Obituaries
Mary J. Lanning
Dec 26, 2023
Mary Jean Lanning, 82, of Rutland, passed away on Tuesday evening, December 26, 2023, at the West Bend Health & Rehabilitation Center following a lengthy illness.
Mary, the daughter of Eugene B. and Mary Ellen (Cain) Collins was born during a Joe Lewis fight May 23, 1941 on a farm near Gilmore City. She attended all her school years...
Eugene L. Wallace
Dec 25, 2023
Eugene Lee “Bub” Wallace was born November 30, 1953 in Fort Dodge to Jean and Phyllis (Ludwig) Wallace. Bub attended Bradgate School which later became Gilmore City-Bradgate where he played sports and graduated in 1972. He enrolled in Automotive Mechanics at Iowa Central Community College and received his degree soon after.
At the age of 19, Bub was involved...
Roger B. Rongved
Dec 23, 2023
Roger B. Rongved, 85 of Bode, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.
Roger was born December 31, 1937 in Bode, the son of Magnus and Hanna (Mathiason) Rongved. He was raised and educated in Bode, graduating from Bode High School, then served in the Iowa National Guard for a short time. Roger...
Kylee M. Myott
Dec 16, 2023
Kylee M. Myott, 34, of Humboldt, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Kylee was born January 12, 1989, in Humboldt, the daughter of David and Deanne (Kiley) Myers. She was raised and educated in Humboldt, graduating from Humboldt High School in 2007. She went on to further her education at...
Marilyn Klein
Dec 14, 2023
Marilyn C. Klein, 80, of Humboldt, formerly of Livermore, passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at the Fort Dodge Health & Rehabilitation Center in Fort Dodge.
Marilyn was born December 11, 1943 in Livermore, the daughter of Nick J. and Mary (Hilbert) Klein. She was raised and educated in the Livermore area attending Livermore Public Schools. She lived...
Sharon J. Blomker
Dec 1, 2023
Sharon J. Blomker, 81, formerly of Humboldt, passed away on Friday evening, December 1, 2023 at the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center in Des Moines.
Sharon was born July 25, 1942 in Humboldt, the daughter of George E. and Johanna M. (Olson) Day. She was raised and educated in Humboldt, graduating from Humboldt High School. She went on to...
Lynn E. Pattee
Nov 26, 2023
Lynn E. Pattee, 75, of Humboldt, passed away on Sunday morning, November 26, 2023, at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital.
Lynn was born August 13, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard and Eleanor (Bordner) Crawford. She was raised in Avoca, Iowa and graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1966, where she played on the Girls...
Jordan A. Olson
Nov 19, 2023
Jordan Anthony Olson, 26, of Humboldt, found peace in his heavenly home on Sunday, November 19, 2023. Jordan passed away unexpectedly at his home in Humboldt.
Jordan was lovingly welcomed into this world on March 18, 1997 by his parents, Jeffery and Mary Beth (Waechter) Olson and an older brother, Justin. A few years later, his sister, Morgan followed....
Andrew H. Hampe
Nov 5, 2023
Andrew H. Hampe, 64, of Bode, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Bode on Sunday, November 5, 2023.
Andrew was born August 14, 1959, in Toul-Rosieres Air Force Base, France, the son of Arthur E. and Ida M. (Nielsen) Hampe, Sr. He moved with his family at a very young age to Bode where he was raised and...
Terry M. Hart
Nov 4, 2023
Terry M. Hart, 84, of Humboldt, passed away Saturday morning, November 4, 2023, in the Long Term Care Unit of the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital.
Terry was born September 8, 1939 in Fort Dodge, the son of Emory Willard and Kathryn (Collins) Hart. He was raised and educated on the family farm in Lake Township, attending a one room...
Inez Harders
Nov 3, 2023
Inez A. Harders, 64, of Humboldt, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Humboldt on Friday, November 3, 2023.
Inez was born June 11, 1959, in Fort Dodge, the daughter of Robert and Marlys (Kemp) Acheson. She was raised in Dakota City and later moved to Northwood, Iowa, where she graduated from Northwood High School in 1977. She returned...
Virginia L. "Ginny" Larson
Oct 16, 2023
Virginia L. “Ginny” Larson, 88, of Humboldt, passed away peacefully on Monday morning, October 16, 2023, at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital in Humboldt.
She was born June 21, 1935 in Lu Verne, Iowa, the daughter of Wilhelm and Mary Annabelle (Bordwell) Knopf. She was raised and educated in the Lu Verne Schools. On August 25, 1951, Virginia...
Cal Muller
Oct 3, 2023
Calvin Lewis Muller was born on October 26th, 1942 in Waterloo, Iowa to Klaas and Carrie Finke Muller. He died at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines on October 3rd, 2023, at the age of 80 years.
While growing up, Cal lived with his family on various farms near Dike and Parkersburg, and graduated from Dike High...
Lori Merrill
Oct 1, 2023
Lori Merrill, 77, of Humboldt, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2023 at home with her five daughters by her side.
Lori, daughter of Joseph & Christina (Origer) Becker was born on June 5, 1946 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Lori attended St. Joseph’s Catholic grade school in St. Joe and was a graduate of Garrigan High School 1964 in...
Betty L. Tinken
Sep 28, 2023
Betty Tinken (Hall), 94, of Gilmore City, died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital in Humboldt.
Betty was born on January 8, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa as Betty Marcine Hartley. In 1934 Betty was adopted by Fred and Violet Hall. Betty detasseled corn and babysat, worked at Clayton's Variety...
James M. Thoden
Sep 27, 2023
James M. Thoden, 80, of Humboldt, passed away at his home surrounded by family on Wednesday evening, September 27, 2023.
He was born November 3, 1942 in rural Humboldt County, the son of Martin William and Irma (McCrady) Thoden. He grew up on the farm and at an early age moved with his family to Dakota City where he...
Tony Luft
Sep 26, 2023
Tony Luft, 77, of Humboldt, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, September 26, 2023 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital.
He was born June 8, 1946, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, the son of Roy and Goldie (Mischler) Luft. He graduated from St. Bernard Catholic High School in Breda, Iowa, then attended Iowa State University. Tony was united in marriage to...
Perry Slaikeu
Sep 19, 2023
Perry R. Slaikeu, 84, of Humboldt, passed away in the Long Term Care Unit of the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital on Tuesday evening, September 19, 2023.
He was born October 8, 1938 in Goldfield, the son of Donald D. and Alta (Duerst) Slaikeu. He was raised and educated in the Goldfield area, graduating from Goldfield High School. He was...
Dennis J. Anderson
Sep 16, 2023
Dennis J. Anderson, 63, of Humboldt, passed away on Saturday afternoon, September 16, 2023, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
He was born August 10, 1960, in Decorah, Iowa, the son of Eugene and Martha (Anderson) Anderson. He grew up in various parts of the Midwest due to his father’s employment, graduating from Putnam City High School...
Jens J. "Joe" Andersen
Sep 16, 2023
Jens Joseph “Joe” Andersen, 87, passed away at 2:05 a.m., Saturday, September 16th 2023 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. Joe was born in Bradgate, Iowa November 16th, 1935. He is survived by his grandchildren Tyler (wife Megan and son Bennett) Andersen of Riverside, Missouri, Nathaniel (Nate) Andersen of Kansas City, Missouri; brothers Jim (wife...