Fort Dodge funeral home and cremation service opened in 1966, with its own chapel and a second chapel in Manson, the former Larson-Weishaar Funeral Home, joined by merger in July 2023. Prepaid funeral plans are funded through Homesteaders Life Company.

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Family owned and operated Fort Dodge funeral home specializing in traditional and cremation services.

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Fort Dodge funeral home in operation since 1856, now a fifth-generation business, with an on-site crematory completed in December 2018. Sister funeral homes in Gowrie and Rockwell City joined the firm through a 1994 merger.

Gowrie funeral home that joined the Fort Dodge Laufersweiler firm in a 1994 merger, one of the firm's three locations with Fort Dodge and Rockwell City; a three-generation funeral service family brought it into the partnership.