Grant E. Hook
October 21, 2015
Grant E. Hook, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at the Western Home Communities Windhaven Assisted Living Center. He was born November 30, 1923 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Charles and Linnie (Brandhorst) Hook. Grant married Dorthie Skaarup on April 25, 1947 at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Grant was a graduate of Hudson High...
Opal Nichols
October 18, 2015
Opal I. Nichols, 92, of Waterloo, died Sunday, October 18, 2015, at Friendship Village in Waterloo. Opal was born May 9, 1923 in Fredericksburg, Iowa, the daughter of Erwin & Edith (Braun) Stevenson. She married William Nichols May 14, 1944 in Sumner, Iowa. He preceded her in death January 25, 1992. Opal taught in country schools, was a wife and...
Dwight Ferris
October 16, 2015
Dwight L. Ferris, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, October 16, 2015, at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born January 28, 1931 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Leo & Alice (Walker) Ferris. He married Dona Hilton September 1, 1950 in Washington, D.C. She preceded him in death April 19, 2012. Dwight served in the United States Navy...
Joyce Goetzinger
October 15, 2015
Joyce J. Goetzinger, 89, of Dike, died Thursday, October 15, 2015, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. Joyce was born December 30, 1925 in rural Dike, the daughter of Carl & Anna (Hansen) Nielsen. She married Richard Goetzinger September 18, 1948 in rural Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death in September of 1996. Joyce was a homemaker. Survivors...
Marlys Smith
October 13, 2015
Marlys F. Smith, 73, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital, in Waterloo. Marlys was born December 7, 1941, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Chris & Kamilla (Andersen) Christensen. She married Doyle Smith in 1962 in Manassas, Virginia. He preceded her in death November 18, 1993. Marlys graduated from Cedar Falls High School. She...
Clifford Oleson
October 13, 2015
Clifford Peter Oleson, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at NorthCrest Specialty Care in Waterloo. He was born December 25, 1922 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Edward and Magna (Petersen) Oleson. He married Marlys Venter September 29, 1943 in Dubuque, Iowa and she preceded him in death October 26, 1971. He married Jean O'Neill Glessner...
Victoria "Vicky" Harder
September 30, 2015
Victoria "Vicky" L. Harder, 64, of Hudson, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. She was born September 12, 1951 in Mason City, Iowa, the daughter of Tom and Shirley (Hove) Helling. Vicky married Ross Harder on November 20, 1970 in Hudson. She was a graduate of Hudson High School and worked at Woolverton Printing...
Stephen Veatch
September 14, 2015
Stephen E. Veatch, 75, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, September 14, 2015 at his home. He was born November 30, 1939 in Ellsworth, Kansas, the son of Harold and Elsie (Engel) Veatch. Stephen worked for Lutheran Brotherhood for over 25 years in insurance sales. He served on the board of the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home, Fredsville Lutheran Church and was...
June Wolfensperger
September 14, 2015
June A. Wolfensperger 101, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, September 14, 2015, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. June was born November 27, 1913, in Aplington, Iowa, the daughter of Alton & Myrtle (Whitney) Elliott. She married Wendell Wolfensperger March 15, 1936 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death April 14, 1992. June was a spot welder at...
Barbara Heyer
September 14, 2015
Barbara Elizabeth Heyer, 53, of Cedar Falls, died at her home on Monday, September 14, 2015. She was born April 8, 1962 in Hanover, Illinois, the daughter of Earl and Laura (Brown) Volquardts. Barbara married Bernard Heyer on June 22, 1996 in Cedar Falls. She was a semi truck driver for many years, a nurse's aide at the Western Home...
Roland Dean Broell
September 11, 2015
Roland Dean Broell, 87, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Waterloo, died Friday, September 11, 2015, at Cedar Falls Health Care Center. He was born June 27, 1928 in Waterloo, the son of Guthrie and Gladys (Tournier) Broell. Roland married Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Digmann on January 17, 1952 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Waterloo. She preceded him in death on...
Joyce Harness
September 9, 2015
Joyce Harness, 80, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Urbana, Ohio and Waterloo, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes. She was born August 12, 1935 in Mutual, Ohio, the daughter of Theodore and Clara (Baldwin) Glass. Joyce married Ralph W. Harness and he preceded her in death May 28, 2000. She is survived by three daughters, Regina (Charles)...
Brad Caines
September 2, 2015
Brad Caines, 38, of Cedar Falls, died at his home of natural causes on Wednesday, September 2, 2015. He was born April 11, 1977 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Kenneth and Jane Galloway (Gerkin) Caines. Brad was a 1995 graduate of Cedar Falls High School. He worked at Standard Distribution Company in Cedar Falls for many years and owned...
Bernice Dorothy Lindsay
August 30, 2015
Bernice D. Lindsay, 93, of Waterloo, formerly of New Hartford, died Sunday, August 30, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. She was born October 19, 1921 in Norway Township, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Sadie (Hefte) Shaw. Bernice married Wilbur Lindsay on February 12, 1944 in Coulter, Iowa. He preceded her in death on February 25, 1970. Bernice...
Steven L. Tjebkes
August 24, 2015
Steven L. Tjebkes, 62, of Waterloo, died Monday, August 24, 2015, in Cedar Falls. He was born October 14, 1952 in Waterloo, the son of Albert and Virginia (Jacobson) Tjebkes. He worked in the foundry at Viking Pump for many years before his retirement. Steve is survived by one daughter, Holly (Shawn Scholl) Dorwin of Hampstead, North Carolina, and two...
Charles Franklin Sebring
August 23, 2015
Charles Franklin Sebring, 79, of Evansdale, died at home on Sunday, August 23, 2015. He was born December 9, 1935 in Boone, Iowa, the son of Frank and Mary (Parrish) Sebring. Charles married Jacqueline Parks on February 10, 1957 in Boone. He was a graduate of Boone High School. Charles was owner of Waterloo Drywall Company for many years. He...
Lucille Kathryn Dorwin
August 16, 2015
Lucille Kathryn Dorwin, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, August 16, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. Lucille was born March 18, 1927, in Nashua, Iowa, the daughter of Alvin & Eleanor (White) Dietz. She married Robert K. Dorwin June 17, 1945 in Nashua. He preceded her in death October 24, 1984. Lucille was employed at Electric Park Ballroom...
Ruby Wagner
August 15, 2015
Ruby Ann Wagner, 77, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, August 15, 2015, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born November 14, 1937, in Waterloo, the daughter of Frank E. and Hazel A. (Berry) Wilkin. She married Bert Canfield August 25, 1957, in Waterloo, and they were later divorced. Ruby married George Wagner November 1, 1998 in Branson,...
Irene Walterman
August 14, 2015
Irene Walterman, 96, of Dike, died Friday, August 14, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born July 17, 1919, in rural Aplington, Iowa, the daughter of John and Johanna (Meyer) Sessler. She married Dave Walterman. He preceded her in death March 10, 1982. She attended Iowa State Teacher's College (UNI). Irene was a teacher at a one-room...
Norman Mccumsey
August 13, 2015
Norman L. McCumsey, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, August 13, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born July 27, 1927 in Eugene, Oregon, the son of Harvey Leroy and Ruth Winifred (Lafayette) McCumsey. Norman served in the United States Navy during WWII. He married Marlene Shea December 28, 1992 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Norman received...
