Obituaries
Michael Berkhimer
Nov 2, 2017
Michael Berkhimer, 64, of Humboldt, passed away November 2, 2017 at his home in Humboldt. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Union Cemetery, Humboldt, followed by visitation until 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt. Michael Berkhimer, the son of John and Marietta (Morgan) Berkhimer, was born August 18, 1953 at Fort...
Marvin Lindemann
Oct 31, 2017
Marvin Lindemann, 83, of Humboldt, passed away October 31, 2017 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Humboldt with the Rev. Gene Broughton officiating. Interment will be in Indian Mound Cemetery, Humboldt, with full military rites by Adams American Legion Post 119 and Sathers-Odgaard VFW...
William Short
Oct 23, 2017
William Short, 70, of Humboldt, passed away October 23, 2017 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Monday, October 30, 2017 in the chapel of the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt. Interment will be in Indian Mound Cemetery, Humboldt. Visitation is from 5-6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. William Short, the son of...
Don J. Connor
Oct 23, 2017
Don J. Connor, 69, of Humboldt, passed away October 23, 2017 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, October 26, 2017 at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Humboldt with the Rev. Shonda Deranleau officiating. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt. Interment will be at 11...
Nancy Mcdougall Drechsler
Oct 21, 2017
God in her wisdom called Nancy Drechsler home on October 21, 2017. Nancy wasn’t always an almost ninety-nine year old woman. She was a musician, a writer, an adventurer, an environmentalist, an avid reader, and a follower of world news and loved to travel with her husband in their camper. She was a beloved wife and until her last moments,...
Coleen M. Davis
Oct 18, 2017
Coleen M. Davis, 74, of Dakota City, entered heaven on October 18, 2017 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2017 at the Faith United Methodist Church in Humboldt. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home. Interment will be in Indian...
Ellen L. Mccullough
Oct 9, 2017
Ellen L. McCullough, 88, of Dakota City, passed away October 9, 2017 at the Humboldt Care Center South. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, October 14, at the West Bend Cemetery in West Bend. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt. Ellen Besch McCullough, daughter of Frank and Bernice Simmons Besch, was born...
Ruth A. Ropte
Oct 3, 2017
Ruth A. Ropte, 70, of Humboldt, passed away October 3, 2017 at the Humboldt Care Center South. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Oak Hill Church in Humboldt with Pastor Doug Wolter officiating. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday at the church. Interment will be in Zion Cemetery, Beaver Township Humboldt County. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral...
Braxton Jacob Boyd
Sep 30, 2017
Braxton Jacob Boyd, 19 months old, died September 30, 2017 at the Kossuth Regional Medical Center in Algona. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, October 5, 2017 in the chapel of the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Livermore. Braxton is survived by his...
Roy D. Nygaard
Sep 24, 2017
Roy D. Nygaard, 94, of Humboldt, passed away September 24, 2017 at the Humboldt Care Center South. Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt. Graveside funeral services for the family will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Union Cemetery, Humboldt with the Rev. Melissa Warren officiating. Roy David Nygaard, the son of...
Brady James Ahlstrom
Sep 24, 2017
Brady James Ahlstrom was born on June 22, 2005 to Kevin and Natosha (Aye) Ahlstrom and left us on Sept. 24, 2017 at the tender age of 12. Brady was full of life. He loved dancing, playing with his Legos and action figures and especially laughing and participating in group hugs. He loved going to Walmart to pick out a...
Norma Himrod Ehrhardt
Sep 18, 2017
Norma Himrod Ehrhardt, 93, passed away July 23rd in Bryan, Tx. She was a long-time resident of Humboldt, Iowa and Sulpur Springs, Texas. Norma spent the last several years residing in College Station, Texas, near her children. A Memorial Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 30, 2017 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home of...
Edward J. Ehrhardt
Sep 18, 2017
Edward Joseph Ehrhardt, 87, passed away November 3, 2009 in Sulpher Springs, Texas. He was a long-time resident of Humboldt, Iowa and Sulpur Springs, Texas. A Memorial Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 30, 2017 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home of Humboldt is assisting the family. Mr. Ehrhardt was born on February 16,...
Lavon Lewellyn
Sep 11, 2017
LaVon Lewellyn of Humboldt passed away September 11, 2017 at the Primrose Retirement Community in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, September 16, 2017 at the Faith United Methodist Church in Humboldt. Visitation is from 9:30 – 11 a.m. Saturday at the Church. Burial will be in the Ida Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, Iowa. The Mason-Lindhart...
Lee Dean Miller
Sep 8, 2017
Lee Dean Miller, the son of Albert Milton and Eva (Robertson) Miller, was born November 20, 1936 on a farm seven miles northwest of Laurens, Iowa. As a child, the family moved to Webb, Iowa where Lee’s father owned and operated a hardware store. He attended school at Webb and was employed in the filling station. Following his graduation from...
Phyllis Edge
Sep 3, 2017
Phyllis Noreen Skaugstad, the daughter of Heine and Albie (Tufte) Skaugstad, was born July 3, 1926 in Bode, Iowa. She was raised in Bode until the third grade when the family moved to Humboldt. Following the death of her mother, Phyl helped raise and care for her younger brothers while completing her education. She graduated from Humboldt High School in...
Isabelle S. Benjamin
Aug 29, 2017
On August 29, 2017, Isabelle S. Benjamin, 96, of Humboldt, said, “Good bye, world – hello Jesus”, tent dissolved, mansion entered. She is waiting in her mansion to greet her daughters, Roberta (Robert) Boore of Bettendorf, Rebecca (Ronald) Juelfs of Ames, and Rachael (Jake) Bullock of Clarksville, TN; sons, Roderick (Nancy) Benjamin of Benson, MN, Royal (Elaine) Benjamin of Parker,...
Eleanore P. Hoffman
Aug 22, 2017
Eleanore P. Hoffman of Humboldt, Iowa died August 22, 2017. Eleanore was 96 years old. She was born on May 24, 1921 in Chicago, IL. The daughter of the Late George and Agnes Hoffman. Eleanore had two brothers, they are John “Jack” Hoffman (Deceased) and Albert G. Hoffman (Deceased) both her brothers served in the United States Army in Korea....
Randy Zimmerman
Aug 19, 2017
Randy P. Zimmerman, 60, of Humboldt, died August 19, 2017. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Humboldt. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Monday at the church. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home of Humboldt is assisting the family. Randy Paul Zimmerman, the son of Earl and Arleene (Mitchell) Zimmerman, was born September 9,...
Francis J. Ellis, Sr.
Aug 17, 2017
Burial for Mr. Ellis will take place in New York at a later date.