E. Louise Dutler-Hudson, 91, of Waterloo, Iowa, died at home Tuesday, September 2, 2014, of natural causes.

Evelyn Louise Rekers was born on July 16, 1923, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Art and Helen Bergstrom Rekers. She graduated from Janesville High School in 1942.

She married Frank Hudson in June of 1944 in Newport News, Virginia, he went MIA and was a POW during World War II.

She married Robert C. Dutler on June 25, 1949, in Waterloo; he died September 5, 1990. She remarried Frank Hudson on July 4, 1992, at First Baptist Church in Waterloo.

Louise was a waitress at Regent Café in Cedar Falls and Friedl’s Prime Rib Room in Waterloo. She also was a cook at King’s Food Host in Waterloo. She was a happy, friendly, sweet lady always wanting to help others. She loved her home and taking care of family; she baked everything from scratch. She was a member of First Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband; son Doug (Meachelle Mehmen) Dutler of Evansdale, Iowa; daughter Deb Dutler of Iowa City, Iowa; granddaughter Deairra Dutler (the apple of her grandmother’s eye) of Iowa City; great-granddaughter Tehya-Elektra Louise Dutler; stepson Gaylord (Carol Ann) Baker of Canyon City, Colorado; stepdaughter Carol Lynn (Don) Herlacher of Mission, Texas; and three stepgrandchildren.

Louise was preceded in death by four brothers: Victor, Roger, Kenneth and Paul Rekers; her sister Betty Lomax; and a stepgrandson.