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Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Fort Dodge, Rockwell City, and Gowrie, IA and surrounding areas

Keith Allen Anderson

Keith Allen Anderson

May 17, 2022

Keith A. Anderson, 58, of Fort Dodge passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at his home. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Monday, May 23, 2022 at First Covenant Church. Burial will follow in Lost Grove Cemetery in Gowrie. A visitation will be noon until the time of the service at the church. Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the...

Larry Berger

Larry Berger

May 16, 2022

Larry D. Berger, 63, of Fort Dodge, passed away Monday, May 16, 2022 at his home. No services are planned at this time.

William Hardgrove

William Hardgrove

May 8, 2022

Bill Hardgrove, age 79, of Fort Dodge, passed away in his home surrounded by family on Sunday, May 8, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, May 11th from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Bill is survived by his wife, Bobbie, his daughters Deb Schmidt (Steve), Becky Hardgrove (Marcus Hill), Andrea Gray (Travis)...

Wesley Gene Brayton

Wesley Gene Brayton

May 7, 2022

Wesley G. Brayton, 92, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Trinity Regional Medical Center. A visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Monday, May 16, 2022, at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Wesley is survived by his children Sara Brayton (Laura Henry) of Omaha and Scott Brayton of Badger. He is also survived by grandchildren Shawna (Brad)...

James Harold Harms

James Harold Harms

May 7, 2022

James H. Harms, 87, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday. May 7, 2022 at Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. A prayer service will be 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2022 at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Following will be a visitation from 4:00 to 6:00 at the funeral home. James is survived by his wife of 63 years Karole, children Marcy...

Karen Jensen

Karen Jensen

May 5, 2022

Karen Jensen, 66, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022 at home. A visitation will be at Laufersweiler Funeral Home, Fort Dodge, Iowa from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday May 21, 2022 with a service immediately following visitation. Burial will be at a later date. Karen is survived by her husband Lonnie, son Tyler...

Charlotte M. Haub

Charlotte M. Haub

May 3, 2022

Rockwell City Charlotte M. Haub 91, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Sunny Knoll Care Centre, Rockwell City. Memorial Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 2022 at the United Methodist Church, Rockwell City, with Pastor Anita Bane officiating. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Church until service time. Private Family burial will be at...

Diane Cronin

Diane Cronin

May 2, 2022

West Des Moines - Diane Cronin 77, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2022. Graveside Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Rosehill Cemetery, Rockwell City, with Father Lynn Bruch officiating. A luncheon will follow at the Rockwell City Community Center on the Square. Diane Carver Cronin was born February 12, 1945 to Warren and Genevieve...

Mark L. Knutson

Mark L. Knutson

May 1, 2022

Callender - Mark Loehr Knutson 68, of Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Callender collapsed suddenly at home and passed away enroute to the hospital on the evening of May 1, 2022. Memorial services will be 3:00 PM Saturday, April 22, 2023 (PLEASE NOTE DATE) at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Callender with Pastor Greg Stano and Pastor Deb Stano officiating....

Christopher D. Smith

Christopher D. Smith

Apr 30, 2022

Rockwell City Christopher D. Smith 49, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2022 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, Fort Dodge. Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2022 at St. Pauls Lutheran & Presbyterian Church, Rockwell City, with Pastor Denise Berns officiating. Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery, Rockwell City. Visitation and viewing will be 4...

Leila M Peterson

Leila M Peterson

Apr 28, 2022

Leila M. Peterson, 84, of Fort Dodge passed away Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Friendship Haven. Funeral Services will be May 4, 2022 Wednesday 10:30 a.m. at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. A visitation will be Tuesday 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Colfax Township Cemetery in Vincent. Leila is survived by her children Lorraine...

Charles Chuck A. Angstrom

Charles Chuck A. Angstrom

Apr 27, 2022

Charles "Chuck" Angstrom, 55, of Gowrie, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Monday May 2nd at 10:30 AM St. Olaf Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2:00 to 6:00 PM at the Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Survivors include his...

Thomas E Estlund

Thomas E Estlund

Apr 26, 2022

Thomas Edward Estlund, age 95, of Fort Dodge, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at Simpson Health Center Friendship Haven. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Friendship Haven Celebration Center with visitation being held there beginning at 1:00 p.m. Graveside Military Funeral Honors conducted by the V.F.W. Post 1856 and the...

Dorothy L. Siemann

Dorothy L. Siemann

Apr 24, 2022

Rockwell City Dorothy L. Siemann 98, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2022 at Sunny Knoll Care Centre, Rockwell City. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 29, 2022 at St. Pauls Lutheran & Presbyterian Church, Rockwell City, with Pastor Denise Berns officiating. Burial of casket will be at Cedar Township Cemetery near Rinard. Visitation will 4:00 to 7:00...

Jim C Horton

Jim C Horton

Apr 23, 2022

Jim C. Horton, 82, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at Holy Trinity Church. Burial will follow at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Duncombe with military rites presented. A visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at...

Marian "Henry" A. Hendrickson

Marian "Henry" A. Hendrickson

Apr 23, 2022

Marian Alice Hendrickson was born to William O. and Esther (Lundgren) Hendrickson on May 12, 1921, at her grandmother's home in Fort Dodge, Iowa. While growing up on the family farm in Clay Township of Webster County, she attended the Lundgren country school through 8th grade and then Burnside High School. During her high school years, she was active...

Trent Lee Barringer

Trent Lee Barringer

Apr 22, 2022

Rockwell City- Trent L. Barringer, 55, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022 at his home following a lengthy illness. A visitation will be 11:00 to 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at Palmer & Swank Funeral Home, Rockwell City, followed by a graveside service at 2:30 PM at Rosehill Cemetery, Rockwell City with Pastor Dillon Brandt officiating. Memorials may...

Nancy Laughlin

Nancy Laughlin

Apr 22, 2022

Norwalk Nancy C. Laughlin 77, passed away Friday, April 22, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family in Norwalk following a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at St. Pauls Lutheran & Presbyterian Church, Rockwell City, with Pastor Denise Berns officiating. Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery, Rockwell City. Visitation will be...

Marilyn 'Mellen' Skoglund

Marilyn 'Mellen' Skoglund

Apr 16, 2022

Farnhamville Marilyn "Mellen" B. Skoglund 65, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Greene County Medical Center, Jefferson. Graveside Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2022 at Reading Township Cemetery, Farnhamville, with Pastor Jim Davis officiating. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is serving the family. Survivors include husband Kenny "Henry" Skoglund of Farnhamville; son John "Johnny" (Abby) Skoglund...

Robert Crumpley

Robert Crumpley

Apr 11, 2022

Robert E. Crumpley, 88, Fort Dodge, formerly of Kansas City, passed on Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Villa Care Center. Burial with Military Rites will be held at a later date at Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, KS. The family would like to say thank you to the Villa Care Center for their compassion and love shown to...

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