Obituaries
Gayle J. Lees
Oct 26, 2023
Gayle J. Lees, 74 of Kingsley, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, October 26, 2023 at her residence.
Gayle was born October 8, 1949, Kingsley, IA the daughter of William E. And Ruth (Black) Kniseley. Gayle grew up in Kingsley graduating from high school in 1967. Following high school she abecame a hairstylist, ultimately owning and operating "Gayle's Hairstyling" in Kingsley for...
Ronnie Mathers
Oct 4, 2023
Ronnie was born August 2, 1942, Kingsley, IA, the son of Roy G. and Joyce L. (Moritz) Mathers. He started working at Clark’s Hardware in high school as a bookkeeper and clerk and remained there for 48 years as partner and eventual owner. Ronnie and Nancy Simons were married May 1, 1962. They lived and raised their two children in Kingsley, IA. Ronnie was a...
Georgia "Gus" E. Anstine
Sep 30, 2023
Georgia was born February 22, 1936, at Maskell, NE, the daughter of Henry and Grace (Leedom) Swanson. Growing up "she was her Daddy’s girl”.Attending school in Haskell through High school and going on to Wayne State and USD for her Masters in Education. Her teaching years were many from rural Maskell area to South Sioux City, NE as 35 plus years were served...
Wilma Reinking
Sep 29, 2023
Wilma Doris Jessen was born August 31, 1926, to Henry and Edith (Peterson) Jessen on a farm near Danbury, IA. As Wilma would explain, the couple’s first three children were all girls. Wilma was the second born of the girls, and she found outside chores much more interesting than household chores. Wilma became her father’s helper and remained so, even after the birth of...
Janice F. White
Sep 27, 2023
Kingsley, IA: Janice F. White, 91 of Kingsley passed away, Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at Happy Siesta Health Care in Remsen, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Rohde Funeral Home, Kingsley, IA. Visitation begins Saturday at 1:00 p.m. with family being present 3:00 — 5:00 p.m. all at the Rohde Funeral Home. Janice was born to...
Corrine M. Leekley
Sep 9, 2023
Corrine Marie Leekley, 92 of Kingsley passed away, Saturday, September 9, 2023, at the Correctionville Nursing Home.
Born December 7, 1930, in Oto, Iowa, Corrine was the eldest child born to Joe and Pearl (Dirksen) Dickman. She was raised on a farm in the Danbury area and was admittedly daddy’s girl. She graduated from St. Patrick’s High School...
Marilyn D. Wilson
Sep 5, 2023
Kingsley, IA: Marilyn D. Wilson, 85 of Kingsley, IA passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in South Sioux City, NE. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Rohde Funeral Home, Kingsley with Chaplain Bob Dillman officiating. IA. Burial will be at Kingsley Cemetery. Visitation begins Saturday 9:00 a.m. at Rohde Funeral Home. Online condolences may...
Jeanette Kordonowy
Aug 25, 2023
Jeanette "Jet" Lee Kordonowy, 66, born in Rapid City, South Dakota, passed away Friday August 25, 2023.
Survivors include her husband Donald Hodge, Sherburn, MN. Her daughters Maria (Steve) Johannsen, Sioux Falls, SD. Sabrina (Brad) Brown, Pierson, Iowa. Her son Tony (Shannon) Ketelsen, Worthing, SD. Her brother and niece Mark (Esther) and Amanda Kordonowy, El Paso, TX, eleven grandchildren,...
JoAnn Irwin
Aug 3, 2023
Pierson, IA: JoAnn L. Irwin, 89, of Pierson, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2023 at Correctionville Specialty Care, Correctionville, IA. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 10, 2023, at Rohde Funeral Home, Kingsley, Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Pierson, IA. Visitation begins at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, at Rohde Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to rohdefh.com.JoAnn was born November...
Walter H Reinholdt
Jul 28, 2023
Lawton, Iowa: Walter H. Reinholdt, 95 of Lawton passed away, Friday, July 28, 2023, at Lawton Senior Living, Lawton, IA. Funeral services will be at noon, Friday, August 4, 2023, at Rohde Funeral Home, Kingsley, IA. Burial will be at Banner Township Cemetery, Lawton, IA. Visitation will be Friday, August 4, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until noon with...
Barbara A. Blenner-Buckley
Jul 23, 2023
Barbara was born October 6, 1936, Anthon, IA, the daughter of Robert “Scates” and Ida P. (Admire) Lewis. Barbara grew up in the Anthon area graduating from Anthon High School in 1955. She and Eldon Blenner were united in marriage in 1955, they lived on a farm near Holstein, IA for 36 years where they raised their family. After raising their children Barbara went...
Sandra Henry
Jul 10, 2023
Sandy was born May 5, 1955, the daughter of Duane & Patty (March) Henry, she grew up in the Kingsley area graduating from Kingsley-Pierson School in 1973. Following her graduation from high school she stayed and worked in the Kingsley area. She enjoyed gardening and learning about animals. She took care of any animals that she found including wildlife. She enjoyed watching horror and...
Michael "Mike" T. Harman
Jun 27, 2023
Michael T. Harman was born February 5, 1939, in Le Mars, IA, the son of James and Margaret (Case) Harman. He attended Tilden Township country school and Union Consolidated School before graduating from Marcus High School in 1957. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served as a Seabee until his honorable discharge in 1962. Mike returned home and farmed...
George T. Fagler
Jun 14, 2023
George was born April 11, 1959, in Torrance, California, the son of Harvey and Janice (Richardson) Fagler. As a young child his family moved to Colorado where he was raised. George became a chef for the Sheraton Hunt Club in Atlanta, Georgia, in the early 80's. In 1993, George moved to Kingsley, Iowa, where he worked as a chef for various restaurants in...
Justin Robert
Jun 12, 2023
Justin Robert, born on October 25, 2018, passed away at the age of four on June 12, 2023. He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas to his loving parents Justin and Rose Robert and grew up in Louisiana with his siblings Parker, Jaden, Olivia, Blake, Zane, and Kimber. Justin was adored deeply by his family and friends who were the...
Kay E. Wimmer
Apr 27, 2023
Kay was born August 17, 1940, rural Kingsley, IA, the daughter of George C. And Lydia (Wetrosky) Lau. She grew up in the Kingsley area graduating from Kingsley High School in 1958. Following that she worked at Alfs manufacturing in Sioux City, IA. On July 10, 1971 she was united in marriage to James “Jim” Wimmer. They made their home in Kingsley, IA, and Kay...
Donald S. Bleil
Apr 10, 2023
Donald Sherwood Bleil, the triplet son of Howard and Ila (Sherwood) Bleil, was born August 17, 1925, on a farm near Moville, along with his triplet sisters, Darlene, and Dorothy. He attended country school through the 8th grade and graduated from Moville High School in 1943.Don enlisted in the Army Air Force in Omaha in July of 1943, at the...
Daniel R. Kremer
Mar 26, 2023
KINGSLEY, IOWA: DANIEL “DAN” R. KREMER, 68 of KIngsley, Iowa, passed awaySunday, March 26, 2023 at UnityPoint Health in Sioux City, Iowa. A celebration of lifeservice will be held at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Rohde Funeral Homein Kingsley, IA. Visitation will be 5:00—7:00pm, Wednesday, March 29, with the familybeing present during this time at the Rohde...
Glennys J. Hochwender
Mar 21, 2023
Glennys JoAnne (Johnson) Hochwender, 94, of Kingsley died Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at HappySiesta Health Care Center in Remsen, Iowa in the presence of family. She was born on December15, 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Josephine (Bailey) and Raymond Johnson. In her youth,she enjoyed swimming and playing basketball and softball. She was also a fabulous studentgraduating at the top of...
Michael J. Henrich
Mar 14, 2023
Michael J. Henrich, 65, of Sioux Falls, SD passed away March 14, 2023. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2023, at St. Michael Catholic Church, Kingsley, IA with Fr. Randy Schon officiating. Burial will be at St. Michael Catholic Cemetery, Kingsley, IA with military services provided by U.S. Navy and American Legion Nash Post 140 of...
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