Obituaries

Obituaries

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

Timothy J. O'Leary

Timothy J. O'Leary

Jan 4, 2020

Timothy J. O' Leary, 65, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020 at his home. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. A visitation will be 4:00 to 8:00 PM MONDAY at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Tim is survived by his...

Darlene H Brown

Darlene H Brown

Jan 3, 2020

Darlene H. Brown, 91, of Fort Dodge passed away Friday, January 3, 2020 at the Bickford Cottages. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 8, 2019 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 AM at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will follow in St. Josephs Cemetery in Duncombe. A visitation...

Rita L. Peterson

Rita L. Peterson

Jan 2, 2020

Gowrie Rita L. Peterson 76, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2020 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home, Fort Dodge. Funeral Services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie, with Pastor Jim Davis officiating. Burial will be at Gowrie Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 12:00 Noon Monday, Jan. 6, at the funeral home until...

Carol M Harris

Carol M Harris

Jan 2, 2020

Carol M. Harris, 70, of Fort Dodge passed away Thursday, January 2, 2020 at Fort Dodge Health and Rehabilitation. A Celebration of Life will be 2:00 PM Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Christian Church on the Rock (2175 180th Street, Fort Dodge, Iowa). Carol is survived by her son, Tim (Terri) Harris of Fort Dodge; grandchildren, Brandy Harris, Torri...

Gerald Milbrath

Gerald Milbrath

Dec 30, 2019

The Rev. Gerald Loren Milbrath was born in 1934 to Loren and Myrtle Milbrath in Jackson, MN. He is preceded in death by his Father and Mother, his beloved wife Gloria, and his great-grandson Logan. He went to be with the Lord on December 30, 2019. Gerald graduated from Bethany Lutheran High School in Mankato, MN. He attended and...

Wilmer Gene Anderson

Wilmer Gene Anderson

Dec 30, 2019

Wilmer "Gene" Anderson, 84, of Fort Dodge passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be 1:30 PM Friday, January 3, 2019 at First Covenant Church with Rev. Allen Redenius officiating. Burial will be in Lost Grove Township Cemetery, near Harcourt. A visitation will be 11:30 AM until the start of the service at the...

Mary Ann Rose Nilles

Mary Ann Rose Nilles

Dec 28, 2019

Mary Ann Rose Nilles, 86, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Saturday, December 28th at Friendship Haven. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 18th at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 AM at Corpus Christi Church with Rev. Brian Feller officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will take place at...

Bernadine Gentry

Bernadine Gentry

Dec 26, 2019

Rockwell City R. Bernadine Gentry 101, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Sunny Knoll Care Centre, Rockwell City. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the United Methodist Church, Rockwell City, with Pastor Anita Bane officiating. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Church until service time. Burial of casket will be at Rose...

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...