DICKSON, Alma (Heath, Saucke) 1929-2016

DICKSON, SAUCKE, JOHNSON, HEATH

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 4/2/2017 at 19:13:51

Services:
Private family services will take place

Visitation:
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 22 at the Friendship Village Chapel

Cemetery:
Gowrie Township Cemetery

Memorials:
To the family. A memorial fund will be established.

Biography--

Alma Saucke Dickson, 86, of Waterloo, died Monday, July 18, 2016 at Lakeview Landing of Friendship Village.

She was born September 20, 1929 in Lake City, Iowa, daughter of Archer D. and Edith C. Johnson Heath. She married Orlan Saucke in 1949 and they were later divorced. She married Edward Glen Dickson December 20, 1997 in Cedar Falls.

Alma graduated from Gowrie (Iowa) High School in 1948 and took a business course at Hawkeye Tech. She worked for 16 years at Hinson Manufacturing and also sold Watkins Products for many years. Alma was a member of Walnut Ridge Baptist Church. She enjoyed quilting at church and at home, and also made many pet beds for the Cedar Bend Humane Society.

Alma is survived by her husband, Edward Dickson of Waterloo; two daughters, Janelle (Peter) Beck of Waterloo, and Jalon (Daniel) Lies of Jackson, MO; two sons, Jonathan (Tina) Saucke of St. Patrick, Minnesota, and Jerry (Joyce) Saucke of Janesville, Iowa; two step daughters, Donna Tucker of Grants Pass, Oregon, and Diana (Johnny) Knight of Cave Junction, Oregon; 10 grandchildren; five step grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; seven step great-grandchildren, and her faithful companion, Tasha the dog.

She was preceded in death by four infant daughters, Mary Ann, Jocelyn, Jennifer and Sonya.

Source: Locke Funeral Home