Thomas Thode
October 22, 2014
Thomas W. Thode, 47, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at his home in Cedar Falls. He was born February 8, 1967, in Cedar Falls, the son of William R. "Bill" and Pat (Katz) Thode. Thomas was a 1985 graduate of Cedar Falls High School and attended the University of Northern Iowa and North Iowa Area Community College....
Charles Coulter Dupree
October 21, 2014
Charles "Chuck" Coulter Dupree, 50, of Cedar Falls, beloved husband, father, son, and brother, lost his courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born July 26, 1964 in Midland, Michigan, the son of Robert William and Lucinda (Coulter) Dupree. Chuck married Nicole "Nikki" Cicotte on June 25, 1994...
Thomas Graeber
October 19, 2014
Thomas P. Graeber, 79, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, October 19, 2014, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Thomas was born April 23, 1935 in Osage, Iowa, the son of Herbert & Marjorie (Hill) Graeber. He married Mary Prokop on January 3, 1969 in Boise, Idaho. Thomas served in the U. S. Army, received his...
Shirley Cuvelier
October 19, 2014
Shirley A. Cuvelier, 85, of Waterloo, died Sunday October 19, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born November 18, 1928 in Waterloo, the daughter of Ernest L. and Floy (Evans) Griffith. Shirley married Norlan J. Odem in 1949 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. They were later divorced. She later married Duane C....
Robert William Messer
October 18, 2014
Robert William Messer, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, October 18, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, in Waterloo. He was born September 12, 1931, the son of Vernon and Ruth (Flemming) Messer in Waterloo. He graduated from Orange Township High School in 1949. Robert received his BA from the University of Northern Iowa in 1953, his M A...
Pauline "Polly" Mills
October 17, 2014
Polly Mills, 84, of Waterloo, died Friday, October 17, 2014, at the Affinity House, Waterloo. She was born January 16, 1930 in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Aaron E. and Laura M. (Eisele) Stafford. She married Ralph Mills on August 3, 1952 in Carmel, California. He preceded her in death October 30, 1973. Polly graduated from New Hartford High School...
Russell Luncsford
October 17, 2014
Russell Eugene Luncsford, 46, of Waterloo, died Friday, October 17, 2014, in rural La Porte City, Iowa. Services will be at a later date.
Jean Ripplinger
October 16, 2014
Jean Ripplinger, 80, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, October 16, 2014, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. Jean was born March 18, 1934 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Frank Joseph and Mildred (Marson) Durchenwald. She married William "Bill" Ripplinger on May 24, 1957 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waterloo. He preceded her...
George Martin Harris
October 16, 2014
George Martin Harris, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, October 16, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born September 17, 1927 in Paris Township, near Lourdes, Iowa, the son of William and Lillian Georgina (Phinney) Harris. George married Evelyn Juhl on February 1, 1957 in Waverly, Iowa. She preceded him in death on June 17,...
Elaine Cosby
October 4, 2014
Elaine Cosby, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, October 4, 2014, in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She was born September 21, 1931 in Westgate, Iowa, the daughter of Emil and Leona (Fritz) Steege. Elaine married Hilmer Cosby on November 5, 1950 in Sumner, Iowa. He preceded her in death on August 11, 2003. Elaine was a graduate of Hawkeye High School...
Elsie Ford
October 4, 2014
Elsie Marie Ford, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, October 4, 2014, at Unity Point-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born May 12, 1929 in Protivin, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Pizinger) Komarek. Elsie married Erwin Ford on July 12, 1949 in Protivin. He preceded her in death on July 27, 1999. Elsie was a 1947 graduate of...
Marion Bulgren
October 3, 2014
Marion L. Bulgren, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, October 3, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Marion was born February 6, 1929 at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, the daughter of Millard L. and Hazel Mae (Harris) Letts. She married Robert Bulgren in March of 1971 in Branford, Connecticut. Marion worked as a clerk with AT & T...
Margaret Petersen
September 30, 2014
Margaret A. Petersen, 78, of Hudson, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born August 25, 1936 in Wellsburg, Iowa, the daughter of Luther "Frank" & Lily (Squires) Hooper. Margaret married Robert Petersen July 6, 1955 at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Hudson. She was the Office Manager at Hudson Hardware Plumbing and...
Mildred Lechner
September 26, 2014
Mildred Lechner, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, September 26, 2014, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born June 16, 1918 in Bennington Township, near Dunkerton, Iowa, the daughter of John H. and Anna Elizabeth (Moeller) Poock. Mildred married Oscar A. Lechner November 28, 1940 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death September 20, 1983. Mildred...
John Brauchler
September 26, 2014
John Brauchler, January 22, 1939 ~ September 26, 2014 John passed away in Loveland, CO after a seventh month illness.He was born in Feketic, Yugoslavia to Jakob and Margarete Brauchler. They fled Yugoslavia during WWII on October 9, 1944, as communists were intent on killing all German residents. They traveled in a horse drawn covered wagon to Germany. They moved...
Ann Baker
September 22, 2014
Ann Elizabeth Baker, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, September 22, 2014 at Western Home Communities Windhaven Assisted Living Center.Ann was born April 16, 1926, in Alexander, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence Payn & Anna Ferne (Shinabarger) Phillips.She married Leo Baker June 26, 1949 in Muscatine, Iowa.He preceded her in death September 11, 2008.Ann graduated from the University of Iowa...
George William Baker
September 19, 2014
George William Baker, 66, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Waxhaw, North Carolina, died Friday, September 19, 2014, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born January 6, 1948, in Monroe, North Carolina, the son of William and Nellie (Privette) Baker. George married Julie Ford on May 18, 1990, in Enterprise, Alabama. George served in the United States Army...
Edna Hamilton
September 14, 2014
Edna A. Hamilton, 100, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, September 14, 2014, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. Edna was born October 19, 1913, in Tarkio, Missouri, the daughter of Eli Lester "Jack" & Edna Almeda (Foley) Yoder. She married Elbert W. "Alex" Hamilton on December 21, 1935 at United Presbyterian Church in Tarkio. He preceded her in death...
Bonnie Rogers
September 8, 2014
Bonnie L. Rogers, 81, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, September 8, 2014, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. She was born October 1, 1932 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Flora (Sprague) Rogers. Bonnie was a graduate of Janesville High School and farmed most of her life. She also owned and operated Rogers Market own Hwy. 218...
John H. Noel Engleman
September 7, 2014
John H. Noel Engleman, 78, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, September 7, 2014, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Visitation will be 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2014, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home in Cedar Falls, followed by committal services in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. Military honors will be conducted by Cedar Falls AMVETS...
