Obituaries

Howard Ewing

Mar 8, 2025

Howard F. Ewing, 84 of Fort Dodge, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the Marian Home.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 12th at 2:00 PM at Holy Trinity Church. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:00 PM at the church.

Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the...

Minnie "Mickey" O'Connor

Mar 7, 2025

Minnie "Mickey" M. O'Connor, 92, of Fort Dodge, passed away Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Marian Home.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, March 14, 2025, at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. There will be a private family burial at Corpus Christi Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 13, 2025,...

Mike Bianchi

Mar 6, 2025

Michael Joseph Bianchi, 70, passed away peacefully at home on March 6, 2025, after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family and friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Holy Trinity Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. A visitation will be 4:00 to...

James Hindt

Mar 4, 2025

James L. Hindt, 86, of Rockwell City passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at Accura Healthcare in Lake City.

Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Immanuel Lutheran Church east of Rockwell City. Burial will happen at a later date. A visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 PM Friday at Laufersweiler's Palmer-Swank Funeral Home.

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Janet Anderson

Mar 3, 2025

Janet I. Anderson, 88, of Rockwell City passed away Monday, March 3, 2025 at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, surrounded by family. Those who knew her best will unanimously agree that she kept her wisdom and spirit throughout her earthly life, and she was ready to enter the Kingdom of Heaven when her time came.

Funeral services will...

Wanda Dorsey

Mar 2, 2025

CALLENDER - Wanda Elaine Dorsey (Christensen), 81, of Callender, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2025 peacefully in her home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Callender, officiated by Pastors Greg and Deb Stano. Interment will follow at Callender Cemetery. A visitation will be from 4:00...

Kathlyn Mossberg

Mar 1, 2025

Kathlyn "Kathy" Sue Mossberg, 83, of Fort Dodge, died peacefully on March 1, 2025, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice House. Memorial services will be 11:00 AM Friday, April 25, 2025 (PLEASE NOTE DATE), at Laufersweiler Palmer & Sons Funeral Home, Gowrie with Lay Minister Beth Carlon officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Kathy was born...

Lynn Mikelson

Mar 1, 2025

Lynn R. Mikelson, 83, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Simpson Health Center at Friendship Haven.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 8th from 11:00 to 1:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 1:00 PM at the funeral home.

Survivors include his wife of 37 years Marla of Fort...

Mark Martin

Feb 27, 2025

Mark Edward Martin, 64, of Des Moines, the son of Pat and Skip Martin of Clare, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2025 surrounded by his family at Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, from complications with COPD.

Funeral Services will be held at a later date. To leave a condolence for the family please visit www.laufersweilerfuneralhome.com

Survivors include his 3...

Martha Wheat

Feb 27, 2025

Martha Wheat, 71, of Fort Dodge, was called home from the Marian Home on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Friday, March 7, 2025 in the chapel of Laufersweiler Funeral Home. A visitation will begin 1 hour prior to the start of the service at the funeral home.

Martha is survived by...

Clara Clark

Feb 24, 2025

Clara L. Clark, 87, of Huxley and formerly of Fort Dodge passed away Monday, February 24,2025 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 3, 2025, at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Burial will follow at North Lawn Cemetery. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Clara is...

Denise Passow

Feb 23, 2025

Denise Marie Passow, 71 of Fort Dodge passed away with her children at her side on February 23rd, 2025, at the Rochester Mayo Methodist Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. There will be a visitation on Friday, February 28, 2025, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral...

Margaret "Peggy" Dowd

Feb 18, 2025

Margaret Louise "Peggy" Challberg Dowd, 97, passed peacefully in the Simpson Health Center at Friendship Haven in the early hours of Tuesday, February 18, 2025. She was surrounded by her devoted friends Henrietta Van Maanen and Gwenda Naylor and had just had the opportunity to say goodbye to her sons before she left us. Peggy had major surgery in December,...

Donald Hiller

Feb 17, 2025

Donald D. Hiller, 50, of Fort Dodge passed away Monday, February 17, 2025 at Trinity Regional Medical Center.

No services are planned at this time.

Don is survived by his sons, Zach (Sabrina) Hiller of Jefferson and Devon Hiller of Ogden; siblings, Rochelle (William) Umana of Las Vegas and Melissa Leners of Rockwell City; niece, Natasha (Aaron)...

Garry Mullins

Feb 17, 2025

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Garry Matthew Mullins, who was born on April 20, 1954, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Garry grew up on the multi-generational family farm near Paton, IA and graduated from Paton-Churdan High School in 1972. After High School he attended Lincoln Tech in Des Moines, IA where he studied Diesel and...

Philip Cripps

Feb 16, 2025

Philip J. Cripps, 74, formerly of Fort Dodge passed away Sunday, February 16, 2025, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids.

A Celebration of Life will be at a later date. Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the family.

Philip is survived by his son Michael and his wife Dawn of Cedar Rapids, one granddaughter, Ashlee Fuegen (Matthew) of Goose...

Carol Crouse

Feb 16, 2025

Carol A. Crouse, 83, of Fort Dodge, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Fort Dodge Health and Rehab, surrounded by love.

A celebration of Carol's life will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 24, 2025, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, with burial to follow at Holaday Creek Cemetery near Coalville. Family and friends...

Sarah Hobart

Feb 14, 2025

Sarah Jean Hobart of Westmont, Illinois, passed away unexpectedly at her home on February 14, 2025, just days before her 59th birthday. 

 A funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2, 2025 at Laufersweiler Palmer-Swank Funeral Home, Rockwell City. A visitation will be from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2025 at the funeral home.

Sarah was a devoted mother,...

Gunner Chada

Feb 13, 2025

Gunner F. Chada, 21, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025 in Fort Dodge.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 22nd in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Burial will take place at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at the funeral home.

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Gladys Meier

Feb 13, 2025

Gladys Pauline (Wilson) Johnson Meier, 97, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at Friendship Haven. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, February 23, 2025 3:00 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, 211 South 9th Street, Fort Dodge, with a visitation time prior starting at 1:30pm. Entombment will take place in the Chapel of Peace...