Lorne C. Scharnberg
April 25, 1943 — September 07, 2025
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Lorne Scharnberg, 82, of Cumming, Iowa, passed away on September 7, 2025.
Lorne was born on April 25, 1943 in Williston, North Dakota to Clayton and Evalyn Scharnberg. Lorne graduated from North Dakota State and played football. He married Kathleen Walters on September 19, 1970 and their son Mark was born in 1974.
In 1981, the family moved to Des Moines and started Katecho Medical Manufacturing. Lorne received the prestigious Medal of Honor from Cedarville University in 2019. In their free time the family enjoyed annual fishing trips to Canada. After 48 years of marriage, Kathleen passed away in 2018.
Lorne found joy in all aspects of nature including dirt work, landscaping and flowers. He will be remembered for his contributions to many and his dedication to his family and friends. He met and married Sharon Almand in October 2023.
He is survived by his wife, Sharon; son, Mark and daughter-in-law, Jana; grandchildren, Sidney, Jameson, and Lincoln; and many other family members and friends. Lorne was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen Scharnberg; his parents; and brother, Gary Scharnberg.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, September 13, 2025 at Soteria Church, 3250 SE Soteria Ave. in West Des Moines with funeral services at 2:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Jordan Cemetery in West Des Moines. The service will be livestreamed click here.
Condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.
Debby and Glenn Kovach
09/12/2025
Sharon, we are so sorry for your loss! Sending love and prayers to you and other family members!
Voll Family
09/12/2025
We are so deeply saddened by the loss of Lorne's presence in our lives. He was such an incredible person. We will always remember his amazing countenance and the life he brought with him wherever he went. We loved hearing him talk about Jesus and reading his Bible Studies. He was so funny and we really appreciated his directness—he never minced words, and we loved that about him. We feel so thankful and honored that God brought him our lives and that we were able to get to know him, even for a short time. He was a true joy to be around. He was so kind, and his generosity knew no bounds. The greatest comfort for us is knowing that he is with Jesus, and that his hope was fulfilled. It's a comfort to know that this is not goodbye forever.
David Mackaman
09/12/2025
My deep condolences to Lorne’s family. I was Lorne and Kathy’s banker in a past life a long time ago. Over the years Lorne and I had a relationship based only upon occasional interactions and yet we knew each other well and enjoyed each other. He was a generous man of faith and family with the rare talent to build a very successful business from nothing, literally out of his garage. He will be missed.
Lyle Anderson
09/10/2025
My sincere condolences to the Scharnberg Family. Through Lorne's generosity in providing my professor's office at Cedarville University, and through his frequent visits to our campus over the past 28 years, I have been truly encouraged by his friendship in Christ.