Eileen M. Fortmann, 93, of Ryan, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 2,
2022, at home with her favorite family members at her bedside after battling heart failure.
Visitation for Eileen will be held 3:30 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 8, 2022, with
Scripture Service at 3:00 p.m. at Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation
Service, Manchester. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 9, 2022, with Additional
Visitation from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at St. Patrick Church in Ryan with the Reverend
Gabriel Anderson officiating. Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery, Ryan.
Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service is in charge of arrangements.
Born October 5, 1928, in Petersburg, Iowa, the daughter of John and Veronica (Sassen)
Rolfes. She attended school in Petersburg and Greeley Iowa. She was married Emil
Fortmann on April 19, 1949, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Greeley, Iowa. Emil passed
away on September 1, 1997. Eileen was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in
Ryan and Altar and Rosary Societies, Catholic Order of Foresters and the Ryan American
Legion Auxiliary.
Eileen and Emil resided on a farm near Ryan since their marriage. She loved the farm and
gardening. They had four daughters in this union. Mary Leonard, Anna (Joe) Weigel,
Edna (Norb Ahlers) Scherbring, Edith (Doug) Comley; eight grandchildren, Jeremy,
Sara, Jon, and Drew Scherbring, Jason Lieberman, Mark and JoAnn Weigel, Glenn and
Katherine Comley; step grandchildren, Terry, Jenny, and Brian Leonard, Brandon, Kayla,
Matt, Jake, and Gage Alhers; thirteen great-grandchildren and step great-grandchildren.
Deceased family members include her parents, John and Veronica Rolfes; husband, Emil
Fortmann; grandchildren, Brian Scherbring and Jessie Lieberman; brother, Dennis
(Jeanne) Rolfes; sister, Jeanette Rolfes; father and mother in-law, Ralph and Anna
Fortmann; brothers and sisters-in-law: Gilbert, Merlin and Norma, Sylvester, Marce
Fortmann, and son-in-law, Frank Leonard.
The family of Eileen would like to thank Sarah Hartman and Cedar Valley Hospice staff
for the care that was given to our mother over these past months.
Please share a memory of Eileen at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
