Janet Lucille Hosea

Friday, September 28, 2018

Janet Lucille Hosea

June 2, 1936 - Sept. 25, 2018

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Janet Lucille Hosea, 82, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died at her home Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, of natural causes. 

She was born June 2, 1936, in McCook, Neb., the daughter of Ame and Lucille (Herrod) Fisher.  Janet married Dale E. Hosea on July 28, 1953, in Wilsonville, Neb.  He preceded her in death on Jan. 23, 1998.  Janet was a 1954 graduate of Crete High School in Crete, Neb.  She was a homemaker, an Avon and Tupperware consultant, and worked for the Waterloo Courier.

 Janet is survived by six sons, Richard Hosea of Cedar Falls, Mike (Dee) Hosea of Cedar Falls, Jeff Hosea of Waterloo, Iowa, Kevin (Amy) Hosea of Cedar Falls, Dan (Wayne Embacher) Hosea of Kittredge, Colo., and Chris Hosea of Cedar Falls; a daughter, Paula Hosea, of Cedar Falls; a son-in-law, Dale Haan, of Waterloo; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great- great-grandchild; a half brother, Kendall (Angie) Fisher of Oberlin, Kans.; and two half sisters, Deb (Rich) Lambert of Danbury, Neb., and Dee (Mitchell) Sis of McCook, Neb.

 She was preceded in death by her parents and husband; a daughter, Eva Haan; a brother, Gerald Fisher; and a half brother, Kerry Fisher.

 Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

Visitation will be 2—5 p.m. Sunday, and one hour before service Monday, at the funeral home. 

Memorials, in memory of Janet, may be directed to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Rd. SW, Lilburn, GA  30047, www.lbda.org .  Online Condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.