EDDY, Elly Ingeborg (Hansen) 1925-2014

EDDY, HANSEN, SORENSEN, THOMSEN, DIETRICH

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/15/2014 at 23:58:27

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Wednesday, May 21, 2014]

CEDAR FALLS - Elly Ingeborg Eddy, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, May 19, 2014, at Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center.

Elly was born March 27, 1925, in Waterloo, the daughter of Alfred and Jensina (Thomsen) Hansen. She married Gordon L. Sorensen July 27, 1944, in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death in 1969. She married Everett I. Eddy Dec. 2, 1974, in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death in 2008. Elly was a homemaker most of her life, but worked at Bolin’s Grocery Store in the early 1970s. Elly loved her family and always enjoyed family gatherings.

Survivors include two sons, Larry (Rosie) Sorensen and Bruce (Jessie) Sorensen, both of Cedar Falls; a daughter-in-law, Jill (Gene) Dietrich of Marengo; six grandchildren, Gordie (Lynette) Sorensen, Gerald (Stephanie) Sorensen, Jeremy (Michelle) Sorensen and Shari (Tad) Ritter, all of Cedar Falls, and Jeff (Clara) Sorensen of Texas and Brad (Laurie) Sorensen of Waukee; 19 great-grandchildren, Heather (Zeb) Nicholson, Ashley Sorensen, Samantha Sorensen, Andrew Sorensen, Claire Sorensen, Hayley Ritter, Tyler Sorensen, Dalton Dickinson, Austin Dickinson. Erik Sorensen, Ryan Ritter, Marley Sorensen, Kyle Sorensen, Aiden Sorensen, Olivia Sorensen, Emilie Sorensen, Sophia Sorensen, Blythe Sorensen and Vivian Sorensen; two great-grandchildren, Quentin Nicholson and Alice Nicholson; and a brother-in-law, Eugene “Bud” Eddy.

Elly was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; one son, Leroy Sorensen; and two brothers, Leo and Elmer Hansen.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice.

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