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Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Johnny F. Block

Johnny F. Block

Dec 7, 2018

Rockwell City- John F. Block, 86, passed away Friday, December 7, 2018 at Accura Healthcare of Pomeroy. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at St. Pauls Lutheran & Presbyterian Church, Rockwell City with Pastor James Hoover Mossman officiating. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery, Rockwell City. Visitation and viewing will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm...

Leslie E. Larson

Leslie E. Larson

Dec 6, 2018

Farnhamville - Leslie E. Larson 94, passed away December 6, 2018 at the Calvin Community Care Center, Des Moines. Graveside Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 27, 2021 at the Gowrie Township Cemetery, Gowrie. Family and friends are invited for lunch at Rudy's Restaurant in Farnhamville immediately following the graveside service. Memorials may be left to the First...

Marilyn Jo Carlson

Marilyn Jo Carlson

Dec 6, 2018

Gowrie Marilyn Jo (Mann) Carlson was born July 15, 1933 and passed from this life to the next on Thursday morning, December 6, 2018 at the Israel Family Hospice House, Ames following a lengthy illness. A Celebration of Life Service will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 14, 2018 at the Community of Christ Church, Coalville with ministers, Ronald and...

David J. George Sr.

David J. George Sr.

Dec 6, 2018

David J. George Sr., 73, of Callender, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at his home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM on Monday, December 10th, 2018 at Laufersweiler- Sievers Funeral Home. Burial will be in McGuire Bend Cemetery by Lehigh. Visitation will be on Sunday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Survivors...

Terry Dillon

Terry Dillon

Dec 5, 2018

Terry Lynn Dillon passed away December 5th surrounded by his family. Terry was 68 years old and lived a colorful life full of adventure and achievements. Terry was born on January 15th, 1950 to his parents Kenneth and Lois (Adams) Dillon, in Algona, Iowa. Terry and his siblings lived in a variety of places when he was growing up....

Dianna Oleson

Dianna Oleson

Dec 3, 2018

Dianna K. Oleson, 71, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Dianna wishes were to be cremated. There will no services held at this time. Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family. Survivors include her significant other, Arthur Love of Fort Dodge; daughter and son-in-law, Heidi Rice (Roy) of...

Elsworth Bigelow

Elsworth Bigelow

Dec 2, 2018

Rockwell City- Elsworth L. Bigelow, 93, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at the Marian Home in Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Friday, December 7, 2018 at St. Pauls Lutheran and Presbyterian Church in Rockwell City with Pastor James Hoover Mossman officiating. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery, Rockwell City with military rites conducted by the...

Betty Irene Anderson

Betty Irene Anderson

Dec 2, 2018

Betty Anderson, 78, of Duncombe passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Thursday, December 6, 2018 in the chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Colfax Cemetery in Vincent. A visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the funeral home. Survivors include...

Dennis Eckerman

Dennis Eckerman

Nov 30, 2018

Dennis L. Eckerman "Denny", 65, of Fort Dodge passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and then a Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Patrick Behm officiating....

Jan Briley

Jan Briley

Nov 25, 2018

Janice "Jan" M. (Johnson) Briley, 101, formerly of Duncombe passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018 at the Southfield Wellness Community, Webster City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, April 26 at 11:00 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Fort Dodge. A visitation will be one hour prior at the church on Friday. Graveside services will be on...

Mary Turner

Mary Turner

Nov 25, 2018

Mary Patricia Turner passed away at her home in Ankeny. A Celebration of Life service will be 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Laufersweiler - Sievers Funeral Home in Fort Dodge, IA. She is survived by her mother, Mary Danielsen of Scales Mound, IL; siblings, Jeff (Debbie) Turner of Deer Park, WA; Joyce (Terry) Schoenhard of...

Leona King

Leona King

Nov 19, 2018

Leona King, 89, of Fort Dodge passed away Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 23, 2018 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating. A visitation will begin on Friday at 9:00 a.m. until the service at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Leona is survived by her children,...

Zuella G. Swartzendruber

Zuella G. Swartzendruber

Nov 19, 2018

Manson Zuella G. Swartzendruber 83, passed away Monday, November 19, 2018 at Prairie Hills Des Moines Retirement Community. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Augustana Lutheran Church, Manson, with Pastor James Hoover Mossman officiating. Burial of casket will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Manson. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at the...

Jennifer Riesberg

Jennifer Riesberg

Nov 15, 2018

Jennifer "Jennie" Riesberg, 42, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 AM at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Patrick Behm officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial...

Dennis Ray Ehn

Dennis Ray Ehn

Nov 14, 2018

Dennis Ray Ehn, 68, of Pomeroy, passed away on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 to the sound of his family singing his favorite songs at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Dennis was born in Fort Dodge on June 18, 1950 to Alvin and Lavera (Gruver) Ehn. Denny graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1968. On December 14,...

Esther Moon

Esther Moon

Nov 10, 2018

Esther V. Moon, 72, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 pm Friday, November 16, 2018 with a prayer service to be held at 7:00 pm at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Esther is survived by her daughter, Tiffany (Daniel) Smith; four grandchildren, Kaitlynn,...

Caroline 'Carrie' Owen

Caroline 'Carrie' Owen

Nov 5, 2018

Rockwell City Caroline "Carrie" Owen 104, passed away Monday, November 5, 2018 at Westhaven Nursing Home in Boone, Iowa. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 10, 2018 at St. Francis Catholic Church, Rockwell City, with Father Lawrence McCarty officiating at the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial of casket will be at St. Francis Cemetery, Rockwell City. A...

Michael L. Welter

Michael L. Welter

Nov 3, 2018

Lehigh - Michael L. Welter, 72, formerly of Gowrie passed away November 3, 2018 at his home. A private family graveside service will be at Gowrie Township Cemetery with Pastor Jim Davis officiating. Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie is serving the family. Michael is survived by his daughter Nikki (Gary) Carstens; sons, Gary (Kellie) Welter; David Welter all of Gowrie;...

Rodney Johnson

Rodney Johnson

Nov 2, 2018

Rodney "Rod" L. Johnson, 64, of Fort Dodge passed away Thursday, November 2, 2018 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be 2:00 pm Monday, November 5, 2018 at Sacred Heart Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. A visitation will be Monday from 12:30 pm until the start of the service. Burial will...

Delmer W. Zinnel

Delmer W. Zinnel

Nov 2, 2018

Rockwell City Delmer W. Zinnel 88, passed away Friday, November 2, 2018 at Shady Oaks Care Center, Lake City. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 at St. Pauls Lutheran & Presbyterian Church, Rockwell City, with Pastor James Hoover Mossman officiating. Visitation and viewing will be 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at the...

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