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Obituaries

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

Arvin Sorensen

Arvin Sorensen

Jun 15, 2020

Arvin J. Sorensen, 66, of Fort Dodge passed away Monday, June 15, 2020 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Memorial services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, June 20, 2020 at New Covenant Christian Church with Rev. Josh Carmody officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the...

Cynthia S. Barker

Cynthia S. Barker

Jun 15, 2020

Sac City Cynthia S. Barker 58, passed away Monday, June 15, 2020 at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, following her battle with cancer. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at the Palmer & Swank Funeral Home, Rockwell City. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family. Cindy is survived by her husband...

Melanie Gaye Seward

Melanie Gaye Seward

Jun 14, 2020

Melanie Gaye Seward (Shivers) of Fort Dodge, Iowa, 57, died June 14th, 2020 in her home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 24th at 11:00 AM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Melanie Gaye Shivers was born on January 7th, 1963 in Uriah, Alabama...

Donna M. Springer

Donna M. Springer

Jun 14, 2020

Gowrie - Donna Marie (Lind) Springer 85, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 in California. A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be scheduled in Gowrie at a later date. Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family. Donna Marie Lind was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on August 1, 1934 to Helen Leone Lind and...

Daniel Bird

Daniel Bird

Jun 14, 2020

Somers Daniel Bird 80, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, Fort Dodge, following a month-long battle with cancer. Private Family Graveside Service will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at Cedar Cemetery, near Rinard, with Rev. Dr. James H. Chesnutt officiating. A Celebration of Life will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m....

Kurtis Dencklau

Kurtis Dencklau

Jun 10, 2020

Kurt Dencklau, 53, of Fort Dodge, died on Wednesday June 10, 2020 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life Monday, June 15th at 1:00 PM Laufersweiler Funeral Home with Pastor Kendall Meyer officiating. Visitation will also be on Monday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Michelle of...

Charles "Chuck" Griggs

Charles "Chuck" Griggs

Jun 9, 2020

Charles "Chuck" Griggs, 80, of Fort Dodge passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Private family services will be held at a later date. Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family. Survivors include his devoted wife of 61 years, Rita of Fort Dodge, son Steve (Debbie) Griggs of Fort Dodge, daughter Lori Horn (Keith Streit)...

Dennis Magennis

Dennis Magennis

Jun 2, 2020

Dennis M. Magennis, 61, of Fort Dodge died Monday, June 2, 2020 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Corpus Christi Church. Inurnment will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the family. Dennis Michael Magennis was born July 14, 1958 at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital...

Verna L Anderson

Verna L Anderson

May 30, 2020

Verna L. Anderson, 90, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020 at the Villa Care Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Friday, June 5, 2020 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Jones officiating. Entombment will be in North Lawn Chapel of Peace Mausoleum. A visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 PM Thursday at the funeral...

Douglas L. Zabel

Douglas L. Zabel

May 29, 2020

Douglas L. Zabel, 71, of Fort Dodge passed away Friday, May 29, 2020 at his home. Funeral services will be 1:30 Thursday, June 4, 2020 in the chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Burial will be in Colfax Township Cemetery, Vincent. A visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the funeral home. Douglas is survived...

Draylyn Latrel Johnson

Draylyn Latrel Johnson

May 27, 2020

Draylyn Canavan-Johnson, 14, of Climax Springs, MO passed away May 27, 2020 in a car accident. A Celebration of Life will be 4:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. He is survived by his mother, Jill Canavan of Climax Springs; father, Demar Johnson of Davenport; siblings, Jacquez Canavan; Daytoria Johnson; Devontez McCuddin; Latrel Johnson;...

Richard Percy Davis Jr.

Richard Percy Davis Jr.

May 27, 2020

Richard Davis, Jr., 20, of Fort Dodge passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Celebration of Life will be 4:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. He is survived by his father, Richard Davis Sr. of Fort Dodge; mother, Quantina Washington of MN; siblings,...

Thomas J Lose

Thomas J Lose

May 26, 2020

Thomas J. Lose, 92, of Fort Dodge passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Friendship Haven. A visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 PM Sunday, May 31, 2020 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. A private family mass will be held at Corpus Christi Church. Burial will follow in Corpus Christi Cemetery. Thomas is survived by his wife, Marianne of Fort...

John S Honeyman

John S Honeyman

May 26, 2020

Gilmore City - John Stuart Honeyman 41, formerly of Farnhamville, was called home to heaven on May 26, 2020, following an accidental fall in his home at Gilmore City, Iowa. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie. A Celebration of Gratitude for Johns...

Orville Slotten

Orville Slotten

May 24, 2020

Orville D. Slotten, 80, of Otho passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020 at his home surrounded by family, after battling cancer. A visitation and Celebration of Life will be 4:00 to 7:00 PM Friday, May 29, 2020 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Orville is survived by his wife Nancy Slotten of Otho, children Christopher (Amanda) Slotten of Minneapolis and Jennifer...

Margaret R. Fevold

Margaret R. Fevold

May 23, 2020

Margaret Ruth Fevold, age 89 of Gowrie, died on Saturday, May 23, 2020 Simpson Health Center in Fort Dodge under the care of Hospice at Friendship Haven. Margaret Ruth Haugen was born on March 28, 1931 at Fort Dodge, Iowa to Berge Martin and Magdelena (Hamre) Haugen. She was baptized on May 10, 1931 and confirmed on May 28,...

Margaret Gravin

Margaret Gravin

May 22, 2020

Margaret (Daisy Lawson) Gravin, 96,of Fort Dodge passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at the Marian Home following a short illness. Her wishes were to have her body donated to the University of Iowa. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, September 2nd at 10:30 AM at Concordia Cemetery. Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family. She was...

Ralph W. Dunbar

Ralph W. Dunbar

May 22, 2020

Gowrie Ralph W. Dunbar 90, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 at Humboldt Care Center South in Humboldt. Graveside Services will 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at the Gowrie Township Cemetery, with Pastor Susan Rohden officiating and Military Graveside Rites conducted by American Legion Peterson Post #431 of Gowrie. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is in charge of arrangements....

Donald L. Hopkins

Donald L. Hopkins

May 21, 2020

Jolley Donald "Hoppie" L. Hopkins 78, died Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Jolley, Iowa. Graveside Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Crown Hill Cemetery, Jolley, with Pastor Anita Bane officiating. Hoppie is survived by his wife Vada; daughter Marlene (Craig) Beatty of Las Vegas, Nevada; grandsons, Scott and Aaron Beatty; great-granddaughter Laina; and other relatives...

Phyllis R. Carse

Phyllis R. Carse

May 16, 2020

Phyllis R. Carse, 87, of Fort Dodge passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at the Marian Home. Family graveside services will be held at St. James Cemetery in Forest City. Serving the family is the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Phyllis is survived by her children Kathy Dahlgren and her husband Dave of Clarion, Steve Carse and his wife Bryce...

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