Darrel Dean Van Ellen
January 20, 2014
Darrel Dean Van Ellen, 71, of Waterloo, died Monday, January 20, 2014, at NorthCrest Specialty Care in Waterloo. He was born August 18, 1942 in Aplington, Iowa, the son of Ernest and Annie (Buseman) Van Ellen. Darrel served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and worked for thirty-five years as a truck driver for John Deere & Company...
Harold Larsen
January 20, 2014
Harold T. Larsen, 93, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, January 20, 2014, at the Western Home Elizabeth Martin Center. He was born September 2, 1920 in Cedar Falls, the son of John and Dagmar (Nielsen) Larsen. Harold married Helen S. King November 11, 1944 in Bend, Oregon. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army...
Don Wiederanders
January 19, 2014
Don Wiederanders, 88, of Cedar Falls, died at home Sunday, January 19, 2014. He was born January 1, 1926, in Clinton, son of Martin and Olivia Mix Wiederanders. He married Helen Bartleson in 1953 in Forest City, she died in 2009. Mr. Wiederanders graduated from Wartburg College, Waverly, and then served in the U.S. Navy. He completed his baccalaureate degree...
Dale Nelson
January 13, 2014
Dale E. Nelson, 82, of Cedar Falls, died, Monday, January 13, 2014, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born September 20, 1931, in Cedar Falls, the son of Carl F. and Alta K. (Hansen) Nelson. He married Shirley Othmer on May 13, 1951 in Cedar Falls. Dale graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1949 and worked...
La Verne "Sparky" Svien
January 12, 2014
La Verne W. "Sparky" Svien, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, January 12, 2014, at Unity Point Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born June 5, 1931 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of Inez Svien. La Verne married Helen Truman in November of 1975. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman Gunners Mate on the light...
James Baumeister
January 6, 2014
James L. Baumeister, 77, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at his home. He was born October 29, 1936 in Watauga, South Dakota, the son of Leo and Florentine (Erz) Baumeister. Jim married Jean Barnes September 26, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1959. Jim worked for A. J. Fuller...
Max "Mick" Ward
January 5, 2014
Max "Mick" Ward, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Sartori Memorial Hospital. He was born October 7, 1929 in Cedar Falls, the son of George and Bessie (Pattee) Ward. Max married Betty Grandon on July 16, 1949 in Cedar Falls. He was a machinist at Clay Equipment Company in Cedar Falls for forty-four years, retiring in...
Mary Ellen Redl
January 4, 2014
Mary Ellen A. Redl, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. She was born December 11, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of John and Gertrude (Simon) Lloyd. Mary married John Redl on June 9, 1947 in Newcastle, Nebraska. He preceded her in death on December 3, 2007. Mary was a...
Orrin Gilbert
December 31, 2013
Orrin "Gil" Gilbert, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at his home. Gil was born May 5, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Cleo (Brown) Schroedermeier. He married Sharon Eriksen on October 15, 1955 in Cedar Falls. Gil served in the U.S. Navy during WW II. He was employed with the City of Cedar...
J. Edward Baker
December 30, 2013
J. Edward Baker, 69, of the Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls, died Monday, December 30, 2013, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born February 27, 1944 in Cedar Falls, the son of Rodney and Margaret (Morgan) Baker. He was a graduate of the Vinton School for the Blind and worked at HyVee College Square for over twenty...
Ruth Van Syoc
December 28, 2013
Ruth Van Syoc, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Windhaven Assisted Living, Cedar Falls. She was born September 22, 1928 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the daughter of Marvin and Grace (Sexton) Price. Ruth graduated from Brandon High School in 1946. She owned and operated the Treasurer Chest in Cedar Falls for many years and retired in 1995....
Gertrude Byggere
December 27, 2013
Gertrude Byggere, 96, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Friday, December 27 2013, at her home in Cedar Falls, She was born November 5, 1917 in Fulda, Minnesota, the daughter of James and Alyce (Schwab) McCormick. Gertrude married Harvey Byggere January 19, 1946 in Worthington,Minnesota. He preceded her in death December 24, 2009. She attended St. Gabrielle School and Fulda High...
Viola Brocka
December 26, 2013
Viola Brocka, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Sartori Memorial Hospital. She was born February 22, 1921 in Grundy County, Iowa, the daughter of Seede and Jesse (Hook) Mennen. Viola married Alfred Brocka January 8, 1942, at Aplington, Iowa. He preceded her in death February 20, 2004. They farmed near Kesley, Clarksville, and New Hartford and...
Lucinda Peters
December 25, 2013
Lucinda Peters, 94, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Hudson, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. Lucinda was born August 9, 1919, on the family farm in rural Waverly, Iowa, the daughter of Wilhelm & Anna (Weidemann) Meyer. She married Carl Peters May 11, 1951 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Artesian, Iowa. He...
David Carmichael
December 23, 2013
David Bruce Carmichael, 70, died at his home in Tripoli, Monday, December 23, 2013. He was born on February 3, 1943 in Cedar Falls, the son of Arthur and Arlynn (Rumble) Carmichael. He married Sally Idso on February 8, 1964 Preston, Minnesota. David worked at Titus Manufacturing for three years and John Deere as a supervisor at Waterloo Works for...
Joann Lackey
December 21, 2013
Joann Simmons Lackey, 75, of East Moline, Illinois, passed away in Waterloo, on Saturday, December 21, from complications of lung disease. She was born January 20, 1938 in Woodbury, Tennessee to Allie and Vera (Conley) Simmons. Joann graduated from Cannon County High School in Tennessee. She married Roy Lackey on June 20, 1964 in Plymouth, Michigan and they resided in...
Marvin Minikus
December 20, 2013
Marvin Edward Minikus, 73, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, December 20, 2013, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born October 8, 1940 in New Hartford, Iowa, the son of Earl and Maxine (Brennan) Minikus. Marvin was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School and worked at John Deere & Company in Waterloo for thirty years, retiring in...
Paul E. Meyermann
December 17, 2013
Paul E. Meyermann, 59, of Cedar Falls, died of pancreatic cancer, Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born December 29, 1953 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Gerald W. and Marianna (Brandt) Meyermann. Paul married Priscilla Rowland Jorgensen December 28, 1980 at Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High...
Marian F. Paul
December 7, 2013
Marian F. Paul, 100, of Cedar Falls, died at NewAldaya Lifescapes, Saturday December 7, 2013. She was born October 17, 1913 in Eldora, Iowa, the daughter of Roy F. and Catherine (Bagan) Lynch. Marian married Maurice H. Paul on August 21, 1936 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on May 6, 1986. Marian was a graduate of Cedar...
Mata Dahlgaard
December 4, 2013
Mata M. Dahlgaard, 90, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born January 10, 1923 in Waterloo, the daughter of Harland and Elvina (Iverson) Jones. Mata married Roger C. Dahlgaard in September of 1944 in New York, and they later divorced. Survivors include two sons, Roger C. Dahlgaard, Jr. of...
