Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Webster City, IA and surrounding areas

John Mailander

John Mailander

Sep 11, 2009

John T. Mailander, 87, of Webster City, died Friday, September 11, 2009 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge. A Memorial Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church with Rev. Scott Boone presiding. Inurnment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be held from...

Linda Risetter

Linda Risetter

Sep 10, 2009

Linda Risetter, 49, of Lehigh, died Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice House in Fort Dodge. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center in Webster City. Visitation will begin one hour before the memorial service at Fosters. She is survived by her husband, Kevin Risetter; daughters, Kindra...

Roger Lindeman

Roger Lindeman

Sep 5, 2009

Roger K. Lindeman, 68, died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at Stratford, Iowa. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 8 at the Fulton Cemetery in Fulton, WI with military rites conducted by the Edgerton Memorial Squad. Visitation will be on Monday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a funeral service beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Foster...

Daniel Bordwell

Daniel Bordwell

Sep 4, 2009

Daniel E. Bordwell, 30, of Belmond, died Friday, September 4, 2009 at the Wright Medical Center in Clarion. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center in Webster City with Rev. Bill Kem officiating. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday and...

Patricia Chelesvig

Patricia Chelesvig

Sep 2, 2009

Patricia L. Chelesvig, 74, Webster City, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 at her home. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, with Revs. Scott Boone and Jim McCormick presiding. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5 p.m. to 8...

Jana Doolittle

Jana Doolittle

Aug 24, 2009

Jana was a wonderful gift from God given to us on July 1, 1964. Born with Down Syndrome, she was raised on the family farm, north of Webster City. She attended schools in Duncombe and Fort Dodge, graduating in 1985. She worked at Clarion for several years before moving to Hampton in 1989 where she joined the family of Access,...

Robert Cahill

Robert Cahill

Aug 18, 2009

Robert L. Cahill, 80, of Webster City, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Crestview Senior Living at Webster City. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church, with Rev. Terry Davenport officiating. Burial will be in the North Lawn Cemetery at Fort Dodge. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5-8...

Margaret Hanson

Margaret Hanson

Aug 17, 2009

Surrounded by her loving family, angels accompanied Margaret from Israel Family Hospice House, home to her heavenly Father, on Monday, August 17, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Foster Chapel with Rev. Suzie Moore officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Hill Cemetery, southeast of Stanhope. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation...

Ellen Mullenax

Ellen Mullenax

Aug 11, 2009

Ellen Marie Mullenax age 63 passed away on August 11th 2009, at Wright Medical Center in Clarion after a long illness. Ellie was born on October 30, 1945 in Washington D.C.. Ellie resided on the east coast where she started a family with her husband Fred Mullenax. Together they had four kids. In 1982 Ellie and Fred decided to move...

Walter Detmer

Walter Detmer

Aug 6, 2009

Walter F. Detmer, 97, of Webster City, died Thursday, August 6, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at the Vernon Lutheran Church south of Dows. Burial will follow in the Vernon Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Foster Funeral...

Beverly Chalfant

Beverly Chalfant

Jul 29, 2009

Beverly Chalfant, 75, of Webster City died Wednesday July 29, 2009, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, IA. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Foster Chapel with Reverend Barb Christenson officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00...

Larry Kayser

Larry Kayser

Jul 27, 2009

He was greeted on the Rainbow Bridge by his favorites: "Judge", "Jiggs", "Te", "Frosty and "Blue". Larry Kayser, 67, of Webster City, died Monday, July 27, 2009 at his home. He requested a Celebration of Life be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the Links Club House at Webster City. Following cremation, a private...

Helen Wehrheim

Helen Wehrheim

Jul 23, 2009

Mary Helen Richardson Wehrheim, 86, longtime Webster City and Solon, Iowa resident died Thursday, July 23, 2009 at her home in Solon. Visitation will be from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 26, 2009 at Brosh Chapel in Solon. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Webster City with Fr....

Shirley Keigan

Shirley Keigan

Jul 21, 2009

Keigan, Shirley Ann Rierson, 77, of State Center, Iowa passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa. Shirley Ann Rierson was born on July 30, 1931 to Selmar and Alice Wells Rierson of Fort Dodge, Iowa. She grew up in Fort Dodge and graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High School in 1949. On...

Howard Mellinger

Howard Mellinger

Jul 17, 2009

Howard J. Mellinger 68, of Webster City, died Friday, July 17, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the Webster City Church of Christ with Pastor Ray Artrip officiating. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday evening at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center...

Wendell Holmes

Wendell Holmes

Jul 15, 2009

Wendell A. Holmes, 45, of Webster City, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at the Israel Family Hospice House at Ames. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Foster Chapel, with Chaplain Henrietta Klarenbeek officiating. Wendell Allen Holmes, son of Ray and June Woodruff Holmes, was born February 5, 1964 at Boone, Iowa. He received...

Evelyn Brown

Evelyn Brown

Jul 14, 2009

Evelyn Brown, 86, of Webster City, died Wednesday July 14, 2009 at the Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Faith United Methodist Church, with Rev. Mike Willer officiating. Burial will be in the Cass Township Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 p.m. to...

Joyce Jones

Joyce Jones

Jul 13, 2009

Joyce Diane Draper, daughter of Keith and Lavonne Welp Draper, was born July 12, 1946 at Webster City. She received her education in the Webster City school system graduating in 1964. She attended Blair Business College at Colorado Springs for 2 years. She married and later divorced William "Gerry" Jones at Colorado Springs. They resided at Colorado Springs, where she...

Chon Wangkham

Chon Wangkham

Jul 10, 2009

Chon Wangkham, 49, of Webster City, died Friday, July 10, 2009 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Rev. Travis Schmidt and Kham Phiwthong officiating. Burial will follow in the Cass Township Cemetery northeast of Webster City. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of...

Gerald Hanken

Gerald Hanken

Jul 10, 2009

Gerald Hanken, 101, of Webster City, died Friday, July 10, 2009 at Crestview Senior Living. Private family services will be held at a later date. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Arrangements were made with the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. Gerald Hanken, son of Gill and Mary Lachmiller Hanken, was born October 21,...