1923 – 2022

Luella Gladys Schuler, 98, formally of Cedar Falls, Iowa died Thursday, April 14, at Brookdale Assisted Living in Pearland, Texas.

She was born on July 4, 1923, in Stillwater, Minnesota, the daughter of Harry and Martha (Christensen) Smith. Her parents moved to Cedar Falls, Iowa when she was six years old. She went to elementary school associated with the Iowa State Teachers College and graduated form its affiliated high school in 1941. She then received her bachelor’s degree from Iowa State Teachers College. She taught English and Grama in Geneva Iowa where she met her husband to be. She married Warren Schuler on August 24, 1947, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Luella then spent a short time teaching in Dike, Iowa. She became a full-time stay-at-home mother until her children were older. She then went back to school to get certified in Special Education and worked as a Special Ed teacher for West Waterloo, Junior High in the Waterloo Community School District until she retired. After retirement, she also worked for Congdon’s Printing and Imaging for several years.

Luella was preceded in death by her husband, Warren on May 7, 2003, her parents, Harry and Martha Smith, her granddaughter Theresa Mora and son-in-law William McCracken

Luella is survived by her daughter, Sharon McCracken of Westminster, CO and son, Douglas and wife Joyce Hazelwood Schuler of Friendswood, TX; three granddaughter and one grandson; Lianne McCracken Lowder and husband Steven, of Westminster, CO; Sara Schuler Beikman and husband Doug of Linn, KS; Stephen  and wife Carla Crawford Schuler of Abita Springs, LA; Stacy Schuler Blackmon and husband Daryl of Friendswood, TX; eleven great grandchildren; Rebecca, Madison, Grace, Doug, Faith, Ben, Makenna, Hope, Ayda, Brayden and Cayla.

Luella grew up at Calvary Baptist Church and was and active member of the First Baptist Church during her marriage and the Trinity Bible Church after her husband’s death. She was also a member of the Red Hat Society and the Cedar Falls Rebekah Lodge for a number of years. As a graduate of what would become the University of Northern Iowa, she was a spirited Panther fan. She lived in the Aldaya Life Scapes Facilities in Cedar Falls for several years until she moved to Texas to live with her son and his family in 2018. She ad only been in the assisted living facility in Pearland since October of 2021. At the age of 98, she was ready to go home to be with Jesus and her husband.

Visitation will be Friday April 29, 2022, from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 30, 2022. 10:30 A.M. at Trinity Bible Church in Cedar Falls. Interment will follow in the Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, located in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be directed to the family. Online guestbook at

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