Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Douglas J. Lensing

Douglas J. Lensing

Dec 25, 2019

Rockwell City Douglas J. Lensing 58, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at his home. A visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 at the Calhoun County Historical Museum, 150 East High Street, Rockwell City, followed by a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. with Pastor Jim Davis officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...

Peggy M. Barkley

Peggy M. Barkley

Dec 25, 2019

GOWRIE Peggy M. Barkley, 87, passed away Wednesday December 25, 2019 at Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Monday December 30, 2019 at United Methodist Church, Gowrie with Pastor Susan Rohden officiating. Burial will be in Gowrie Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Sunday December 29, 2019 at...

Barbara J. Weinzetl Lindner

Barbara J. Weinzetl Lindner

Dec 23, 2019

Barbara J. "Weinzetl" Lindner, 67 of Fort Dodge, passed away on December 23, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 30th at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 AM at Corpus Christi Church. Visitation will be on Sunday from 3:00 to 6:00 PM with a rosary at 2:45 PM and a...

Jacqueline S. Schmieder

Jacqueline S. Schmieder

Dec 22, 2019

Rockwell City Jacqueline "Jackie" S. Schmieder 70, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines. Memorial Services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at the Palmer & Swank Funeral Home, Rockwell City, with Rev. Dwaine Simonsen officiating. Burial will be at West Lawn Cemetery, Lehigh at a later date. Visitation will be 4...

George E Fawkes

George E Fawkes

Dec 20, 2019

George E. Fawkes, 90, of Fort Dodge passed away Friday, December 20, 2019, at the Simpson Health Care Center, Friendship Haven. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, January 11, 2019, at First United Methodist Church in Fort Dodge. A visitation will precede the service beginning at 9:30 at the church. George is survived by his wife, Deloris Fawkes;...

Lola M Kuehnast

Lola M Kuehnast

Dec 20, 2019

Lola May Kuehnast, 101, of Humboldt passed away Friday, December 20, 2019 at the Humboldt North Care Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 26th at Zion Lutheran Church, Humboldt. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, near Thor. Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home...

Merle J. Klinger

Merle J. Klinger

Dec 19, 2019

Merle Jean Klinger, 97, of Fort Dodge, formerly of Somers and Farnhamville, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at Simpson Health Center, Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge. Celebration of Life Service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 29, 2019 at the Celebration Center, Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge, with Pastor Jennifer Osheim-Owen officiating. Family graveside service will be at Reading...

Jolene Sievers

Jolene Sievers

Dec 18, 2019

Jolene D. Sievers, 81, formerly of Humboldt passed away December 18, 2019 at Brighton Gardens, Kansas City. Jolene Dorothy Schultz was born on a farm in Hanover Township, Crawford County, Iowa on October 3, 1938 to Leonard and Dorothy (Knop) Schultz. She was baptized October 23, 1938 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, (Hanover Township) and confirmed at that church...

Barbara J. Ernst

Barbara J. Ernst

Dec 18, 2019

Barbara Ernst - wife of Tracy Ernst, daughter to Walter and Ruth Bergeson, mother of Kevin and Kamela, grandmother of Sarah, Becka, Owen and Trace Paul, passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from a long 10 year illness. There will be private entombment in the mausoleum at North Lawn Cemetery with Pastor Kevin Johnson and Al Wright officiating....

Ronald F. Hansen

Ronald F. Hansen

Dec 17, 2019

Farnhamville Ronald G. Hansen 88, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital, Lake City. Services will be at a later date. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is in charge of arrangements. Ronald is survived by his wife of 65 years Maretta Hansen of Farnhamville; daughter Kathy (John) Garrett of Rockwell City; grandchildren, Ashlee (Matt) Reetz of...

Frank D. Patterson

Frank D. Patterson

Dec 15, 2019

Franklin D. Patterson, 86, of Fort Dodge passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Marian Home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 19th at 10:30 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery with military rites provided by the V.F.W. Post 1856 and the United States Navy Honor Guard....

Ivadelle Praim

Ivadelle Praim

Dec 14, 2019

GOWRIE Ivadelle F. Praim, 90, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Simpson Health Center at Friendship Haven, Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 21, 2019 at United Methodist Church, Gowrie with Pastor Susan Rohden officiating. Burial will be in Gowrie Township Cemetery. A visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 20, 2019...

Johanna Rettinger Bockoven

Johanna Rettinger Bockoven

Dec 14, 2019

Johanna Rettinger Bockoven, 72, of Des Moines passed away Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. A visitation will be from 3:00 to 5:00 PM Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Laufersweiler Funeral Home followed by a memorial service at 5:00 PM. Burial will be at a later date. Jo was born on March 18, 1947...

Floyd John Hood

Floyd John Hood

Dec 12, 2019

Floyd J. Hood, 80, of Otho passed away Thursday, December 12, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 17th at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 AM at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Corpus Christi Cemetery...

La Mona Folkerts

La Mona Folkerts

Dec 10, 2019

La Mona M. Folkerts, 91, of Fort Dodge passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the Simpson Health Care Center, Friendship Haven. Memorial services will be 3:30 PM Friday, December 13, 2019 at Grace Lutheran Church with Pastor Dan Kahl officiating. A private family burial will be in Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery east of Palmer, Iowa. A visitation will...

Urban "Jimmy" Lawler

Urban "Jimmy" Lawler

Dec 9, 2019

Urban "Jimmy" Lawler, 86, of Fort Dodge, formerly of Clare passed away Monday, December 9, 2019 at Friendship Haven. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 16th at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 AM at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will take...

Kenneth J. Hanson

Kenneth J. Hanson

Dec 9, 2019

Kenneth J. Hanson, 66, of Duncombe, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 14th at 12:00 PM at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Burial will take place at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Duncombe. Visitation will be on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Survivors...

Harold F. Heebner

Harold F. Heebner

Dec 8, 2019

Rockwell City Harold F. Heebner 95, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019 at the Fort Dodge Nursing & Rehab, Fort Dodge. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at St. Francis Catholic Church, Rockwell City, with Father Lynn Bruch officiating. Burial will be at St. Francis Cemetery, with Military Graveside Rites conducted by the Rockwell City Veterans...

Ruth Ann Olmsted

Ruth Ann Olmsted

Dec 7, 2019

Ruth A. Olmsted, 70, of Fort Dodge, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. A prayer service will be 2:00 PM TODAY Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Burial of cremains will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the start of the prayer service at the...

Joseph Edward Lang

Joseph Edward Lang

Dec 5, 2019

Joseph Edward Lang, 80, Fort Dodge, died peacefully at the Fort Dodge Paula J. Baber Hospice Home on December 5th. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 9th at 11:00 AM at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Joe was born in Manson, Iowa where he grew up on his family's...