Obituaries
Clinton B. Gifford
Jun 27, 2024
Clinton B. Gifford, 36, of Iowa City, formerly Fort Dodge, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Iowa City on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
Clint was born July 15, 1987 in Fort Dodge the son of Danny L Gifford and Kimberly R. Bjornson. He lived for a time near Ottosen and then moved to Fort Dodge where he was raised and...
Eugene H. Jorgensen
Jun 16, 2024
Eugene H. Jorgensen, 85, of Latimer, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday evening, June 16, 2024 at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton.
He was born April 9, 1939, at home near Beeds Lake, Hampton, Iowa, the son of Alfred and Leona (Pralle) Jorgensen. He grew up on a farm south of Coulter and attended country school, later St. Paul’s Lutheran School then...
Jan Piper Jaqua
Jun 14, 2024
Jan Piper Jaqua was born in Ames, Iowa, May 10, 1936 to Wallace J. and Bernice (Perry) Piper. She was educated in the Ames school system and attended Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls. Jan taught first grade in Humboldt, where she met her husband, John F. Jaqua. They had four children, Kathryn Jaqua of Phoenix, Arizona, Sarah Kallsen...
Norma Jean McCoon
Jun 11, 2024
Norma Jean McCoon, 92, of Bode, passed away on Tuesday evening, June 11, 2024 at the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona.
Norma Jean was born May 12, 1932 in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Trevor and Ruby (Hall) Seymour. She was united in marriage to Robert L. McCoon and the couple made their home at various locations throughout the...
Marian J. Williams
Jun 10, 2024
Marian J. Williams, 92, of Livermore, passed away peacefully on the morning of Monday, June 10, 2024 in the Long Term Care Unit of the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital.
Marian was born June 11, 1931 in Mason City, the daughter of Seward and Lillian Glee (Pope) Link. She was raised and educated in Mason City and moved to Livermore at age...
Teresa A. Prenger
Jun 8, 2024
Teresa Ann Prenger, 56 of Dakota City, passed away due to a UTV accident on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
Teresa was born in Mountain Lake, Minnesota on November 14, 1967, the daughter of Merle and Janell (Wilson) Ayres. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1986. In 1988 she graduated from Minnesota West Community...
Theodore J. "Ted" Prenger
Jun 8, 2024
Theodore J. “Ted/Teddy” Prenger, 43, of Dakota City, passed away due to a UTV accident on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
Ted was born in Humboldt, Iowa on April 21, 1981 the son of Steven J. Prenger and Gail M. Broich. He grew up in Humboldt, played football in school and graduated from Humboldt High School in 2000. Throughout his life he...
Vaughn H. Reekers
Jun 2, 2024
Vaughn Henry Reekers of Renwick, passed away suddenly on June 2, 2024, at the age of 72.
To know Vaughn was to love him. He was born in Sheldon, Iowa and grew up in the Humboldt area but his sense of adventure took him many places before bringing him back to Renwick. A few of the highlights include driving his...
Nickolas Golz
May 29, 2024
Nickolas H. Golz, 36 of Humboldt, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday morning, May 29, 2024.
Nick was born May 8, 1988 in Fort Dodge, the son of Keith E. and Margaret (Jones) Golz. He grew up in Fort Dodge and attended Fort Dodge Schools. Following his schooling he worked in the restaurant business in the Fort Dodge area....
William B. Olds
May 20, 2024
William B. Olds, 72, of Dakota City, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, May 20, 2024.
Bill was born August 17, 1951 in Fort Dodge, the son of Homer and Frances (Hetherington) Olds. He was a lifelong resident of Dakota City. Bill graduated from Humboldt High School and started working for the City of Humboldt where he was a...
Irma E. Wigans
May 18, 2024
Irma E. Wigans, 98, of Dakota City, passed away late Saturday afternoon, May 18, 2024, in the Long Term Care Unit of the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital, where she was a resident since December of 2023.
Irma was born January 27, 1926 on a farm near Hardy, Iowa, the daughter of Orville and Jesse (Olinger) Alexander. She was raised and educated...
Gary B. Block
May 6, 2024
Gary B. Block, 90, formerly of Humboldt, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he and Jean had moved to be close to family.
Gary was born March 24, 1934, in Renwick and moved with his family at a young age to LuVerne where he attended schools and graduated high school. He enlisted in the...
Jacquelin L. "Jackie" Schulze
Apr 28, 2024
Jacquelin (Jackie) Redenius Schulze passed away April 28, 2024 at the age of 86. The oldest daughter of Lawrence and Margaret (Walther) Redenius, she was born April 15th, 1938 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. She was raised in Lake City until the age of 14 when they moved to Humboldt. Jackie graduated from Humboldt High School in 1957....
Shirley A. Meyer
Apr 25, 2024
Shirley A. Meyer, 71, of Humboldt, passed away in her home with her husband by her side on Thursday afternoon, April 25, 2024.
Shirley was born December 20, 1952 in Eagle Grove, the daughter of Martin and Doris (Wagner) Solheim. She grew up on a farm south of Eagle Grove and attended Eagle Grove schools graduating from Eagle Grove High School...
John David McKellips, Jr.
Apr 25, 2024
John David “Zub” McKellips, Jr., 89, of Humboldt, passed away on Thursday morning, April 25, 2024, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge.
Dave was born March 3, 1935 in Humboldt, the son of John David and Eilleen (Terwilliger) McKellips, Sr. He was raised and educated in Humboldt, played football and baseball and graduated from Humboldt High School...
Marilyn Lindemann
Apr 24, 2024
Marilyn, the daughter of Carl and Emma (Jacobs) Marcellus was born at home in Dakota City, Iowa. Marilyn grew up in Humboldt, graduating from Humboldt High School in 1954 and from Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls in 1956. She taught in the Latimer-Coulter and Humboldt Community School Districts. Marilyn married Marvin Lindemann in 1958 at First Lutheran Church...
Larry E. "Grease" Johnson
Apr 14, 2024
Larry E. “Grease” Johnson, 74, of Dakota City, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, April 14, 2024 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge.
Larry was born June 12, 1949, in Lake City, Iowa the son of Paul and Ruby (Demien) Johnson. He was raised in Farnhamville and Rutland and graduated from Humboldt High School. He enlisted in...
Doris E. Logue
Apr 8, 2024
Doris Elaine (Parsons) Logue, 94, passed away after a brief illness at Humboldt County Memorial Hospital on April 8, 2024.
Doris, daughter of Edward and Cora (Kinseth) Parsons, was born September 7, 1929 in Bode, Iowa. After spending first grade in Bode, the family moved to Humboldt where she graduated with the class of 1947. She worked at Northwestern Bell Telephone...
Craig D. "Spud" Vote
Mar 31, 2024
Craig D. “Spud” Vote, 66, of Livermore, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday afternoon, March 31, 2024 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital in Humboldt.
Craig was born April 25, 1957 in Fort Dodge, the son of Daniel “Swede” and Jean (Maupin) Vote. He was raised and educated in Bradgate and attended Gilmore City-Bradgate High School. He worked for a time in...
Michael R. Shelgren
Mar 26, 2024
Michael R. Shelgren, 61, of Bode, passed away on Tuesday morning, March 26, 2024 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital.
Michael was born March 29, 1962 in Fort Dodge, the son of Lowell and Joan (Enockson) Shelgren. He was raised and educated in Gilmore City and graduated from Gilmore City-Bradgate High School in 1981. Following high school, Michael enlisted in the...