George Saucer, 72, Waterloo, Iowa, died Oct. 17, 2001, in Allen Hospital of cancer.
A memorial service will be at a date to be announced later.
George J. Saucer was born to George and Julia Saucer on Nov. 15, 1928, in Clear Lake, Iowa. He graduated from West High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1950 and was stationed for a time in Trieste, Italy, with the 281st Military Police Company.
His career as a journalist spanned several decades, beginning at the Washington Star in Washington, D.C. He later worked at the Rock County Star Herald in Luverne. In 1962 he began working for the Waterloo Courier, from which he retired in 1993 as the managing editor.
Survivors include his wife, Alyce (Anderson) Saucer; two sons, Thomas Saucer, Waterloo, and Mark Saucer, Tampa, Fla.; two daughters, Elizabeth Burke, Aurora, N.Y., and Caroline Saucer, Bethlehem, Pa.; five grandchildren; and one brother, Edward Saucer, Marion, Iowa.
Mr. Saucer was preceded in death by his parents and an infant son, Timothy.
Memorials may be directed in his name to Habitat for Humanity.