Mary Ann Mccabe
May 18, 2015
Mary Ann McCabe, 83, of Cedar Falls, died at her home on Monday, May 18, 2015. She was born May 3, 1932 in Floyd, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Nannie (Sindt) Emmel. Mary Ann married Merlin McCabe on May 8, 1954 in Charles City, Iowa. Mary Ann graduated from Charles City High School and attended the University of Northern...
Rev. Homer Larsen
May 17, 2015
The Rev. Homer A. Larsen, 91, died Sunday, May 17, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes, Cedar Falls. He was born on March 31, 1924, in Westbrook, Maine, the only child of John and Lena Jensen Larsen. In 1941 Homer left his beloved state of Maine to attend Dana College in Blair, Neb. While at Dana, he met Eunice...
Marcella "Sally" Smith
May 17, 2015
Marcella "Sally" Frieda Smith, 93, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died at Thalman Square Western Home Communities on Sunday, May 17, 2015. She was born March 22, 1922 on a farm in Bremer County, near Waverly, the daughter of Carl Phillip and Frieda (Strein) Wagner. She married Fred J. Cerwinske January 21, 1939 in Charles City and he preceded her in...
Fern Malm
May 13, 2015
Fern M. Malm, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born April 13, 1930, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph & Nan (Wann) Clark. Fern married Donald Malm January 26, 1951, in McPherson. He preceded her in death November 21, 2004. Survivors include two sons, David (Sandy) Malm of...
Claude "Jim" Nelson
May 10, 2015
Claude "Jim" Nelson, 82, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Jim was born March 13, 1933, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Ernest Tanner and Gladys May (Crowell) Nelson. He married Virginia Roberts April 15, 1951, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hudson, Iowa. He received his GED from Hawkeye Tech in 1979. He worked in...
Richard A. Wittren
May 9, 2015
Richard A. Wittren, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, May 9, 2015, at UnityPoint Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born January 7, 1923, in Fairchild, Wisconsin, the son of Arthur and Bernice (Miller) Wittren. Richard married Betty Morelock on November 11, 1945, in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death on May 11, 2005. Richard served in Patton's...
Edward Jamosky
May 8, 2015
Edward V. Jamosky, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, May 8, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born February 14, 1924 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, the son of Frank and Sarah (Bielski) Jamosky. Edward married Alice Merz on August 10, 1950. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin and the University of...
Jess Grandon
May 6, 2015
Jess E. "Shorty" Grandon, 95, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center. He was born January 24, 1920 in Finchford, Iowa, the son of Arthur and Jessie (March) Grandon. Jess married Zelma Peterson in July of 1970 in Missouri. She preceded him in death on December 24, 2001. Jess was a jockey for...
Michael Haley
May 2, 2015
Michael D. Haley, 69, of Waterloo, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Cedar Valley Hospice Home. A Celebration of Life will be held later.
Mildred Hayes
April 30, 2015
Mildred Irene Hayes, 92, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Dike, Iowa, died Thursday, April 30, 2015, at the Western Home Elizabeth Martin Health Care Center. She was born December 20, 1922 in Hudson, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Sophia (Bulthuis) Collings. Mildred married Earl Hayes on August 12, 1952 in Plainfield, Iowa. He preceded her in death May 9,...
Kathleen Schlais
April 28, 2015
Kathleen Schlais, 73, of Waterloo, died at home on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. She was born April 4, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Leonard and Lee (Tuzzillano) Persky. Kathleen married Gerald Antone Schlais on June 24, 1961 in Chicago. He preceded her in death on January 10, 1998. She is survived by two daughters, Laura (Perry) Simon of...
Wayne Fleshner
April 28, 2015
Wayne E. Fleshner, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at UnityPoint Health Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Wayne was born June 29, 1931, in rural Janesville, Iowa, the son of Howard & Kate (Reiners) Fleshner. He graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1951. Wayne married Doris Turner December 30, 1955, in Shell Rock, Iowa. He hauled...
Lenora June Engel
April 27, 2015
Lenora June "Grammy" Engel, 84, of Cedar Falls passed away Monday, April 27, 2015, at Stanard Assisted Living, Western Home Communities. June was born March 12, 1931, in Clarksville, to Frances Lewis, who died following her birth, and was raised by her grandparents, George & Ida Lewis. She attended school in Shell Rock and retired from Rath Packing in 1993...
Jennie Tjepkes
April 26, 2015
Jennie M. Tjepkes, 89, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died at home on Sunday, April 26, 2015. She was born January 13, 1926, in Ackley, Iowa, the daughter of Nan and Jennie (Harms) Folken. Jennie married Melvin M. Tjepkes on May 1, 1945. She was a sales representative for Avon Cosmetics and also worked at Girl Scout Camp Tahigwa in Dorchester,...
Ruth Brown
April 24, 2015
Ruth E. Brown, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, April 24, 2015, at her home. She was born August 4, 1924, in Dike, Iowa, the daughter of Howard & Bess (Larkin) Wright. Ruth married Stanley Brown July 25, 1947 in Cedar Falls. She was employed at K-Mart and retired after 19 1/2 years of service. Survivors include her husband, Stanley...
Dixie C. Tyer
April 24, 2015
Dixie C. Tyer, 74, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, April 24, 2015, at her home. She was born October 30, 1940, in Galesburg, Illinois. Dixie was a 1958 graduate of Waterloo West High School. She was a social worker for the Department of Human Services in Black Hawk County for many years. Survivors include three sons, Troy (Debra) Kramer of...
Vicki Pabst
April 19, 2015
Vicki Janel Pabst, 63, of Waterloo, died Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born April 29, 1951, in Waterloo, the daughter of Jake and Lois (Dreesman) Werkman. Vicki was a RN at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo as an Oncologist Nurse and also worked in Occupational Health for many years. Vicki is...
John Paul Rockey
April 18, 2015
John Paul Rockey, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. He was born October 11, 1926 in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of Morgan and Mamie Hester (Bailey) Rockey. John married Vivian Lynds on November 1, 1952 in Lynn, Massachusetts. She preceded him in death on January...
Blue Schmitt
April 17, 2015
Blue Aaron Schmitt, 39, of Denver, Iowa, died Friday, April 17, 2015, from injuries suffered in a single vehicle accident on Hwy. 3, west of Luxemburg, Iowa. He was born October 23, 1975 in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Bill Back and Kim Schmitt. Blue married Christine Stanton on October 25, 2013. He was a tool & dye maker...
Lavonne "Bonnie" Fowlkes
April 14, 2015
Lavonne "Bonnie" Fowlkes, 90, of Cedar Falls, went home to be with the LORD on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born March 13, 1925, in Independence, Iowa, the daughter of Wilbur and Daisy (Carr) Wheelock. Bonnie married LeRoy Fowlkes on November 26, 1945 in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on August...
