FRIEDEL, Delah E. (Harms) 1939-2014

FRIEDEL, HARMS, RIEKENA, PULKRABEK, STAHL, SMITH, WILLIAMS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/30/2014 at 23:49:45

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Sunday May 11, 2014]

CEDAR FALLS - Delah E. Friedel, 74, of Cedar Falls, died at home Friday, May 9, 2014, following a long battle with cancer.

She was born June 11, 1939, in Wellsburg, daughter of Ibeling and Evelyn (Riekena) Harms. She married Andrew William “Bill” Friedel on Sept. 10, 1961, in Wellsburg. He died on June 27, 1984.

Delah graduated from Allen College of Nursing in Waterloo and was employed as a Registered Nurse at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, retiring in 2004.

Survived by her daughter, Tami (Jan) Pulkrabek, of Overland Park, Kan.; her son, Mike (Ellen) Friedel, of Cedar Falls; two grandchildren, Andrew and Katie Friedel; three sisters, Eileen (Larry) Smith of Morrison, Edna Williams of Waterloo and Barb Harms of Grundy Center; four brothers, Clifford (Pam) Harms, and Gary (Meg) Harms, both of Wellsburg, Daryl (Charlotte) Harms of Cedar Falls and Darwin (Kathy) Harms of Reinbeck; an aunt, Mary Stahl, of Grundy Center; and 13 nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents; a brother, James Harms; and a niece, Sarah Harms.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home with burial at St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Wellsburg. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, and for an hour before services Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice.

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