Obituaries

Margaret E Gernhart

Margaret E Gernhart

Mar 28, 2016

Margaret was born October 15, 1932 to Laurence and Clara (Manker) Baker near Correctionville, Iowa. She was educated in country schools in that area and married Lewis (bud) Gernhart in 1949. To that marriage, four sons were born. They farmed around the Kingsley area until Bud retired in 2004 when they moved into town. They enjoyed being "winter Texans" for...

William "Billy" Trout

William "Billy" Trout

Mar 19, 2016

William "Billy" Trout, 52, of Biloxi, Mississippi, formerly of Kingsley, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2016 at a hospital in Biloxi. William "Billy" Scott Trout, of Biloxi, MS, a Kingsley Native, suffered a massive heart attack and passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Merit Health Hospital. He was 52 years young. On February 19 he celebrated 19 years...

Delores C Collins

Delores C Collins

Mar 9, 2016

Delores Cecilia Heath, daughter of the late Ralph and Bessie Heath was born on March 5, 1938 in Sioux City Iowa. Delores attended school in Oto, Iowa.Delores was united in marriage to Bill Collins on August 18, 1956 in Santa Anna, California.Delores and Bill together had six children. Frank (Kathy) Collins, Gene (Ami)Collins, Jeff (Sheryl) Collins, Denise (Tim) White, Shelly...

Scott M Hess

Scott M Hess

Feb 16, 2016

Kingsley, Iowa: SCOTT MICHAEL HESS, age 63, of Sarasota, Florida, was found in his home on February 16, 2016 after dying of a heart attack. He was cremated. Memorial services will take place at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, Iowa at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2016. Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.rohdefh.com. Scott was born...

Mary B Seggerman

Mary B Seggerman

Feb 14, 2016

Mary Beth Seggerman, age 76, of Kingsley, Iowa passed away on Sunday February 14, 2016 at Kingsley Specialty Care in Kingsley. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00am Thursday February 18, 2016 at the Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley with Pastor Wayne Pfannkuch officiating. A luncheon will immediately follow the funeral service. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 pm...

Roger J Irwin

Roger J Irwin

Feb 3, 2016

Roger Jay Irwin was born August 6, 1932, in Cherokee County, Iowa, the son of R.J. & Elizabeth (Burleigh) Irwin. He was raised in the Grand Meadow area graduating from Grand Meadow High School in 1950. After graduation from high school, Roger served in the U.S. Army from 1953 - 1955. Roger completed his basic training at Camp Polk in...

Wilma J Hauck

Wilma J Hauck

Jan 10, 2016

Wilma J. Hauck, 90, of Kingsley passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016 at the Hawkeye Nursing Home, Spirit Lake, Iowa. Born June 26, 1925, Wilma was the eldest daughter of Ray and Edna (Coatsworth) Hawkins. She had two siblings, a sister, Dorothy, and brother, Elwin (Al). Wilma grew up in the Kingsley area and graduated valedictorian in 1942 from Kingsley...

Minnetta M Schweitzberger

Minnetta M Schweitzberger

Jan 1, 2016

Minnetta Marlene Olson was born April 25, 1933, Lawton, Iowa, the daughter of Walter and Lillian (Hageman) Olson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She graduated Lawton High School and later married Kenneth Schweitzberger. They lived in the Moville/Kingsley area where they raised their family. Her husband, Kenneth passed in 2007. Minnetta continued to live on their...

Randall R Gollhofer

Randall R Gollhofer

Dec 25, 2015

Randy R. Gollhofer was born September 10, 1951, Kingsley, Iowa, the son of Frank and Blanche (Timmins) Gollhofer. Randy grew up in Kingsley graduating from Kingsley High School. He married Cindy Ott June 18, 1977 at St. Michael Catholic Church in Kingsley, Iowa. After their marriage Randy and Cindy lived in Kingsley and Sioux City before moving to Orange City,...

Avianna Adina Rios

Avianna Adina Rios

Dec 6, 2015

Avianna was born November 29, 2015 at Children's Hospital in Omaha, NE, the daughter of Alysha Beckstrom. Surivors include her mother, grandparents, Ron and Shelly Beckstrom of Pierson, IA and Wendell and Stephanie Birdhead of Council Bluffs, Iowa, two sisters, Arianna and Lilionna, and two brothers, Giovanni and Julian. Also, surviving is a special uncle, M.J. Desy and several aunts,...

Twila M Klaschen

Twila M Klaschen

Dec 5, 2015

Twila Mae was born May 29, 1934, Grand Meadow, Iowa, the daughter of Rex L. and Elma A. (Nafe) Klingensmith. She grew up in the Washta area graduating from Grand Meadow High School in 1951. After graduation she worked at various jobs before becoming bookkeeper for Culligan where she worked for 33 years. Twila was very involved with Meadow Star...

Lillian A Nairn

Lillian A Nairn

Dec 1, 2015

Lillian Ann Nairn was born June 15, 1939 in Holstein, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Anna F. (Gehrke) Saxen. She graduated from Correctionville High School in 1957. After graduation she worked at Security National Bank in Sioux City, Iowa. Lillian later worked as a caregiver for people who needed health care to be able to live in their own...

Kristi M Fagler

Kristi M Fagler

Sep 9, 2015

Kristi was born on July 11, 1951 and passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2015.Kristi was a resident of Iowa.

Dale A Leekley

Dale A Leekley

Aug 28, 2015

Dale was born June 29, 1930, in Burke, SD, the son of T. S. & Dena (Vogt) Leekley, and as a young child his family moved to Iowa. He graduated from Westfield Community High School, Westfield, Iowa, in 1949. Dale served in the Iowa National guard from 1948 until 1952. He attained the rank of sergeant. On September 2, 1952...

Donald A Collins

Donald A Collins

Jul 22, 2015

Don Asher Collins was born February 3, 1923 in Kingsley, Iowa, the son of John and Laurel (Alger) Collins. He graduated from Kingsley High School in 1939 and served his country aboard the USS North Carolina. Don married Gladys Kisting in Moville, IA, October 28, 1949. After their marriage, they farmed east of Kingsley until moving to farm north of...

Caroline A Kurtenbach

Caroline A Kurtenbach

Jul 19, 2015

Caroline Ann (Erickson) Kurtenbach, 71, passed away unexpectedly from a sudden stroke at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, IA on Sunday, July 19, 2015.Caroline Ann Kurtenbach was born in Vermillion, SD on September 2, 1943, to Theodore and Johanna (Lucken) Erickson. The family later moved to Spencer, IA, where she graduated from high school in 1961. She attended college...

John P Lindgren

John P Lindgren

Jul 15, 2015

John P. Lindgren, 98, of Kingsley passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.John Percy Lindgren, the second of ten children, was born March 19, 1917 at Washta, Iowa to Nels Lindgren and Ida Johnson Lindgren. He attended school at Grand Meadow. He worked as a farm hand for Ray Olson for five years. He...

Dawn D Rosburg

Dawn D Rosburg

Jul 13, 2015

Dawn D. (Fluent) Rosburg, 57, of Kingsley, IA died Monday, July 13, 2015 at her residence after a long struggle with diabetes.Dawn was born November 16, 1957 at Rockford, IL, the daughter of Glen and Lenore "Hap" (Sullivan) Fluent. The family moved back to the family farm in Newcastle, NE when she was a child. Dawn was confirmed at Faith...

Darrell Bruning

Darrell Bruning

Jun 4, 2015

Darrell E. Bruning, 81, of Lawton passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, June 4, 2015 following a lengthy illness. Private family services were held on June 9, 2015 at the Johnson – Earnest Funeral Home in Kingsley, Iowa. Interment followed at Kingsley Cemetery. Darrell Eugene Bruning was born on December 12, 1933 in Kingsley, Iowa, the son of...

William L Laddusaw

William L Laddusaw

May 14, 2015

William L. Laddusaw, 82 of Kingsley, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 at a Sioux City hospital.Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 18, 2015 at Rohde Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Kraft officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, May 17, 2015 from 5 to 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 6:00 with Rev. Roger Kurtenbach officiating also at...