Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Fort Dodge, Rockwell City, and Gowrie, IA and surrounding areas
Donna Freund
Sep 8, 2026
Donna Freund, 91, of Fort Dodge, passed away Tuesday September 8, 2026, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday September 11, 2026 at First Covenant Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Otho Cemetery. There will be a visitation from 9:30 AM until the time of service on Friday at the church.
Diane Hoban
Sep 5, 2026
Diane K. Hoban, 80, of Fort Dodge, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Fort Dodge Health & Rehab. Private family services will be held at a later date. Diane is survived by her sisters, Joy (Michael) Elder of Wyoming, Ila (Brian) Young of South Dakota, brother, Robert Voelschow Jr. of Texas, numerous neices and nephews, great neices and nephews,...
Richard Learned
Sep 4, 2026
Gowrie - Richard A. "Dick" Learned, 90, passed away, Friday, September 4, 2026, at Friendship Haven. He donated his body to the University of Iowa Deeded Body Program.
A come-and-go celebration of life and visitation with a light meal will be held on (PLEASE NOTE DATE) Saturday, October 17, 2026, at United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Gowrie from 3:00...
Sharon June McCoy
Sep 3, 2026
Sharon June (Matticks) McCoy, 91, of Moorhead Minnesota and formerly of Farnhamville, passed away Thursday September 3, 2026, at River Pointe of Moorhead. There will be private family services at a later date.Laufersweiler Palmer & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangments.
Frances Shroyer
Aug 31, 2026
Frances Kay (Malaise) Shroyer, daughter of Emil and Ruth (Coulson) Malaise, was born June 8, 1940. She was one of 12 children and was raised on a farm near Woolstock, Iowa, where she attended school.
Fran married the love of her life, Phil Shroyer, on May 23, 1970, after being introduced on a blind date just 11 months earlier. Together...
Frederick "Ted" Stacy
Aug 31, 2026
Frederick Thomas Stacy "Ted", passed away Monday, August 31, 2026.A Celebration of Life will be 11:00 AM Monday, September 7, 2026 at Spirit of Hope Church. A visitation will begin one hour prior to the service at the church. A luncheon will be served following the service. Ted was preceded in death by the love of his life, Marlene, who...
Randy Lee Hoffmeier
Aug 29, 2026
Randy L. Hoffmeier, 68, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2026, surrounded by his family following a short, courageous battle with cancer.
No services are planned at this time.
Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the family.
Survivors include his daughters Jennifer Hoffmeier of Decatur, AL, Nicole Hoffmeier of Fort Dodge, son Ricky (Josie Rivera) Hoffmeier of Dayton,...
Mike Bennett
Aug 27, 2026
Michael Bennett, 78, passed away peacefully at his home on August 27th under the care of Unity Point Hospice following a courageous fight with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 10:30am on Thursday, September 3rd at Grace Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge with Pastor Dan Kahl officiating. The visitation will be held from 5-7pm on Wednesday, September 2nd...
Cecilia "Bunny" DeSart
Aug 27, 2026
Cecilia "Bunny" Ann DeSart, 95, of Fort Dodge, passed away, Thursday, August 27, 2026, at the Marian Home.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. A visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until the time of the service at the funeral home.
Bunny is survived by her children Vicky (Mike) Grell of...
Vivian R Rotert
Aug 25, 2026
Vivian R. Rotert, 96, of Fort Dodge, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the Marian Home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at Holy Trinity Church. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. A visitation will be at the church prior, beginning at 9:30 a.m. until the mass starts. Laufersweiler Funeral...
Sonja L. Bloomquist
Aug 25, 2026
Callender - Sonja L. Bloomquist, 83, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at her home.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, September 3, 2026, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Callender, with Pastor Greg Stano and Deb Stano officiating. Burial will be in Callender Cemetery. There will be a visitation from 4:00 to 7:00 PM...
Joyce Didio
Aug 24, 2026
Mary "Joyce" Didio, 86, of Duncombe, passed away, Monday August 24, 2026, at the Marian Home.
Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Monday, August 31, 2026, at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. A visitation will be 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Joyce is survived by her children, Pam McFarland of Boone, Diane (Joe) Geis of Duncombe, Dana (Craig) Graham...
Carol Joy Tiller
Aug 20, 2026
Carol Joy Tiller, 86, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, passed away Thursday August 20, 2026, surrounded by her family after a brief battle with cancer.Carol requested no public services, but instead, would like for the family to gather together to share stories and happy memories at a later time.Carol is survived by her children, Tamara (Shawn "her favorite") Grossnickle of Fort...
Cynthia Sue Wentink
Aug 16, 2026
Cynthia S. Wentink, 61, of Fort Dodge, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2026, at her home.
There are no services planned at this time.
Cynthia is survived by her husband, Frank, daughter, Maddison Schwendemann of Fort Dodge, step-daughter, Beth Ann (David) Wentink-Stegeman of Chicago, step-son, Frank (Bethan) Wentink of Cedar Falls, grandchildren, Jared and Max Gray, Alexis Gray and Kashton...
Don Luhmann
Aug 14, 2026
Don R. Luhmann, 95, of Otho, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2026 at his home surrounded by his family.Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 19th at 3:00 PM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler Funeral Home with Military Rites to follow by the V.F.W. Post 1856 and the U.S. Navy Honor Guard. Visitation will be on Wednesday...
Bill Russell Hatch
Aug 14, 2026
William "Bill" R. Hatch, 88, of Fort Dodge, passed away, Friday August 15, 2026, at Simpson Health Center Friendship Haven.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday August 22, 2026, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. There will be a visitation from 10:00 AM until the time of service at the church. Laufersweiler Funeral Hom...
Joseph McLimans
Aug 14, 2026
Joseph Allan McLimans, age 59, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, formerly of Fennimore, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully at his home on August 14, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Joe was born August 31, 1966, to Raymond and Doris McLimans, the youngest of seven children. Growing up as the baby of a large family shaped much of the man he...
Gregory Kruthoff
Aug 8, 2026
Gregory Alan Kruthoff, 74, of Badger, Iowa, passed away August 9, 2026, at the Southfield Wellness Center in Webster City.
Following high school Greg served the US Army in the Vietnam War. Though a lifelong learner and jack of all trades, he is best known for his career as a sheet metal specialist. He worked in California and Nevada before...
Gregg Kreamer
Aug 8, 2026
Gregg E. Kreamer, 78, of Fort Dodge departed the Earth Saturday, August 8, 2026 at Trinity Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Burial in Corpus Christi Cemetery will follow a luncheon being served immediately after the service. A visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 PM Monday, August 17,...
Randall "Randy" Lynn Wingert
Aug 7, 2026
Randy L. Wingert, 72, of Fort Dodge, passed away Friday August 7, 2026, at Grandview Care Center in Dayton.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE - A Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 15th from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Randy is survived by his significant other, Teri Miller, children, Andrea (Joe) Farhat of Fort Dodge, Kyle (Jessica)...
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