Gary Lettow
December 28, 2014
Gary J. Lettow, 76, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, December 28, 2014, at UnityPoint Heath-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born January 28, 1938, in Eldora, Iowa, the son of Emil H. and Leah (Johnson) Lettow. Gary married Lucille Ziesman July 25, 1964, in Hubbard, Iowa. He graduated from Eldora High School in 1956, the University of Iowa in 1964...
Carlene Decker
December 27, 2014
Carlene Rozella Decker, 81, of North Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Janesville and Cedar Falls, died at home on Saturday, December 27, 2014. She was born October 7, 1933 in Rockwell City, Iowa, the daughter of Lynn Gilbert Jarvis, Sr. and Ada Lorene Lee Jarvis. She married Robert G. Decker on August 9, 1958 in Austin, Minnesota. He preceded her...
Emma R. Morgensen
December 24, 2014
Emma R. Morgensen, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born January 1, 1922 in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, the daughter of Earl G. and Hazel L. (Straight) Saltzman. Emma married Bernard H. Morgensen on April 16, 1949 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on...
Lois Chase
December 24, 2014
Lois M. Chase, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. She was born August 1, 1929 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Harvey and Ethel (North) Haurum. Lois married Clarence Chase on February 11, 1955 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He preceded her in death on October 24,...
Ruby Kruse
December 24, 2014
Ruby Kruse, 97, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. She was born July 24, 1917 in rural Tama County, Iowa, the daughter of William and Anna (Reumann) Rodimaker. Ruby married Melvin D. Kruse on August 12, 1948 at First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Falls. She was...
Harry Beebe
December 24, 2014
Harry Thomas Beebe, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Care Center. He was born July 25, 1923, in Waterloo, the son of William Ernest and Myrtle (Farr) Beebe. He married Carrol M. Ohrt September 26, 1947, at Union Congregational Church in Reinbeck, Iowa. Harry was a graduate of Waterloo East...
Raleigh Magee
December 20, 2014
Raleigh R. Magee, 81, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, December 20, 2014, at the Western Home Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. He was born April 17, 1933 in rural Dunkerton, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Lois (Fressle) Magee. Raleigh graduated from Dunkerton High School and served as Staff Sergeant in the United States Army during the Korean...
Alice Wilson
December 16, 2014
Alice L. Wilson, 76, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at Manorcare Health Services in Waterloo. She was born February 2, 1938 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Russel and Anna (Chesmore) Hundley. Alice married Eugene "Gene" Wilson on May 25, 1957 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Falls. She was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School...
Denley Joseph Delagardelle
December 14, 2014
Denley Joseph Delagardelle, of Cedar Falls, was stillborn, Sunday, December 14, 2014, at UnityPoint Health, Waterloo. He weighed seven pounds and eleven ounces and measured nineteen inches in length. Denley was the son of Benjamin and Shantel (Miller) Delagardelle. He is survived by his parents, Benjamin and Shantel Delagardelle, and his sister, Braylinn Van Hauen, all of Cedar Falls; maternal...
Thomas J. Flessner
December 11, 2014
Thomas J. Flessner, 80, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 11, 2014, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Center in Cedar Falls. He was born July 30, 1934 in Wellsburg, Iowa, the son of Thomas and Neola (Haack) Flessner. Thomas married Marcella "Sally" Huisman on September 14, 1956 at the Wellsburg Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa. She preceded him...
Larry Sorensen
December 9, 2014
Larry G. Sorensen, 67, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Larry was born December 19, 1946, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Elly and Gordon Sorensen. Larry was raised on a farm in Denver, Iowa, and later moved to Cedar Falls where he graduated in 1965. Larry was married to...
Gloria A. Archer
December 8, 2014
Gloria A. Archer, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, December 8, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born July 14, 1932, in Hollandale, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Frances (Baas) Kramer. She studied music at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. She married Claude W. Archer June 9, 1956, at the Walnut Street Baptist...
Aubrey Noelle Presar
December 2, 2014
Aubrey Noelle Presar passed on to Heaven Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born Monday, December 1, 2014, in Cedar Falls, the daughter of James and Rebecca (Allen) Presar. Aubrey is survived by her parents and sister, Kiley Joy Presar, of Cedar Falls; paternal grandparents, Richard and Marijane Presar, of...
Thomas Orrin Taylor
November 28, 2014
Thomas Orrin Taylor, 82, of Cedar Falls died Friday, November 28, 2014, at his home. He was born January 27, 1932, in Cottonwood, Arizona, the son of Harness and Esta (Polk) Taylor. He married Leona Vernell Mickey, January 20, 1964, in Chandler, Arizona. Thomas served in the U.S. Air Force and was a truck driver for Basha's Grocery Store for...
Kathy Christine Miller
November 17, 2014
Kathy Christine "Chris" Miller, 59, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, November 17, 2014, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo from complications of Diabetes. She was born January 6, 1955, in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Milo and Eva Katherine Woods Weltruski. Kathy married Russ Miller on August 8, 1987, in Cedar Falls. She had a great love for animals...
Bernice Gibson
November 12, 2014
Bernice E. Gibson, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. Bernice was born November 7, 1923, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Oliver & Clema (Hendersen) Weese. She married Donald R. Gibson December 26, 1948, in Akron. He preceded her in death February 8, 2014. Bernice received her B. A. from the...
Jean Marie Mccullough
November 6, 2014
Jean Marie McCullough, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, November 6, 2014, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. She was born January 11, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Donald and Laura (Stevenson) Kennedy. She married Eric McCullough on October 28, 1950. She graduated from Harper High School in Chicago and attended the...
Beatrice Blackburn
November 2, 2014
Beatrice Thompson Blackburn, 99, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, November 2, 2014, at the Western Home Communities Stanard Assisted Living Center. She was born March 15, 1915, in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Frank and Grace (Phelps) Thompson. Beatrice married Ross E. Blackburn in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death in 1982. Beatrice was a graduate of Cedar Falls...
Helen Larsen
October 28, 2014
Helen Larsen, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at the Western Home Stanard Assisted Living, Cedar Falls. She was born September 6, 1924, in Seagrove, North Carolina , the daughter of James E. and Harriett (Smith) King. Helen married Harold T. Larsen November 11, 1944, in Bend, Oregon. He preceded her in death January 20, 2014. She...
Susan T. Spindler
October 27, 2014
Susan Strudthoff Spindler, 65, of Waterloo, died Monday, October 27, 2014, at ManorCare Health Services in Waterloo. Susan was born November 30, 1948 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Stanley & Lorraine (Reinicke) Strudthoff. She graduated from the University of Northern Iowa. Survivors include her sons, Jesse Spindler of Carroll, Iowa and Kevin Spindler of Chico, California; her mother, Lorraine...
