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