Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Gary Eugene Cooper

Gary Eugene Cooper

Nov 21, 2016

Gary E. Cooper, 78, passed away Monday, November 21, 2016 at the Paul J. Baber Hospice Home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 25, 2016 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and then 10:30 a.m. a Mass of Christian Burial will be at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery where...

Mary M. Dunphy

Mary M. Dunphy

Nov 20, 2016

Mary M. Dunphy, 79, of Fort Dodge, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be at Mount Calvery, south of Livermore. A visitation will be 9:30 a.m....

Timothy E. Bender

Timothy E. Bender

Nov 16, 2016

Mr. Timothy E. Bender, 52, of Fort Dodge, IA, passed away at Iowa City Hospital and Clinic on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2016 in the Chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Elder Bobby Naylor of Second Baptist Church officiating. A visitation will be 3:00 to 6:00 Sunday at the funeral...

Vivan May Diane

Vivan May Diane

Nov 16, 2016

Vivian M. Diane, 90, of Fort Dodge passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at her home. A private family service will be held. Vivian is survived by her daughters, Caroline Mollion and Becky (Tom) Cipressi; grandchildren, Krista (Denis) Krylov and Dominic Cipressi; great-grandchildren, Max; Eva and Nic; sister, Beverly Jordan. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernhardt...

Bertha Grell

Bertha Grell

Nov 12, 2016

Bertha M. Grell, 80, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, November 12, 2016, at her home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and a Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating. Burial will follow at North Lawn Cemetery. A...

Randall "Randy" Lee Klinger

Randall "Randy" Lee Klinger

Nov 11, 2016

Randall "Randy" Klinger, 60, of Somers passed away at his home. A Celebration of Life will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Randy is survived by his son, Randy Jr. and wife, Abbie Klinger of Fort Dodge; daughter, Kathy Dencklau and husband, Greg of Vincent; seven grandchildren, Brandon Dencklau; Miranda Dencklau; Austin...

Ruby Coleen Mccabe

Ruby Coleen Mccabe

Nov 9, 2016

Ruby C. McCabe, 91, of Fort Dodge passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at Simpson Health Center Friendship Haven. Funeral services will be 9:45 a.m. Monday, November 14, 2016 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and a Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. at St. Matthew's Church, Clare with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating. Burial will follow at St. James...

Mary Catherine Jensen

Mary Catherine Jensen

Nov 6, 2016

Mary C. Jensen, 96, of Fort Dodge passed away Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Funeral services will be Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and then a Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating. Burial will follow at...

Lorena Marie Michalski

Lorena Marie Michalski

Oct 25, 2016

Lorena M. Michalski, 89, of Fort Dodge passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 29th, 2016 at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 AM at Corpus Christi Church with Rev. Patrick Behm, officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial...

Patricia Ann Woody

Patricia Ann Woody

Oct 23, 2016

Patricia Ann Woody, 69, of Barnum passed away Sunday, October 23, 2016 at her daughter's, Lisa Terwillegar, home in Barnum. No services are planned at this time. Visitation Mon, Nov 30, -0001 No Visitation Scheduled or Private Service Mon, Nov 30, -0001 No Service Scheduled or Private

Leonard Glenn Mitchell

Leonard Glenn Mitchell

Oct 22, 2016

Leonard G. Mitchell, 81, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at the Marian Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. A visitation will be held Monday, October 24, 2016 from 4:00- 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Survivors include his daughters, Beth Stuhr of Johnston,...

James B. Barrett

James B. Barrett

Oct 22, 2016

James Bernard Barrett, 93, of Fort Dodge, formerly of Moorland, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at Friendship Haven. Funeral services will be 9:45 a.m. Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and then a Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Moorland with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating....

Kathy M. Ford

Kathy M. Ford

Oct 8, 2016

Kathy Marie Ford, 67, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2016, at her sister's farm in Dayton, IA. A Celebration of Life will be Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers funeral home in Fort Dodge. Burial will be held at the Otho Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Saturday...

Richard E. Wignall

Richard E. Wignall

Oct 4, 2016

Richard E. Wignall, 85, of Fort Dodge, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at the Marian Home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 7, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Military Rites will be presented by the V.F.W. Post 1856 and the Iowa State Patrol...

Josephine K Smith

Josephine K Smith

Sep 30, 2016

Josephine Smith, 81, of Fort Dodge, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at Fort Dodge Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, October 7, 2016 in the Chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Pastor Leroy Johnson officiating. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Josephine is survived by her...

Coby John Hacker

Coby John Hacker

Sep 30, 2016

Coby John Hacker, 22, of Manson passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A Prayer service will be at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Henderson officiating. A visitation will begin at 4:00 p.m. Thursday until the time of...

Lena Mae Townsend

Lena Mae Townsend

Sep 29, 2016

Lena Mae Gibbs was born on June 11, 1926, in Lauderdale, Mississippi to the union of Lang Gibbs and Ellen Dungton. She worked in the fields from an early age. She married Raymond Love on March 31, 1944 and moved to Fort Dodge to raise their family: 13 children were born to this union, seven of which preceded her...

Mb Newsome

Mb Newsome

Sep 29, 2016

MB Newsome of Columbus, Georgia passed away peacefully in Cameron, North Carolina surrounded by family on September 29, 2016 of complications from prostate cancer. He was 79 years old. Born on December 9th 1936. MB was the first son of 12 children of MB (Joe) Newsome and Blessitt Pearl Durham Newsome. Mr. MB Newsome was self-educated and an entrepreneur...

Michael Vernon Henry Mack

Michael Vernon Henry Mack

Sep 19, 2016

Michael Vernon Henry Mack, 90, of Fort Dodge, passed away Monday, September 19, 2016, at Fort Dodge Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home, with Pastor Gary Snook officiating. Burial will be at Union Cemetery, Pomeroy. A visitation will be Wednesday from 11:00...

John E. Sherman

John E. Sherman

Sep 16, 2016

John Edmund Sherman, 68, of Ankeny and formerly of Fort Dodge passed away peacefully on Friday, September 16, 2016 after a sudden and courageous battle with cancer at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. He was surrounded by his children, grandchildren, siblings, nieces, nephews and long-time significant other, Penny. John was born on March 13, 1948 in Fort Dodge,...