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Kathleen Liska

Kathleen J. Liska, 64, of Callender, passed away Monday February 9, 2026, at Trinity Regional Medical Center. There are no services planned at this time. Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the family. Kathleen is survived by her husband, Ric, daughter, Kristin Liska, grandsons, Max George, Cory Fawcett, and brother Bob (Patsy) Taylor. She is preceded in death by her parents, Duane and Karen (DeFoe) Taylor, and infant son, Keith Michael. Kathleen Joann Taylor was born on December 14, 1961, in Fort Dodge. She attended Prairie Valley Community schools in Gowrie. On August 30, ...

Leslie Allen

Services for Leslie Allen, 92, will be 1:30 PM Monday, Feb 16, 2026, at the Gunderson Chapel. Visitation will be from 12:30-1:30 PM Monday at Gunderson's. www.gundersonfuneralhome.com

Donna Kirkhart

Donna Kirkhart, 85, of Manson, died February 11, 2026, at Accura HealthCare, Pomeroy. Memorial visitation will be held 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2026, with the service to follow at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Weishaar Chapel in Manson, Iowa. Interment will be held in Ferguson Cemetery, Lake ...

Jeffrey D. “Jeff” McKibban

Funeral: 3:00 pm on Sat. Feb. 14th Mason-Lindhart, followed by military honors. Visitation: 11:00 - 3:00, Sat. at the Mason-Lindhart, Humboldt. www.masonlindhart.com

Joyce Bormann

Funeral Mass for Joyce Bormann, 83, of Bode will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in St. Joseph. There will be a CDA Rosary at 9:30 a.m. followed by visitation until time of services at the church on Friday. Inurnment will be at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Condolences may be left at www.oakcrestfuneralservices.com.

Robert “Bob” Koester

Robert “Bob” Koester, 81, of Moorland passed away peacefully with family by his side at Southfield wellness Community, Webster City on Sunday, February 8, 2026. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 14, 2026 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Moorland. Following the mass, a celebration of life will be at the Moorland Community Center. A visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. The family would ask everyone in attendance to dress casual in their favorite blue jeans, as Bob did.