DREIER, Mary Ellen (Shanafelt) 1920-2013

DREIER, SHANAFELT, TUCKER, BITTER

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/4/2014 at 21:57:29

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, September 11, 2013]

CEDAR FALLS -- Mary Ellen Dreier, 93, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at Western Home Communities-Windhaven, of congestive heart failure.

She was born April 15, 1920, on the family farm near Sigourney, daughter of Harry and Ritta Tucker Shanafelt. She married William H. Dreier on April 13, 1942. He died Nov. 22, 2006.

Mrs. Dreier earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Iowa State and her master’s degree in special education from the University of Northern Iowa. She taught in Cedar Falls public schools, AEA 7, and tutored adult reading students. She was a charter member of Valley View Baptist Church, and First Baptist Church of Waterloo.

Survived by two daughters, Ritta Dreier (Rockey Sigloh) of Eugene, Ore., and Ruth Dreier of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; three sons, James (LeAnne) of Iowa City, Ted (Christine) of Portland, Ore., and Dan (Susan) of Salem, Ore.; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Marge (Vic) Bitter of El Cajon, Calif.

Preceded in death by an infant daughter, Marion Carol.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of Waterloo, preceded by an hour of visitation, with burial in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Hubbard. Richardson Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the church.

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