HESS, Dorothy M. (Bergstrom) 1929-2019

HESS, BERGSTROM, HANSEN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 11/30/2019 at 11:05:10

Dorothy M. Hess

August 13, 1929 - November 27, 2019

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA – Dorothy M. Hess, 90, of Cedar Falls died Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo.

She was born August 13, 1929, in Cedar Falls, daughter of Daniel and Johanna Elizabeth (Hansen) Bergstrom. She married Richard D. Hess on January 31, 1953 at First Baptist Church in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death on October 8, 1998.

She graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1947 and was employed with the University of Northern Iowa for 32 years, first in Telephone Exchange and then in Public Safety, retiring in 1989.

She is survived by a daughter, Sandy (Darren) Witwer of St. Paul, MN; two sons, Randal (Michelle) Hess of Apache Junction, AZ, and Scott (Dorothy) Hess of Cedar Falls; three grandchildren, Tiffani and Brittani Hess and Derrick Tangen; one great-grandchild, McKenna; and a sister, Joanne Heath of Cedar Falls.

Preceded in death by: three brothers: Russell, Robert “Bud”, and John Bergstrom; and two sisters, Ruth Hileman and Esther Metcalf.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4th at Prairie Lakes Church with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, both in Cedar Falls. Visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3rd at Richardson Funeral Service and also for one hour prior to the service at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Cedar Valley Memorial Hospice or Western Home Foundation – Stanard Assisted Living.

SOURCE: Richardson Funeral Service