Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Fort Dodge, Rockwell City, and Gowrie, IA and surrounding areas
Carolee Vinson
Jan 26, 2019
Carolee M. Vinson, 75, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, January 26, 2019 at her home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, February 1, 2019 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Rev. Dan Kahl officiating. Burial will follow at North Lawn Cemetery. A visitation will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Carolee is survived by...
Sonora Rose Ricklefs
Jan 25, 2019
Sonora Rose Ricklefs was born August 26, 1993. She was born with two very rare birth defects that affected her heart and lungs. She was given only an 11% chance to live. Sonora was a fighter all the way until the end. She lost her battle to congestive heart failure and pulmonary hypertension on January 25, 2019. Sonora attended...
Eleanor J Mccarthy
Jan 23, 2019
Eleanor J. McCarthy, 84, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at the Villa Cottages. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 1:30 PM at Corpus Christi Church with Rev. Patrick Behm, officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Corpus Christi...
Shirley Brown
Jan 22, 2019
Shirley Jean Harper (Lockman) Brown was born on August 12, 1940, in Greenville, MS to Owen and Flora (Williams) Harper. She moved with the family to Fort Dodge in 1952 as her father had come earlier to work in the gypsum industry. She attended school in Fort Dodge and earned her GED. She also took classes at Iowa Central...
Thomas Slagle
Jan 21, 2019
Thomas P. Slagle, 86, of Lake City and formerly of Fort Dodge passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Shady Oaks Care Center, Lake City. Visitation and Celebration of Life services 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 27, 2019 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Thomas is survived by his son, Jim (Lori) Slagle of Loveland, CO; daughter, Kim (Roger) Clark...
Margaret "Gelene" Semprini
Jan 21, 2019
Margaret "Gelene" Semprini, 99, of Fort Dodge, passed away Monday, January 21, 2019 at the Marian Home. Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 28th at 10:30 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Msgr. Kevin McCoy, officiating. Burial will follow in North Lawn Cemetery. A visitation will be on Monday from 9:00 to 10:30...
Joseph Kirby
Jan 19, 2019
Joseph F. Kirby, 63, of Fort Dodge passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Friday, January 25, 2019 at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Patrick Behm officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will follow in Corpus Christi Cemetery. A visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 pm Thursday at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral...
Felo Francis Bednar
Jan 19, 2019
Felo "Francis" P. Bednar, 86, of Fort Dodge, passed away in his sleep on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 26th 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...
Duane Thilges
Jan 18, 2019
Duane Lauren Thilges passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 18, 2019 from lung cancer and heart disease. Duane was born March 18, 1943 to Clarence and Margaret (Schaller) Thilges. He attended grade school at St. Joseph Catholic School in St. Joseph, Iowa then transferred to West Bend Public School where he graduated in 1961. He furthered his education at...
Enrique Villarreal
Jan 18, 2019
Enrique Villarreal Jr. 71, of Rockwell City, Iowa, formerly of Falfurrias, Texas, entered into rest on Friday, January 18, 2019 at his home following a lengthy illness. Enriques wishes were to be cremated and Services will be in Texas at a later date. Enrique is survived by his son Enrique (Terrie) Villarreal III, of Rockwell City Iowa; his daughter...
Helen Margaret Ruebel
Jan 18, 2019
Helen M. Ruebel, died on January18, 2019 2 weeks before her 105th birthday. Services will be held on Sunday, January 20th at 1:00 PM at Laufersweiler - Sievers Funeral Home in Fort Dodge, IA. Survivors include her children, Sally (Rodney) Amlie of Humboldt, IA; Arthur "Tom" (Carol) Ruebel of Gardner, CO; Janet (James) Bergman of Norwalk, IA; 8 grandchildren,...
James Taylor
Jan 17, 2019
James "JD" Taylor, 58, of Fort Dodge passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Services are pending. Lauferweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family.
Mark S. Talbott
Jan 16, 2019
Rockwell City Mark S. Talbott 70, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019 unexpectantly in Rockwell City. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 21, 2019 at Emanuel St. John Lutheran Church, Lytton, with Pastor Ben Worley officiating. Burial will be at St. John Lutheran Cemetery, near Lytton, with Military Graveside Rites by the United States Marine Corp Honor...
Larry D Davis
Jan 14, 2019
Larry D. Davis, 79 of Lehigh died Monday, January 14, 2019 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Larry's wishes were for his body to be donated to the University of Iowa. Larry Davis was born June 8, 1939. His parents were Wanda Lucille (Harrington) Davis and Lewis Leroy Davis. Larry attended Vinton School for the blind, where he...
Ella B. Webb
Jan 14, 2019
Rockwell City Ella B. Webb 100, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 at Shady Oaks Care Center, Lake City. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the Church of Christ, Rockwell City, with Pastor Kenneth Greeley officiating. Burial will be at Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at...
Patricia A. "Mama Toodles" Gribble
Jan 11, 2019
Patricia A. "Mama Toodles" Gribble, 78, of Fort Dodge passed away Friday, January 11, 2019 at Fort Dodge Health and Rehab, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 11th, 2019 at Kennedy Park just north of Fort Dodge. Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family. She is survived by her...
Richard Earl Grannan
Jan 11, 2019
Earl Richard "Rick" Grannan, 66, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. A Celebration of Life will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturday, January 19th, 2019 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. Celebration Of Life Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home 307 South...
Dorothy Helen Malloy
Jan 11, 2019
Dorothy Helen Malloy, 94, of Humboldt passed away Friday, January 11, 2019 at the QHC Humboldt Care Center South. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 15th at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of the Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 at Sacred Heart Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be at...
Robert Rivers Sr.
Jan 7, 2019
Robert Rivers Sr., 58 passed away Monday, January 7, 2019 at the Fort Dodge Villa Care Center. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home. He was born in Atmore, Alabama on December 22, 1960 to Carrie Mae Brown-Rivers and Moses Earl Rivers. Robert graduated from ECHS in Atmore, Alabama. He was proceed...
Raymond John Mcloughlin
Jan 6, 2019
Raymond J. "Ray" McLoughlin, 88, of Fort Dodge passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. Memorial services will be 10:30 AM on Thursday, January 10th at Corpus Christi Church with Msgr. Kevin McCoy, officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will follow in the Newark Township Cemetery, near Vincent. Visitation will be on...
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