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MAUER, Opal L. 1924-2010

MAUER, RUTHERFORD, BOTHWEL, DINATALLI, TALASKA, GOMEZ, MERRING, FRIEZE, PETERSEN, HYDE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/29/2010 at 22:11:03

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, March 17, 2010]

CEDAR FALLS — Opal L. Mauer, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, March 14, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo.

She was born Nov. 10, 1924, in Council Bluffs, daughter of Harold and Eva Rutherford Bothwell. She married Frank Dinatalli on Dec. 15, 1943, in Council Bluffs, and they later divorced. She married Othmar M. "Ole" Mauer on July 8, 1978, in Cedar Falls. He died Oct. 1, 2008.

Mrs. Mauer was a bartender for 30 years at the Blue Room Lounge and was a hostess for several years at McDonald’s Restaurant on First Street.

Survived by: a son, Frank Dinatalli of Waterloo; a daughter, Eva (Donald) Talaska of Cedar Falls; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: a daughter, Joan Gomez; three brothers, Robert, Donald and Earl Bothwell; and four sisters, Juanita Merring, Virginia Frieze, Lorraine Petersen and Doris Hyde.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Friday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. Public visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, and for an hour before service Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials: may be directed to the family.


 

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