Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
John Stutzman
Apr 24, 2024
John Howard Stutzman, 65, died April 24, 2024, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born August 3, 1958 in Sigourney, Iowa to Harold and Lela (Hershberger) Stutzman. He graduated from English Valleys High School in 1976 and he attended the University of Northern Iowa College. John came back to Kinross to help his dad on the...
Jeff Holm
Apr 23, 2024
Martin Jeffrey Holm, commonly known as Jeff, passed away at his home in Sigourney, surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Jeff was born on December 14, 1958 to Larry J. and Carole Leigh (Leanhart) Holm, in Fort Madison, Iowa. He was welcomed home by his big sister Leigh Ann. Before his first birthday, the Holm family...
Elva Herman
Apr 20, 2024
Elva Lee Herman, 85, died April 20, 2024, at West Ridge Care Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was born February 26, 1939, to Russel and Mildred Moyer Eden in Springville, Iowa. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids. In 1966 she married Edmund Peters. Elva worked at Collins Radio, Armstrong’s Department Store in Cedar Rapids, and...
Jewel Fry
Apr 2, 2024
Jewel Helen Fry, 86, passed on the afternoon of April 2, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Jewel was born November 3, 1937 to Clarence Milton and Helen Marie Scmidt Crile, in Scotia, California. She attended school in Fortuna, California. Jewel met and married the love of her life Elery Lavone Fry in Scotia, California on December 13,...
Glenda Okones
Mar 18, 2024
Glenda Okones, 87, died March 18, 2024 in Ottumwa, Iowa. She was born September 25, 1936 to Glenn and Vada Bissel Harlan in Marshalltown, Iowa. She graduated from Santa Monica High school. On September 4, 1954 she married Lee Okones in Southern, CA. They lived in California until 1962 and moved to the Cedar Rapids, area. Glenda was a homemaker...
Thomas Reid Manchester
Mar 16, 2024
Thomas Reid Manchester, age 94, of Sigourney, IA peacefully passed away on March 16, 2024, surrounded by his son and loved ones.
He was born November 29, 1929 near Mercer, Missouri to Cecil L. (Tom) and Nova A. Manchester. He attended country schools and graduated from Garland School at Mercer, MO. On August 1, 1953 he married Lora Phyllis (Holt) Manchester...
Paul Fisher
Mar 9, 2024
Paul Fisher, 67, died March 9, 2024 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 12, 1956 to Virgil and Waunita Walden Fisher near Delta, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1974. On June 17, 1977 he married Barbara Green at the Keokuk County Court House by Judge Dan Morrison in Sigourney. They made...
Ron Sieren
Feb 27, 2024
Ronald “Ron” Kenneth Sieren, 74, of Fairfield, IA, passed away on February 27th, 2024, in Cedar Rapids, IA, due to complications from a variety of health issues starting with a stroke in 2013. Despite his struggles, Ron remained cheerful and ornery until the end.
He was born in Sigourney, IA on November 7, 1949, to Kenny and Mary Louise Sieren as...
Wallace Lippard
Feb 26, 2024
Wallace Dean Lippard, 83, died February 26, 2024 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. He was born October 11, 1940 to Calvin and Ruby Taylor Lippard near Delta, Iowa. He graduated from Delta High School in 1958. On September 27, 1959 he married Beverly June Langfitt in Sigourney. He farmed in the Delta area and worked at...
Althea Lucas
Feb 18, 2024
Althea Mary Lucas died February 18, 2024, at her home surrounded by her family in Keswick, Iowa. She was born August 15, 1934, to Richard and Frances Blanch (Simmons) Koch in Sigourney. She graduated from What Cheer High School in 1952. On March 8, 1952, she married Dwaine Lucas in Lancaster, Mo. She was a homemaker while her children...
Charles Herman
Feb 14, 2024
Charles Edward Herman, 86, of Sigourney, IA, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 14, 2024, following a brief stay in hospice care. He was surrounded by loved ones. The family will greet friends from 4pm-7pm on Sunday, February 18th and on Monday, February 19th from 9-10:30 am with a funeral service immediately following at Holm...
Velma Waechter
Feb 10, 2024
Velma Genevieve Waechter, 101, passed away February 10, at Windsor Senior Living in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born December 4, 1922, near Harper, Iowa, to Henry and Anna (Krier) Klett. She attended elementary at Cornstalk Center and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1940. After graduation she taught rural school for a short time and then worked in a factory...
Deb E. Clubb
Feb 8, 2024
Deborah Elaine Clubb, 62, died February 8, 2024, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born December 4, 1961 to Richard Gene and Lois Elaine Adams Tremmel in Sigourney. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1980. On March 26, 1982 she married Herbert Paul Clubb at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Harper, Iowa. Deb was employed...
Janet Fairchild
Jan 26, 2024
Janet Kay Fairchild, 83, died January 26, 2024 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born April 29, 1940 to Cecil Cleon and Glenna Irene Molenburg Clark in Oskaloosa. She graduated from English Valleys High School in 1958. On July 26, 1958 she married Larry Lee Fairchild at the Methodist Church in Oskaloosa. She was...
Donna Clare Steinhart
Jan 24, 2024
Donna Clare Steinhart, 88, passed away peacefully at Ottumwa Regional Health Center on January 24, 2024. She was born on October 11, 1935, to Laurence S. (Oley) and Margaret Michel Potter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1954 and embarked on a new adventure that would shape her character and provide her with lifelong values....
Gale J. Conrad
Jan 18, 2024
Gale Joseph Conrad, 100, died January 18, 2024, surrounded by his family at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born December 29, 1923 near Hillsboro, Iowa to Edward and Theresa Woltering Conrad. He graduated from Keota High School and worked at the Singmaster Ranch near Keota. Joe was drafted into the United States Army Air...
Steve "Wildman" Bown
Jan 13, 2024
Steve “Wildman” Bown, 66 of Pittsburgh, MO formally of Delta, passed away peacefully, January 13, 2024 at the Oskaloosa Hospice Serenity House. Steve was born June 16, 1957, in Knoxville, IA to Robert and Meta Bown. He attended Sigourney High School. He enlisted into the United States Army being honorably discharged on December 28, 1982. Steve loved anything outdoors, camping,...
Christie Kerr
Jan 8, 2024
Christie Ann Kerr, 83, passed away after a brief illness in Roatan, Honduras on Monday, January 8, 2024, while on vacation with her children. She was born on September 14, 1940, to Robert and Erma Davis Malone in rural Delta, Iowa. She graduated from Delta High School in 1958. After a brief stint of working in Des Moines as a...
Betty Wickenkamp
Dec 29, 2023
Betty Ann Wickenkamp, 88, died December 29, 2023 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born January 23, 1935 to Charles and Florence Lantz Sharp. She attended rural schools in Ollie. On May 11, 1950 she married Walter Henry Wickenkamp at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Clear Creek. They lived and farmed south of Sigourney...
Doretta Grant
Dec 1, 2023
Doretta Grant, age 69, of Ollie, IA peacefully passed away on December 1, 2023 and The University of Iowa Medical Center, surrounded by her husband and children. She was born on March 17, 1954, in Smithville, TN. Doretta is survived by her beloved husband, Steve, and two loving children, Jennie Marble and Jeffrey Gautreaux. She was grandmother to, Lilah,...
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