Celebrating the Lives of Loved Ones in Waterloo, IA
Frances Caroline Novak
Nov 17, 2024
Frances Caroline Fike Cooper Novak passed away Sunday November 17, 2024. She was 76 years old. Frances was born March 20, 1948, in Waterloo, IA, to Ernest and Evelyn (Hansen) Fike.
Frances grew up in Waterloo, IA, graduating from Waterloo East High School in 1966. After high school, she moved to Cedar Rapids and started working at Collins as a machinist....
Parker Owen Sefert
Nov 15, 2024
Parker Owen Sefert, was born June 13, 2013, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Brad and Jessica (Langenwalter) Sefert.
Parker was a sixth-grade student at Hoover Middle School in Waterloo. He loved gaming, Fortnite was his favorite. Parker enjoyed spending time with his people and countless friends, especially gaming with his best friend Beckett. Nothing came close to his walks with...
Craig Arnold Jensen
Nov 11, 2024
Craig Arnold Jensen, 72, passed away on November 11, 2024, in Waterloo of natural causes.
Craig is survived by his sons, Dan (Shelly) Jensen and Mike (Jamie) Jensen; his sister, Colleen (Don) Bear along with six grandchildren, Josephine Jensen, Noah Furnish, Zach (Emily) Schmidt, Dylan Jensen, Isabelle Jensen and Reawna Tietz-Jensen.
He was preceded in death by his parents Earl and Ruth...
Donna Lee Hansen
Nov 11, 2024
Donna Lee Hansen November 11, 2024
Donna Lee Hansen was born April 19, 1933, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Willeibelle Harwell Trunnell and Donald William Trunnell. She graduated from Cedar Falls High School. Donna married Cliff Hansen on July 12, 1953, in Cedar Falls. They enjoyed traveling, dancing, playing cards, volunteering and following their grandchildren’s activities. They were faithful...
Connie Kay Fifield
Oct 23, 2024
Connie Kay Fifield was born May 18, 1937, in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Michael and Dorothy (Fisher) Clements. She graduated from Waterloo East High School in Waterloo. Connie enjoyed listening to country music and watching game shows. She was an avid reader and liked to collect cookbooks.
Connie passed away on Wednesday October 23, 2024, at Harmony Waterloo at the...
Dewane Francis Metcalf
Oct 18, 2024
Dewane Francis Metcalf passed away October 18, 2024, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home. He was 70 years old. Dewane was born on September 17, 1954, in Morehead City, North Carolina to William and Loretta (LaPlount) Metcalf. He married Judith Johnson on July 20, 1991, at the Little Brown Church, she later passed in 2012. Together they had five children...
Vickie Jo Bentley
Oct 16, 2024
Vickie (Irwin) Bentley of Waterloo, passed away peacefully surrounded by family Wednesday, October 16, at home. Vickie was born January 24, 1955, in Joplin, Missouri to Boyd Irwin and Maxine (Bowen) Fox. Vickie Graduated from East High School in Waterloo, Iowa in 1973.
Vickie married her high school sweetheart, Fred H Bentley Jr. on June 15, 1974. She was employed through...
Joyce Marie Kammeyer
Oct 11, 2024
Joyce Marie Kammeyer, 88, of Waterloo, Iowa, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2024, at MercyOne in Waterloo. Born on August 9, 1936, in Waverly, Iowa, to Marshall and Catherine (Weires) Carpenter. She married William “Bill” Kammeyer and together they had four children. They later divorced. Joyce lived a life defined by her unwavering love and loyalty for her family,...
Anthony Lee Reiners
Oct 6, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Anthony Lee Reiners on Sunday, October 6th, 2024.
Tony was born on March 8th, 1969, to Freddie Reiners and Jacqueline Schleusner (Jorgenson) in Waterloo, Iowa. After Tony graduated from Metro High School in Cedar Rapids, he went on to receive his bachelor’s degree in law enforcement.
Tony enjoyed spending time with...
Mary Bauer
Oct 3, 2024
Mary Bauer was born November 28, 1925, in Elma, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Chiack) Ludwig. She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Elma, IA. Mary was married to Irvin Schmitz. They later divorced. She would later be married to Glen Bauer. She loved her family, sewing, plants and the many years she spent in Arizona.
Mary passed...
Randy Reinke Reed
Sep 30, 2024
Randall Reinke Reed, 76, of Waterloo, IA, died peacefully at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, on September 30, 2024. His sister, Kathy and nephew, Ross, were by his side.
Randy was born to Robert and Ruby Reed on December 16, 1947, the second of six children, and grew up in Dysart, IA. He graduated with the Class of 1966...
Judy Ann Acklin
Sep 30, 2024
Judy Ann (Hall) Acklin, age 76, of Bethany Life in Story City, IA, passed away September 30, 2024. She was born July 13, 1948, in Maryville, Missouri to Vernon and Catherine (Clifton) Hall. She was a graduate of Maryville High School in Maryville, Missouri. After high school she moved to Waterloo to live with her sister, where they enjoyed their...
Dianne Lee Hopperstad
Sep 28, 2024
Dianne Lee Hopperstad, 76, a devoted wife, loving mother, and cherished grandmother and great grandmother, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday September 28th. She leaves behind her husband of 57 years Dave, and two daughters, Lisa (Philip) and Lori. Dianne was proud to be the grandmother to eight grandchildren, Ryan (McKenzie), Kayla (Adam) Kyle, Tyler, Sarah, Alec,...
Larry Welcher
Sep 27, 2024
Larry Welcher, 71, of Waterloo, Iowa, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2024, peacefully at his home in Waterloo. He was born June 6, 1953, in Waterloo, the son of Bill and Donna Jean Welcher. He attended Waterloo East High School. The family moved to Manchester in 1969, and Larry graduated from West Delaware High School in 1971.
After high school...
Alfred "Dodie" Passarelli
Sep 21, 2024
Alfred Edmund Passarelli, who went by Dodie, of Raymond, IA, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2024, surrounded by his family at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home. He was born April 11, 1947, in Trinidad, Colorado to Johnny and Beatrice (Valdez) Passarelli. He was 77 years old.
Dodie graduated from Trinidad High School in 1965 in Trinidad, Colorado. After high school, Dodie...
Gary Lee Neelans Sr
Sep 17, 2024
Gary Lee Neelans Sr passed away September 17, 2024, after a long illness. He was 80 years old. He was born May 28, 1944, in Waterloo, IA to Paul and Nettie (Gerholdt) Neelans. Gary married Barbara Anderson, she later passed. They had two sons, Gary Jr and Alan Neelans, and one daughter Annette Neelans.
Gary worked for John Deere for many...
Betty Irene Schmidt Raffield
Sep 12, 2024
Betty Irene (Schmidt) Raffield was born on August 6, 1946, in Charles City, Iowa; the daughter of Otto Schmidt Jr and Marion (Graham) Renning . She attended school in Waterloo at Lafayette Elementary and McKinstry Intermediate, until her family moved to Panama City, Florida. She then attended Bay High School where she earned her diploma in 1964. Betty married Jerry...
Donna Cochran
Sep 11, 2024
Donna M. Cochran
January 30, 1933 – September 11, 2024
Donna M. Cochran (Rehm), 91, of Waterloo, died at home on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, surrounded by her loving family and hospice nurses.
Donna was born on January 30, 1933, in Waterloo, Iowa to Theodore and Fern Rehm. She worked as a secretary for the Waterloo School system until she retired. She married...
Elaine M. Ernst
Sep 11, 2024
Elaine Marie (Springer) Ernst, age 96, of Martin Suites in Cedar Falls, passed away September 11,2024. She was born May 3, 1928, in Lawler, IA to William and Inez (Barnes) Springer. She was a proud 1946 graduate of Assumption Catholic High School in Cresco, IA. She later went on to marry Donald Ernst on May 1, 1948, in Cresco, IA....
Louise Evelyn Schlichte
Sep 5, 2024
Louise Evelyn Schlichte was born September 12, 1923, in Waucoma, Iowa, the daughter of Peter and Theresa (Kruse) Collins. She graduated from Waucoma High School. Louise married Paul Schlichte on September 17, 1953; he preceded her in death on October 29, 2005. Together, they lived in Ohio for several years. Also, Louise and Paul wintered many years in Texas. She...
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