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Mary Easter
September 6, 2014
Mary Easter, 95, of Waterloo, died Saturday, September 6, 2014, at Lakeview Lodge, Friendship Village, in Waterloo. Mary was born December 7, 1918, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the daughter of Albert & Marie Brinley. She married Howard Easter in 1941 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death September 21, 2011. Mary graduated from Malcolm Price Laboratory School in 1936...
Catherine Jane Southall
September 5, 2014
Catherine Jane Southall, 67, of Henderson, Nevada, formerly of Cedar Falls and Colorado Springs, Colorado died Friday, September 5, 2014 in Edgewood, Iowa, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born July 15, 1947, in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Howard and Frances (Bragonier) Southall. Cathy graduated from Malcolm Price Laboratory School, attended UNI, and graduated from Regis College...
Lois M. Slaughter
September 3, 2014
Lois M. Slaughter, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born June 1, 1925 in Macomb, Illinois, the daughter of Leo Milton and Edith (Stroup) Singleton. Lois graduated from East High School in Waterloo. She married Dale L. Slaughter December 18, 1942 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death October...
James G. Heichel
September 2, 2014
James Gerald Heichel, 72, of Waterloo, died at home on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. He was born November 10, 1941 in Cedar Falls, the son of Russell C. and Inez Evelyn (Steffler) Heichel. James married Amy Kass on May 5, 2010 in Tama, Iowa. He served honorably in the U.S. Navy on the USS Hancock (CVA-19) and was an auto...
Dorothy Engleman
August 31, 2014
Dorothy M. Engleman, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, August 31, 2014, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born June 19, 1925 in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of William W. & Hazel Mae (Cooper) Jacobs. Dorothy married Robert Engleman on July 20, 1946 at Zion Lutheran Church in Iowa City. He preceded her in death on...
Charles Cosby
August 29, 2014
Charles C. Cosby, 52, of Waterloo, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Friday, August 29, 2014, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Charles was born May 6, 1962, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Hilmer "Pete" & Elaine (Stegge) Cosby. He graduated from Cedar Falls High School. Survivors include his mother, Elaine Cosby, of Klamath Falls, Oregon and two sisters,...
Thomas Schrage
August 26, 2014
Thomas C. Schrage, 95, of New Hartford, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born July 24, 1919 in Sinclair, Iowa, the son of Charles and Hattie (Schneiderman) Schrage. Thomas married Margaret Stickney on August 30, 1945 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He graduated from Parkersburg High School...
Howard Vander Beek
August 22, 2014
Howard Vander Beek, 97, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, August 22, 2014 at Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center. Howard was born June 8, 1917 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Teunis & Harriette (Meinders) Vander Beek. He married Grace Taylor of Ft. Pierce, Florida on December 19, 1945 in San Francisco, California. She preceded him in death March...
Mary Florence Kemp
August 21, 2014
Mary Florence Kemp, 91, of Waterloo, died Thursday, August 21, 2014, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born March 11, 1923 in Independence, Iowa, the daughter of Lyle and Florence (Hall) Satterlee. Mary married Norman V. Kemp on May 7, 1941 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on July 3, 1985. They raised their family in...
Charles Christiansen
August 20, 2014
Charles C. Christiansen, 76, of Dike, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Charles was born December 8, 1937, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Herbert & Eleanor (Brandhorst) Christiansen. He married Erma Andreessen June 26, 1956 at Stout Reformed Church, in Stout, Iowa. Charles farmed in the Dike area, drove school...
Lavern J. Rindels
August 18, 2014
LaVern J. Rindels, 91, of Waterloo, died Monday, August 18, 2014, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He was born October 19, 1922 in Wellsburg, Iowa, the son of Jacob and Anna (Mollendorf) Rindels. LaVern married Wynona Shaffer January 15, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.She preceded him in death in 1985. He served in the United States Army during WW...
Juanita Flanscha
August 17, 2014
Juanita L. Flanscha, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, August 17, 2014, at UnityPoint Health Allen Hospital in Waterloo. She was born January 8, 1929 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Lydia (Garland) Wolf. Juanita married Marcus "Mike" Flanscha on May 15, 1953 in Waterloo. He preceded her in death on September 27, 1994. Juanita graduated from Immanuel...
Lester Juhl
August 15, 2014
Lester "Dennis Louie" Juhl, 72, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, August 15, 2014, at UnityPoint Health Allen Memorial Hospital, in Waterloo. He was born June 8, 1942 in Rockwell, Iowa, the son of Louie and Esther (Hansen) Juhl. He married Carlyn Shepherd on February 3, 1973 at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Lester graduated from Greene High School in...
George Isley
August 13, 2014
George R. Isley, 90, of Cedar Falls, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. He was born August 15, 1923 in Cedar Falls, the son of Will and Kathryn (Hansen) Isley. George married Lorraine Nielsen on March 21, 1945, at the Little Brown Church near Nashua, Iowa. He...
Lloyd H. Plakke
August 2, 2014
Lloyd H. Plakke, 95, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Spring Lake, Michigan, died Saturday, August 2, 2014, at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center in Cedar Falls. He was born May 3, 1919 in Holland, Michigan, the son of Henry and Henrietta (Leeuwen) Plakke. Lloyd married Adeline Wolf on August 22, 1942 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He served...
Audrey Andorf
July 30, 2014
Audrey Alice Andorf, 77, of Hudson, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born September 18, 1936 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Stewart and Alice (Thompson) Patten. Audrey married Larry Andorf March 18, 1956 in Hudson, Iowa. She graduated from East High School in Waterloo in 1954. Before her retirement she managed...
Barbara Nesbit
July 28, 2014
Barbara B. Nesbit, 70, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Dunkerton, died Monday, July 28, 2014, at home of cancer. She was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in November 2013. She was born February 11, 1944, in Austinville, Iowa, daughter of Bruno and Norma Garner Wessels. She married Russell Nesbit, Jr. on March 2, 1962 in the Western Ave. Gospel Hall in Waterloo....
Rebecca Ann Kirsteatter
July 25, 2014
Rebecca Ann Kirsteatter, 78, of Waterloo, died at her home Friday, July 25, 2014, of natural causes. She was born Sept. 20, 1935 in Ottawa, Illinois, daughter of James E. and Laura E (Irish) Young. She married Harry C. Kirsteatter on June 19, 1958 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. He preceded her in death on May 10, 1991. Rebecca worked for...
Alice Reints
July 13, 2014
Alice Ida Reints, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at UnityPoint Health-Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Alice was born February 13, 1929, in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Henry & Anna (Minikus) Morris. She married Kenneth Reints April 13, 1946 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death October 18, 2013. Alice was a waitress at Black...
Virginia Hodek
July 11, 2014
Virginia Hodek, 93, passed away Friday, July 11, 2014 in St. George, Utah. She was born July 11, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois to James and Sophia Zettek. She married Laddie Hodek in Cicero, Illinois on May 2, 1942. They were happily married for 45 years. Virginia lived in Berwyn, Illinois and Cedar Falls, Iowa prior to moving to St. George,...
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