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Gladys Maassen

Gladys Hazel Maassen (nee Olson), 93 years young, was placed in God's loving arms August 25, 2024. Gladys was born in Chicago May 24, 1932, to Hazel Nichols and Theodore Olson, attending schools in Algona, Iowa; Lucerne, Minnesota; Rochester, Minnesota; and Fort Dodge, Iowa, and wed Carl R. Christensen in 1948 in Alameda, California. Patricia Ann (Mrs. Marvin Smith) Prescott, Arizona, and Carl James Christensen, Clinton, Iowa, soon became the first offsprings of the ever-growing family. Divorced in early 1952 and having returned to Creston and then to Fort Dodge, Gladys made her ...

R. June Olson

Funeral: 10:30 am, Fri., Aug. 30th, St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Bode. Visitation 5–7 pm Thurs, Aug. 29th, at Mason-Lindhart, Humboldt. www.masonlindhart.com

Kermit Rodewold

Kermit C. Rodewold, 91, of Somers, passed away Friday, August 23, 2024, at the Paula J, Baber Hospice Home. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at Laufersweiler's Palmer-Swank Funeral Home, Rockwell City. A visitation will begin 1 hour prior to the service. Burial will follow the service at Rosehill Cemetery.

Marlene Ditzenberger

Marlene Ditzenberger, 90, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024. Services are pending with Laufersweiler's Palmer-Swank Funeral Home.

Dennis M. Renquist

Funeral Mass: 1:00 pm, Wed, Aug. 28th, St. Mary Catholic Church, Humboldt. Visitation 5-7 pm Tues, Aug. 27th, at Mason-Lindhart. www.masonlindhart.com

David McCaulley

David A. McCaulley, 59, of Fort Dodge passed away Monday, August 19, 2024, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. A Celebration of Life will be Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the VFW from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Private family inurnment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Laufersweiler Funeral Home ...