Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
Herold Ladely
Jan 9, 2017
Herold Orlan Ladely, 84, died January 9, 2017 at his home in rural Sigourney. He was born May 30, 1932 to Clayton and Margaret Wolf Ladely in Chariton, Iowa. He graduated from Deep River High School and he married Bernadine Harris. Herold was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Once returning home from service he...
Leroy Kracht
Jan 6, 2017
Leroy Harold Kracht went to be with the Lord On January 6, 2017. Leroy was born February 15, 1926, near Hayesville, the son of Emil and Dora Bruns Kracht. He graduated Sigourney High School and then enlisted in the United States Navy three days before his 18th birthday. Leroy served in the South Pacific, Guadalcanal, New Hebrides, and Fiji...
Daryl Beckley
Dec 27, 2016
Daryl Eugene Beckley, 81, died December 27, 2016 at his home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born April 11, 1935 to Orval Hunt and Marvel Neith Glanz Beckley in South English. He attended country school. Daryl began trucking for Kenny Clarahan and worked for W.C. Gretter and Sons from 1958 to 2002. After retiring in 2002 he worked in...
Martina Keasling
Dec 6, 2016
Martina Keasling, 86, died December 6, 2016 at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. She was born July 2, 1930 to Harold and Gladys Moore Beals in Delta, Iowa. She attended school in Sigourney until the 8th grade. Then she stayed home to help take care of her family. In 1950 she married Roy Timson. Together they had...
Clara Herman
Dec 2, 2016
Clara Irene Herman, 93, died December 2, 2016 at the Solon Care Center in Solon, Iowa. She was born May 12, 1923 near Harper, Iowa to Walter Frank and Marguerite Agnes Ollinger Smith. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1941. She taught at Stoney Point and Garibaldi #14 which were one room country schools in Keokuk County. On...
Donald Shy
Nov 27, 2016
Donald Keith Shy, 89, died November 27, 2016 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born April 26, 1927 to Earl and Opal May Sheraden Shy near Ollie, Iowa. He graduated from Ollie High School in 1945 and served in the United States Army during World War II. On August 25, 1948 he married Thelma...
Jeff Griner
Nov 25, 2016
Allen Jeffrey Griner, 63, died November 25, 2016 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born September 17, 1953 to Keith Albert and Marjorie Mauldin Griner in Sigourney. He graduated from English Valleys High School in 1972, On September 1, 1979 he married Vicki Lynn Rhea at the Presbyterian Church in...
Rosemary Wehr
Nov 6, 2016
Rosemary Gertrude Wehr, 96, died November 6, 2016 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born October 24, 1920 to John C. And Estella M. Ritzinger Strohman. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1936 and worked as a legal secretary for Charles C. Heninger. On November 21, 1939 she married Matthias Peter Wehr at St. Mary...
Lois Northup
Nov 4, 2016
Lois Irene Northup, 87, died Friday, November 4, 2016, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born August 24, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of William and Lillian Mincks Leffler. She attended school in Floris. On January 13, 1951, she married Sherman Franklin Northup in Killeen, Texas. After Sherm returned from...
Norman Collins
Oct 19, 2016
Norman Lee Collins, 85, of Sigourney, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. He was born December 23, 1930, near Keswick, Iowa, the son of Osa Leroy and Doris Gail (Churchill) Collins. He grew up on a farm near Keswick and graduated from Keswick High School in 1949. Norman served in the US...
Wanda Shirk
Oct 6, 2016
Wanda Nadine (Michael) Shirk, 88, died October 6, 2016 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born at home on Lost Island Lake, Ruthven, Iowa to Lloyd Charles and Hazel Esther (Eckley) Michael on January 15, 1928. She graduated from Lake Center Consolidated School. On August 30, 1947 she married Donald Shirk at...
Shirley Watson
Sep 8, 2016
Shirley Grace "Ulin" Watson passed away September 8, 2016 at 3:25pm at the KCHC. She was born to Leroy Ulin and Nettie Vittetoe on October 31, 1939. She attended and graduated from Sigourney High School. On October 15, 1960 she married Lawrence "Buck" Larry Watson at the St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church in Sigourney. To this union she...
Almeta Stein
Sep 2, 2016
Almeta May Stein, 95, died September 2, 2016 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born April 21, 1921 to Walter and Stella Parkhill Ulin near Delta. She attended Sigourney High School. On September 3, 1949 she married Clayborn H. Stein in Lancaster, Missouri. They lived and farmed Southwest of Sigourney, she moved into Sigourney...
Albert Conrad
Aug 23, 2016
Albert John Conrad, 96, died August 23, 2016 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born May 15, 1920 to Albert John and Cecilia Mary Allar Conrad near Sigourney, Iowa. He graduated from Delta High School in 1938. Albert served in the United State Army Air Corps during World War II in India....
JoAnne Glandon
Aug 20, 2016
JoAnne Glandon, 83, formerly of Hayesville, died Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Resthave Nursing Home, Morrison IL. She was born on August 26, 1932 in Bremerton, Washington. She attended school in Washington. She was married to Leslie Glandon and lived in Hayesville where she served a post master for many years. She enjoyed spending the summer day outside working...
Lucille Northup
Aug 13, 2016
Lucille Sarah Ann Northup, 91, died August 13, 2016 at the Keokuk County Health Center. She was born November 2, 1924 east of Sigourney to William and Grace Myers Fairchild. She attended county school at Stoney Point. On February 28, 1947 she married Gerald James Northup in Fairfield, Iowa. They lived and farmed east of...
Allan Denny
Aug 11, 2016
Allan Bruce Denny, 79, died August 11, 2016 at his home. He was born February 18, 1937 in Oskaloosa, Iowa to Glen and Kathleen Walden Denny. He graduated from Delta High School in 1955. On April 6, 1957 he married Ada Marie Lasater at the Delta Christian Church in Delta. They lived and farmed northwest...
Shirley M. Holeton
Aug 3, 2016
Shirley M. Holeton, 85, died August 3, 2016, at the English Valley Care Center in North English, Iowa. She was born May 31, 1931 to Leonard "Curly" and Myrtle Lane Kirkpatrick in Webster, Iowa. The family moved to South English when Shirley was 4 years old. Shirley graduated from South English High School in 1949....
Joan Gehrig
Aug 1, 2016
Joan Gehrig, 90, died August 1, 2016 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born February 27, 1926 to Theodore R. Downey and Nondress Allsup in Sigourney. She graduated from Sigourney High School and attended college for two years. Joan moved to Long Beach, California and was employed at Long Beach...
Raymond Bruns
Jul 15, 2016
Raymond Ralph Bruns, 97, of Sigourney, died Friday July 15, 2016, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. He was born December 18, 1918 near Sigourney, to Henry William and Anna Nauman Bruns. He graduated from Sigourney High School. On January 24, 1941, he married LaVera Cecilia Flander in Sigourney. They lived and farmed...
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