Mark E. Brown, 58, of Spirit Lake passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Services are pending with Laufersweiler
Lucille Elms, 87, of Fort Dodge, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021, at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Services are pending with Laufersweiler Funeral Home
PETER R. HEESCH
Peter R. Heesch, 86, of Fort Dodge passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 at Trinity Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday January 19th at 10:30 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Burial will be at North Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Laufersweiler Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife Pam of Fort Dodge, daughters Rae Ressler of Fort Dodge, Julie Prewitt of Fort Dodge, son Neil Heesch of CA, stepson Jay Ricke of Fort Dodge, 11 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, sisters Mibbs Heesch of AZ, Kate Carmean of OK, brother Sam (Fay) Heesch of ID, several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
PATRICIA A. MILEFCHIK
Patricia A. Milefchik of Fort Dodge passed away unexÂpectedly WednesÂday, JanÂuary 13, 2021 at Iowa LuthÂeran Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 18, 2021 at Holy Trinity Church. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. A visitation will be 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Patricia was born at Mercy Hospital, Fort Dodge, Iowa on December 2, 1939 to Thomas and Eloise Mallinger. She grew up on a farm seven miles east of Fort Dodge. Pat graduated from St. Edmond Catholic school in 1957 and furthered her education at Iowa Central Community College, obtaining an AA degree in Teacher Education in 1959, Bachelor of Science in Education, Elementary Education from Drake University in 1968 and Master of Science and Education, Supervision in Curriculum and Instruction in 1986. She also did post-graduate work at Drake, UNI, U of I,
Dec 15, 2020
Richard “Kevin” Haack, 59, of Fort Dodge, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020, at Fort Dodge Health and Rehab.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2020, at Laufersweiler Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Corpus Christi Cemetery. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
He is survived by his siblings, Pamela Haack, Curtis (Yvonne) Haack, Mary Glass (Chad Goddard) all of Fort Dodge and Mark (Tammy) Haack of Badger; 13 nieces and nephews and 14 great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Carol Haack; and grandparents, Otto and Margaret Haack.