Obituary

FLOYD E. PAGE

Fort Dodge - Floyd E. Page, 89, of Fort Dodge died Monday. November 25, 2002, at Fort Dodge Villa Care Center. Funeral services were held on Friday, November 29, at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with the Rev. Roger Kurtenbach and Pastor Richard Laird officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include wife Dorothy; sons, Max of Dakota City. Steven and his wife Carol of Fort Dodge, Douglas and his wife Kris of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and Jeff of League City, Texas: daughters, LaVonne Howland and her husband Roger of Rolfe, Marlene Lindeman and her husband Roger of Dakota City, Sharon Sutton and her husband Ron of O'Fallon, Missouri, and Barbara Messerly and her husband Larry of Fort Dodge; daughter-in-law Lenore Page of Farnhamville; 26 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren; and step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Benjamin and Almyra Thompson Page; first wife, Neomi; son Dean; daughter Cheryl Geis; grandchildren, Jon E. Page, Deann Geis, and Gregory Page; great-grandson Chad Richardson; and a daughter-in-law Shirley Page.

Floyd E. Page was born on November 21, 1913, in Homer, Iowa, where he attended rural schools. Following his education, he worked in road construction. On November 21, 1933, he married Neomi Wertz in Emmetsburg, and the couple established their home in the Lehigh area. He worked for many years for various farmers and also in construction until his retirement. On September 2, 1995, he married Dorothy Gregerson in Fort Dodge and the couple established their home in Fort Dodge. In July of this year, he became a resident of the Fort Dodge Villa Care Center.

Floyd was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church.