Amanda V. Sorensen, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home. She was born January 28, 1914, in Parkersburg, daughter of Rient and Harmeka Kruse Peters. She married Andrew Sorensen on August 26,1935. He died March 25,1979. Mrs. Sorensen was employed in the housekeeping department at the University of Northern Iowa, retiring in 1979. Survived by: six nephews, Dave (Cindy), Robert (Cindy), Dennis (Linda), Marlyn (Inez), and Eldon (Gena) Peters, and John (Carol) Harken; six nieces, Susan (David) Wishard, Margaret Ann Hart, Kathy Gaither, Kay (Jerry) Orlando, Florence Sommer, and Charlotte Ingalls; and a sister-in-law, Esther Peters. Preceded in death by: five brothers, Fred, Claus, Raymond, Vernon, and Robert Peters; and four sisters, Cora Harken, Annie Block, Margelet Peters, and Ruth Scoggin. Services: 10 a.m. Monday at Richardson Funeral Home, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials: may be directed to the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home or United Church of Christ in Cedar Falls.
Copyright Waterloo Courier, February 7, 2010. page B6.