Obituaries

Robert Phelps

Robert Phelps

Dec 25, 2022

Robert B. Phelps, 88, of Kingsley, Iowa passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022. Private family services will be held with burial to follow at the Kingsley Cemetery. Robert Brooks Phelps was born on January 1, 1934, in Kingsley, Iowa to Floyd and Helen (Wylie) Phelps. He was Siouxland’s First New Year’s Baby. Robert joked that January 1st was the...

JoAnn M. Morgan

JoAnn M. Morgan

Dec 23, 2022

Kingsley, IA:     JoAnn Morgan, 88, of Kingsley passed away Friday, December 23, 2022, at Kingsley Specialty Care in Kingsley, IA.  A visitation will be held at Rohde Funeral Home, Friday, December 30, 2022, 4:00 -- 7:00 p.m., the family present during this time with food & fellowship during the visitation.  Interment will be at a later date.

JoAnn...

Wyman L. Griffith

Wyman L. Griffith

Dec 7, 2022

Wyman was born May 16, 1931 on the family farm near Kingsley, Iowa to Lloyd and Mabel Warren Griffith. He excelled academically and in numerous track and field events at Kingsley High School, graduating as valedictorian in 1949.  

Wyman married Emma Lou Coffey on October 18, 1956 in Lincoln, Missouri where they lived most of their 40 years together. ...

Joan L. Bleil

Joan L. Bleil

Nov 29, 2022

 

Joan was April 3, 1932, Kingsley, IA the daughter of Louis and Lina (Miller) Bleil. Joan grew

up in the Kingsley area graduating from Kingsley High School and attending a business college

in Sioux City, Ia. Joan’s father passed away when Joan was a young child after which Joan

and her mother continued to live on the farm until...

Gregory M. Nairn

Gregory M. Nairn

Nov 28, 2022

PIERSON, IOWA: Gregory Mark Nairn, 63 of Pierson, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, IA. Visitation will begin at 12PM before the service with family present at 1PM. Pastor Ben Perkins will be officiating. Burial will be at...

Ellen R. Klaschen

Ellen R. Klaschen

Nov 28, 2022

Ellen Rae Klaschen (Powell) passed away on Nov 28th, 2022, at Unity Point Health Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Services will be held at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, IA on Friday, Dec. 2nd at 10:30 AM with visitation Thursday, Dec. 1 from 5 – 7 pm and prayer service at 7pm. Pastor Ken Kraft will be officiating. 

Ellen was...

Elizabeth "Betty" K. Hansen

Elizabeth "Betty" K. Hansen

Nov 11, 2022

Elizabeth (Betty) Hansen of Kingsley, Iowa passed away peacefully on Nov 11, 2022, at the age of 88. 

Betty was born Aug 18, 1934, to William and Leona (Siecke) Frank in Stanton NE. She graduated from Stanton High School in 1952.  She attended Nebraska Methodist Hospital nursing program and received an RN degree in 1955.

Betty married Loren Ray Hansen,...

Walter Eugene Werner

Walter Eugene Werner

Nov 5, 2022

Walter E. Werner, 70, of Kingsley, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2022, at UNMC in Omaha, Nebraska.  Memorial service will be 2 p.m. on Friday, November 12, 2022, with Military Honors at Rohde Funeral Home, Kingsley, IA, Pastor Travis Powers officiating.  Condolences may be directed online to the family at rohdefh.com.

Walter was born the son of Eugene and Wilma...

Timothy D. Morgan

Timothy D. Morgan

Oct 24, 2022

Timothy "Tim" D. Morgan, 44, of Kingsley, passed away Monday, October 24, 2022, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.  A private family funeral service will be held. There will be a visitation open to friends of the family 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 28, 2022, at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley.

Tim was born August 5,...

Patty M. Henry

Patty M. Henry

Oct 4, 2022

Patty “Beverly Alice” Henry

Kingsley, IA: Our beloved mother, Patty M. Henry went home on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at the age of 88. She was in her home in Kingsley, when she passed.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 14, 2022 at First Lutheran Church, Kingsley. Burial will be in the Kingsley Cemetery. Lunch will...

Shirley E. Brown

Shirley E. Brown

Oct 3, 2022

KINGSLEY, IA:     Shirley E. Brown, 89, of Kingsley, passed away, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 at Happy Siesta Health Care Center, Remsen, IA.  

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, with Pastor Ken Kraft officiating.  Burial will

be at Kingsley Cemetery.  Visitation will be 6:00 -- 8:00...

Richard Plendl

Richard Plendl

Oct 3, 2022

Richard "Dick" Plendl, 84 of Kingsley, passed away Monday, October 3, 2022, at Kingsley Specialty Care in Kingsley. 

Dick was born 02/23/1938, Kingsley, IA the son of Alvin and Elvera (Lindgren) Plendl. He grewup in the Kingsley area graduating from Union High School in 1957. Following high school, heworked for Irving Jensen and then entered the US Army in 1962, leaving...

Debby K Jantz

Debby K Jantz

Sep 24, 2022

Debby K. Jantz was born June 30, 1952, Sioux City, IA, the daughter of Theodore R. and Iona M. (Mahin) Schumacher. She grew up in the Correctionville, IA area graduating from Correctionville High School in 1970. Following high school she worked in Sioux City, IA as a legal secretary. 

On September 1, 1995, Debby married Steve Jantz in Kingsley, IA....

Gerald G. Forch

Gerald G. Forch

Sep 7, 2022

Kingsley, Iowa:  Gerald G. Forch, 91 of Kingsley, formerly of Oto and Anthon, IA, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, September 7, 2022.   A Memorial Vigil Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2022, at Rohde funeral Home in Kingsley with Deacon Jamie Sitzmann and Shirley Nelson officiating.  Burial will be at a later date.  A rosary will...

Sally L. Forch

Sally L. Forch

Sep 6, 2022

Kingsley, Iowa:     Sally L. Forch, 85 of Kingsley formerly of Oto and Anthon, IA passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, September 6, 2022.  A Memorial Vigil Service will be held at 11:00 Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Rohde Funeral Home, Kingsley, IA, with Deacon Jamie Sitzmann officiating.  Burial will be at a later date.  A rosary will be said at...

Dale Murray

Dale Murray

Aug 24, 2022

A Prayer service is planned Sunday, 08/28/22 – 5pm (family present from 5-7pm) at Rhode Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass & Burial Service is planned Monday, 08/29/22 – 10am at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Kingsley, Iowa. Dale Francis Murray, the son of Edwin Lawrence and Cora Catherine (Neihus) Murray, was born on April 15th, 1927, in Kingsley, Iowa. He...

H. Joan Michaelson

H. Joan Michaelson

Aug 19, 2022

H. Joan “Jo” Michaelson, 96 years young, of Kingsley, Iowa, danced into the arms of Jesus on Friday, August 19, 2022, at UnityPoint Health in Sioux City, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, August 26, 2022, at Salem Lutheran Church, rural Correctionville, Iowa. Rev. Jody Still-Herbold will officiate. A private family burial service will take place...

Maroldine R. Grabe

Maroldine R. Grabe

Aug 5, 2022

Maroldine was born August 25, 1940, the daughter of Marold B. & Frances L. (Jolley) Smith in Sioux City, IA. She grew up in Sioux City, graduating from East High School in 1958. Where she participated in band, choir, operetta and The Dreamaires. She then attended and graduated from Morningside College in 1962 with a B.A. degree.

She soon started...

Dr. Charles Hamm

Dr. Charles Hamm

Jul 16, 2022

Charles Edward Hamm, M.D. passed away July 16, 2022, at the Kingsley (Iowa) Specialty Care Center, following a nearly 20-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. A special and heartfelt thank you goes to the nurses, staff, and administration of the Care Center for your many years of kind and tireless care for Dr. Hamm. We know he appreciated each and every...

Karon J. Marengo

Karon J. Marengo

May 30, 2022

Sergeant Bluff, Iowa:     Karon J. Marengo, 77, of Sergeant Bluff passed away Monday, May 30, 2022 at MercyOne Hospital Sioux City, Iowa.  Funeral services will be held at a later date.