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Ruth Van Syoc

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Ray Mckinney

Ray Mckinney

December 3, 2013

Ray E. McKinney, 89, of Janesville, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013. He was born November 19, 1924 in Fullerton, North Dakota, the son of James L. and Margaret (Jones) McKinney. Ray married Grace Bonorden March 25, 1950 in Cedar Falls. He was owner and operator of M and J Oil in Cedar Falls for many years, retiring in 1991. He...

Clifford Satre

Clifford Satre

December 2, 2013

Clifford W. Satre, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, December 2, 2013 at NewAldaya Lifescapes. He was born January 30, 1924 in Jewell, Iowa, the son of Emil and Hannah (Brue) Satre. Clfford graduated from Randall High School in 1942 and from Iowa State University in 1950 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was a veteran of World War...

Paul Downs

Paul Downs

December 1, 2013

Paul F. Downs, 92, of Waterloo, died Sunday, December 1, 2013, at the Cedar Falls Healthcare Center. He was born October 12, 1921 in Sterling, Illinois, the son of George and Ethyel (Bundy) Downs. Paul married Ruth Scheidecker on January 30, 1948 in Charles City, Iowa. Paul was a factory worker for many years, at both Oliver Tractor Manufacturing in...

Anthony Harn

Anthony Harn

November 26, 2013

Anthony F. Harn, 82, of Dike, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. He was born April 15, 1931 in Fairbank, Iowa, the son of Evelyn Harn. Anthony married Madeline Strong in 1953 and they were later divorced. He married June Wardius January 26, 1968 in Hudson, Iowa. He was a veteran of the...

Gerald Bauer

Gerald Bauer

November 23, 2013

Gerald "Jerry" W. Bauer, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, November 23, 2013, at Sartori Memorial Hospital. Jerry was born December 31, 1925 in Cedar Falls, the son of Emil & Julia (Bruhn) Bauer. He married Allene Degener September 1, 1948 in Hudson, Iowa. Jerry served in the United States Navy during WWII and was owner/operator of Red's Body Shop...

Robert Sorenson

Robert Sorenson

November 21, 2013

Robert Eugene Sorenson, 81, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Thursday, November 21, 2013. He was born June 2, 1932 in Cedar Falls, the son of Paul and Frances (Mathes) Sorenson. Robert married Dorothy Dreager on June 29, 1958 in St. Ansgar, Iowa. She preceded him in death on June 1, 1998. He was a graduate of Cedar Falls...

Robert Crinklaw, Sr.

Robert Crinklaw, Sr.

November 19, 2013

Robert Glenn Crinklaw, Sr., 93, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at his home. He was born September 30, 1920 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Glen B . and Vesta I. (Wilson) Crinklaw. Robert married LaWanda Hubbard on January 22, 1947 in Nashua, Iowa. She preceded him in death September 26, 2013. Robert graduated from Cedar...

Duane Cuvelier

Duane Cuvelier

November 18, 2013

Duane C. Cuvelier, 77, of Waterloo, died Monday, November 18, 2013 at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Duane was born March 14, 1936 in Clarksville, Iowa, the son of Virgil & Catherine (Hartema) Cuvelier. He married Marjorie Hulbert April 17, 1953 in Clarksville and they later divorced. He married Shirley Odem September 12, 1975 in Lancaster, Missouri. Duane was...

Chloe Britt

Chloe Britt

November 17, 2013

Chloe M. Britt, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday November 17, 2013, at NewAldaya Lifescapes, in Cedar Falls. She was born, October 23, 1928, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the daughter of Charles A. and Irene (Thurston) Meyers. In 1950 she married Sam V. Britt in California, and they were later divorced. Before her retirement in 1980, she was a manager...

Berylois T. Fliear

Berylois T. Fliear

November 13, 2013

Berylois "Ber" T. Fliear, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at NewAldaya Lifescapes. Ber was born March 10, 1929 in Sibley, Iowa, the daughter of Aielt and Wilamina (Parks) Kruger. She married Delbert Fliear March 20, 1946 at Sibley, Iowa. He preceded her in death December 11, 2011. Before their retirement in 1985, Ber and her husband,...

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