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Donovan Frank Meehan

Donovan Frank Meehan

March 13, 2012

Donovan F. Meehan, 69, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Covenant Medical Center. He was born February 25, 1943, at Dumont, Iowa, the son of Lowell and Edna Sarah (Clemens) Meehan. He married Dona K. Hudson July 11, 1965. She preceded him in death April 17, 1996. He married Dorothy Moore December 23, 2006. He worked for...

Dale M. Coates

Dale M. Coates

March 12, 2012

Dale M. Coates, 94, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center. Dale was born March 31, 1917, in Dubuque, Iowa, the son of John William & Gertrude Irene (Metcalfe) Coates. He married Gladys June Coates August 24, 1947 at St. John Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death...

Larry D. Neith

Larry D. Neith

March 6, 2012

Larry D. Neith, 63, of Washburn, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. He was born August 11, 1948 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Claude and Deloris Mae (Smith) Neith. Larry married Peggy Meyers in Waterloo, and they later divorced. Larry was the floor technician at Crossroads Shopping Center for many years, retiring for...

Elmer Leo Ballhagen

Elmer Leo Ballhagen

March 6, 2012

Elmer Leo Ballhagen, 101, of Cedar Falls, formerly of New Hartford, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center, Cedar Falls. He was born April 20, 1910 near New Hartford, Iowa, the son of Leon and Pearl (Townsend) Ballhagen. He married Alma June de Neui on June 10, 1955 in Cedar Falls. Before his retirement, he was...

Maryella Willis

Maryella Willis

February 23, 2012

Maryella Willis, 93, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Ottumwa, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born May 25, 1918, near Agency, daughter of Frederick Orion and Ethel O'Rourke Shank. She married Charles Fulton Morrissey on May 25, 1946. He died Jan. 28, 1947. She married Flyn Willis on Oct. 1, 1948. He died...

Jack Bienfang

Jack Bienfang

February 21, 2012

Jack J Bienfang (1926-2012) Cedar Falls - Jack J Bienfang, 85, of Cedar Falls, formerly Grundy Center, died Tuesday, February 21, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Jack was born on October 12, 1926 in Grundy Center. The son of Elgin "Buster" and Iva Dean Schuck Bienfang. He married Carrol Appel and they later divorced. On October 12,...

Mark E. Andorf

Mark E. Andorf

February 21, 2012

Mark E. Andorf, 58, of Cedar Falls, passed away peacefully with his children by his side, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at St. Mary's Hospital, Blue Springs, after a long and tough battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Mark was born September 3, 1953 in Waterloo, Iowa to Ewald and Leora (Donovan) Andorf. Mark followed in his dad's footsteps and worked for...

Donita Yvonne Doud

Donita Yvonne Doud

February 16, 2012

Donita Y. Doud, 77, of Waterloo, died Thursday, February 16, 2012, at Sunrise Hill Care Center in Traer. She was born January 4,1935 in Hooker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Herman and Mattie (Jones) Hitchcock. Donita married James Munkres August 20, 1952 and they were later divorced. She married Jimmie Doud June 11, 1983. She is survived by husband Jimmie Doud...

Colleen Louise Perry

Colleen Louise Perry

February 16, 2012

Colleen Louise Perry, 71, of rural Cedar Falls, died at her home from complications of a stroke on Thursday, February 16, 2012. She was born February 4, 1941 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Don and Helen (Dougherty) Westerfield. Colleen married Rollin Perry February 4, 1959 at Zion Lutheran Church in Waterloo. She was a graduate of Waterloo West High...

Verna Gibbs

Verna Gibbs

February 16, 2012

Verna Mae Gibbs, 75, of New Hartford, died Thursday, February 16, 2012, at her home in New Hartford. She was born October 24, 1936 at Columbus, Nebraska the daughter of Frank Paul and Sybil Leona (Gotteschall) Boroviak. Verna married Roy Paul Gibbs August 15, 1953 in Waterloo. She was a LPN and worked for eight years at Windsor Care Center...

Rodele I. Arildsen

Rodele I. Arildsen

February 16, 2012

Rodele I. "Rodie" Arildsen, 75, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. She was born September 21, 1936 in Ackley, Iowa, the daughter of Romaine W. & Adele H. (Heitland) Catlett. Rodele was a 1954 graduate of West Waterloo High School. She married Richard L. "Dick" Arildsen September 4, 1955 in...

Janice Marie Menning

Janice Marie Menning

February 12, 2012

Janice Marie Menning, 61, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, February 12, 2012, at her home. She was born April 20, 1950 in Waterloo, the daughter of Robert and Florence (Kemmerick) Gerk. Janice married Richard Menning in April of 1983 in Waterloo and they later divorced. She was a graduate of Immaculate Conception High School in Charles City and earned her...

Olive Fredericka Parker

Olive Fredericka Parker

February 11, 2012

OLIVE FREDERICKA STORM PARKER, 95.91 years on this earth, (just 31 days shy of 96) departed peacefully from Cedar Valley Hospice Home about 6:30pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012, continuing on her personal journey. Olive was born to Amelia M. L'Herault Storm and James F. Storm on March 14, 1916 at their home on Knox Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. She...

Kenneth H. Hahn

Kenneth H. Hahn

February 11, 2012

Kenneth H. Hahn, 92, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, February 11, 2012 in Bessemer, Alabama. Kenneth was born February 26, 1919 in Mason City, Iowa, the son of Herman & Myrtle (Jennings) Hahn. He married Myrna Vognsen May 5, 1955. She preceded him in death March 27, 2009. Ken served his country in WWII and the Korean Conflict, retiring...

Ecko Mennen

Ecko Mennen

February 9, 2012

Ecko Mennen, 94, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Waterloo, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born August 10, 1917 near Grundy Center, Iowa, son of Ecko and Florence (Deters) Mennen. He married Helen Mason on June 4, 1939 near Dumont, Iowa. Ecko farmed near Aredale from 1947-1960; did carpenter work near Aplington from...

Arthur H. Carmichael, Jr.

Arthur H. Carmichael, Jr.

February 8, 2012

Arthur H. Carmichael, Jr., 81, of Pharr, Texas, formerly of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012, in Cedar Falls. He was born November 14, 1930 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the son of Arthur H. Carmichael, Sr. and Arlynn Doris Rumble. Art married Shirley M. Swanson August 27, 1950 at First United Methodist Church in Cedar Falls. He was a graduate...

Darlene Cannon

Darlene Cannon

February 7, 2012

Darlene Ella Louise Cannon, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Darlene was born June 16, 1926 in St. Anthony, Iowa, the daughter of Albert & Gertrude (Mayer) Koch. She married James Ray Cannon March 2, 1946 in St. Anthony, Iowa. He preceded her in death on February 17, 2010....

Robert B Woods

Robert B Woods

February 4, 2012

Robert B. Woods, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, February 4, 2012, at ManorCare, Waterloo. He was born October 18, 1920 in Woodward, Iowa, the son of John A. and Chjoldvor (Bruun) Woods. Bob married Marie B. Weltruski June 4, 1942, at St. Edward, Nebraska. She preceded him in death January 16, 2006. Bob served in the United States Navy...

William E. Mckinley

William E. Mckinley

February 2, 2012

William E. McKinley, 55, of Wister, Oklahoma, formerly of Cedar Falls, died at his home Thursday, February 2, 2012, in Wister, Oklahoma. He was born October 13, 1956 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of William C. and Marjorie L. (Burke) McKinley, Jr. Bill graduated from Northern University High School in 1975 and attended the University of Northern Iowa, and graduated...

Vernon J. Haurum

Vernon J. Haurum

January 24, 2012

Vernon J. Haurum, 84, of Cedar Falls, died Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born July 22, 1927 in Cedar Falls, the son of Harvey and Ethel (North) Haurum. Vernon married Beverly Benham on February 14, 1948, and they later divorced. He married Hazel Jane Wolgamot on July 9, 1960 in Summers, Arkansas. She...

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