar Falls in the fall of 1940. Ralph worked as a hired hand until the spring of 1947...
Joseph M. Heath
December 13, 2015
Joseph M. Heath, 76, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Cedar Falls Health Care Center. He was born December 19, 1938 in Waterloo, Iowa the son of Merle and Helena (Neuhalfen) Heath. He married Janice M. Smith March 29, 1958 in Cedar Falls. Joe served with the United States Marine Corps for three years. He worked...
Darrel Johnson
December 8, 2015
Darrel E. Johnson, 67, of Cedar Falls, died of natural causes Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at his home. Darrel was born November 30, 1948 in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Darrel M. & Bessie (Frederick) Johnson. He married Glenda Miller April 18, 1969 in Manchester, Iowa. Darrel served in the U. S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He...
Jack Hugh Stackhouse
December 5, 2015
Jack Hugh Stackhouse, 80, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, December 5, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born August 20, 1935 in southern Indiana, the son of Hugh and Verna (Rominger) Stackhouse. Jack married Frances Muhlenbruch on September 1, 1957 in Latimer, Iowa. She preceded him in death on April 11, 2013. Jack served in the...
Josephine "Jo" Pries
November 29, 2015
Josephine "Jo" Pries, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Sartori Memorial Hospital. Jo was born December 11, 1926, in Readlyn, Iowa, the daughter of Herbert & Minnie (Sell) Pries. Jo graduated from Wartburg College with her Bachelor's degree in 1949 and received her Master's degree in counseling from the University of Northern Iowa in 1967....
Chester Melvin Remmen
November 27, 2015
Chester Melvin Remmen, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, November 27, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born January 25, 1924 in Wegdahl, Minnesota, the son of John and Laura (Nicolai) Remmen. Chet served with the U.S. Army in Japan at the end of WW II. He married Shirley Maier on December 31,...
Norman E. Anderson, Sr.
November 20, 2015
Norman E. Anderson Sr., 83, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, November 20, 2015, at his home.  He was born February 21, 1932 in Brant, South Dakota, the son of Gilbert & Nettie (Molstad) Anderson. He married Carol A. Pavicich April 24, 1978 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. He...
Frank Luchtenburg
November 19, 2015
Frank John Luchtenburg, 94, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 19, 2015, at UnityPoint Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born December 10, 1920 in Wellsburg, the son of Sicko and Ella (Hippen) Luchtenburg. Frank married Marian Kiewiet August 12, 1948 in Holland. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Army....
James Lee Jensen
November 16, 2015
James Lee Jensen, 77, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Monday, November 16, 2015 at UnityPoint Hospice Allen Hospital, Waterloo. James was born March 14, 1938 in Cedar Falls, the son of Jesse Lee & Petra Anna (Petersen) Jensen. He married Joyce Frandsen June 17, 1961 in Cedar Falls. James graduated from Cedar Falls High School and served in the U....
Carolyn Louisa Stephens
November 12, 2015
Carolyn Louisa Stephens, 75, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 12, 2015, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born December 5, 1939 in Mason City, Iowa, the daughter of Donald F. and Melissa E. (Modlin) Port. She married Gary K. Spier in 1958 and they were later divorced. She married Gary E. Stephens in 1970 and...
Diann Wulf
November 8, 2015
Diann A. Wulf, 69, of Hudson, Iowa, died Sunday, November 8, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Diann was born November 1, 1946, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Dale & Doris (Gutknecht) Clarke. She married Lyle Wulf April 14, 1967 at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Hudson. Diann graduated from Hudson High School in 1964. She was employed...
Doris Posekany
November 4, 2015
Doris M. Posekany, 86, of New Hartford, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She was born December 22, 1928 in New Hartford, the daughter of C. Henry & Sylvia M.(McDonald) Hanson. Doris married Ralph Posekany on April 27, 1949 in New Hartford. He preceded her in death on February 12, 1995. Survivors include...
Frances "Fran" Hedlund
November 3, 2015
Frances "Fran" L. Hedlund, 83, of Waverly, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at the Waverly Health Center in Waverly, Iowa, after suffering a heart attack at home. She was born January 31, 1932 in Edmond, Oklahoma, the daughter of B. A. and Helen (Lovelace) Black. Fran married Robert Hedlund on February 22, 1952 at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. She...
William Goettsch
October 28, 2015
William "Bill" Goettsch, 66, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Bill was born November 17, 1948, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Robert William & Deloris (Hites) Goettsch. He married Lynn Munyer September 7, 1985 in Cedar Falls. Bill graduated from Waverly-Shell Rock High School in 1967, Ellsworth...
Erwin Stickfort
October 28, 2015
Erwin Dale Stickfort, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born March 9, 1931 in Fairfield Township, Grundy County, Iowa, the son of William and Helen (Knock) Stickfort. Erwin graduated from Grundy Center High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He married Janice Kregel...
Stasi Ann Brown
October 24, 2015
Stasi Ann Brown, 48, of Waterloo, died at home on Saturday, October 24, 2015. She was born April 23, 1967 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Barbara (Howery) Brown. Stasi was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School and worked for Quest Communications for several years and later was a receptionist at a local tanning salon. Stasi is...
Harry Dale Sullivan
October 24, 2015
Harry Dale Sullivan, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, October 24, 2015, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born May 12, 1928 at Bellevue, Iowa, the son of Richard and Kathleen (Orr) Sullivan. Harry married Vera Mae McGinnis on September 11, 1948 in Dubuque, Iowa. He worked at John Deere Dubuque Works and the John Deere...
William Wayne Sindlinger
October 22, 2015
William Wayne Sindlinger, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at UnityPoint Health Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born January 21, 1927 in Orange Township, Waterloo, son of William Dale Sindlinger and Alma Hoag Sindlinger. His family was among the first settlers of Black Hawk County, arriving in Waterloo in 1855, when there were no bridges...
Allene Katheryn Bauer
October 22, 2015
Allene Katheryn Bauer, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Western Home Nation Cottage in Cedar Falls. She was born February 1, 1927 in Hudson, Iowa the daughter of Edwin and Elizabeth (Noltensmeyer) Degener. She graduated from Hudson High School. Allene married Gerald Bauer September 1, 1949 in Hudson, Iowa. He preceded her in death November 23,...
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