GERDES, Carol Jean 1939-2004

GERDES, JOHNSON, ANDERSEN, POTTER, SCHNEIDER, OHRT, COATES, DRANE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 4/4/2013 at 02:00:49

Carol Jean Gerdes, 64, of Cedar Falls died Monday, March 22, 2004 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. She was born August 22, 1939, at Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Hans and Edel (Andersen) Johnson.

She married Ted Gerdes, August 2, 1958, at Fredsville Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Carol was an Interior Designer and worked for several local galleries. Carol loved life, laughing with her family and friends and spending time in her garden.

Survived by her husband, Ted, of Cedar Falls; two daughters, Christie (Mark) Potter of Eden Prairie, Minnesota and Lori (Tim) Schneider of Waterloo, Iowa; five grandchildren: Chris and Justin Potter, both of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and Ted, Alana and Joey Schneider, all of Waterloo, Iowa; two brothers, Byron (Helen) Johnson of Dike, Iowa and Dennis Johnson of Deming, New Mexico; and two sisters, Margaret (Richard) Ohrt of Reinbeck, Iowa and Minnie Coates of Santa Rosa, California.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Chester and Bob Johnson and one sister, Irene Drane.

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 26, 2004, at St. John Lutheran Church with burial at Fredsville Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Cedar Falls. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the Black Hawk County Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association or the Cedar Falls Historical Society.

[Source: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]