Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
Gene Thompson
Jan 10, 2015
Eugene "Gene" Thompson, 85, died January 10, 2015 at Parkview Manor in Wellman. He was born April 8, 1930 in Floris, Iowa to Emery and Nora Rodefer Thompson. He attended Floris, Bloomfield and Ottumwa schools and graduated from Ottumwa in 1950. He was baptized in Sauk Creek River at twelve years old and joined the Baptist Church...
Richard "Dick" Martin
Dec 26, 2014
Richard A. Martin, 88, died peacefully in the early morning hours of December 26 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa. His loving wife and daughter had been with him throughout his illness, and the "Martin 3" were blessed to share one last very special Christmas Day together. Born on July 25, 1926, in Hedrick, Iowa,...
Arlene Clarahan
Dec 26, 2014
Arlene Evelyn Sheesley Clarahan, age 80 of Sigourney, passed away December 26, 2014 in Sigourney with her loving family by her side. Arlene was born March 10, 1934 in Ottumwa, IA, daughter of the late Elmo and Mamie Sample Sheesley. She graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1952 and later met the love of her life, Donald...
Dorothy Fry
Dec 25, 2014
Dorothy Kathryn Fry, died December 25, 2014 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born April 25, 1924 to Otto and Emma Dumont Schmid near Lancaster. She attended Country school and St. Elizabeth's Catholic School in Harper Iowa. She worked as a dental assistant. On February 7, 1946 she married Harley Lewis Fry...
Crystal M. Aldrich
Dec 22, 2014
Crystal Marie DeMoss Aldrich passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at the Manor House. She was born July 29, 1918 in Wyoming, IA to Viola Ireland DeMoss and William E. DeMoss. She was the youngest of 3 sisters and a younger brother. Crystal graduated from Wyoming High School in 1936. She worked at the...
Grace M. Haines
Dec 18, 2014
Grace Mae Haines, 95, died December 18, 2014 at the Sigourney Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born December 4, 1919 to Raymond and Nellie Wiseman Messerschmitt near Hedrick. She attended school in Hedrick. On July 12, 1937 she married John Andrew Haines in Lancaster, Missouri. They lived in Des Moines, Grinnell and Keokuk...
Carol Appleget
Dec 9, 2014
Carol Doris Appleget, age 91 passed away Tuesday December 9, 2014 in Lilburn, Georgia. Carol was born to John W. and Clara "Pearl" Cook October 12, 1923 at their farm east of Delta, IA. She attended graded school in Delta and taught school in a one room rural school house to 7 pupils in 4 grades after...
Lawrence "Buck" Watson
Dec 4, 2014
Lawrence "Buck" Watson, 73, died December 4, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born May 6, 1941 to Lawrence Glen "Lank" and Lucille Adelyn Bond Watson near Rubio, Iowa. He graduated from English Valley High School in 1960. On October 15, 1960 he married Shirley Grace Ulin at St. Paul Evangelical...
Richard E. Disney
Dec 1, 2014
Richard Ernest Disney, 76, of Weiser, Idaho, passed away Monday, December 1st. He was born to the late Richard and Ena Disney, March 5, 1938, in Washington, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1956. Richard served in the Army Reserve and worked for the Bell System and then Pacific Bell and retired after...
Miriam Lawrance
Nov 23, 2014
Miriam Louise Lawrance, 84, died November 23, 2014 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born August 1, 1930 to Burley and Ethel Lisk Roberts near Delta, Iowa. She graduated from Delta High school in 1948. On July 22, 1950 she married Donald Jack Larwrance at the United Methodist Church in...
Yvonne Haines
Nov 22, 2014
Yvonne Marie Haines, 77 died November 22, 2014 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She was born February 2, 1937 to Rex and Inez Dean Short near Hedrick, Iowa. She attended school in Delta, Iowa and received her G.E.D. in Colorado. She married Duane Lang and they later divorced. Yvonne was employed at Coor's and retuned to Iowa...
Mary E. Dickinson
Nov 12, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Dickinson, 83, died November 12, 2014 at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born April 15, 1931 to Robert William and Viola Magdalena Sieren Martin near What Cheer, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1949. On December 26, 1949 she married Stanley Schmidt at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney,...
Raymond Conklin
Nov 6, 2014
Raymond Ernest Conklin, 86, died November 6, 2014 at University Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born October 12, 1928 to Rollie and Blanche V. Brumback Conklin in Sigourney, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1948 and served in the United States Army. On May 27, 1951 he married Anita Jean Patterson at the Delta Christian...
Dolores Bowman
Oct 8, 2014
Dolores June Bowman, 83, died October 8, 2014 at her home north of Keswick, Iowa. She was born October 6, 1931 to Frank and Ester E. Howard Lisle in Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from Keswick High School. She married Rex L. Bowman. They lived and raised their family north of Keswick. She was employed...
Kathy Long
Sep 24, 2014
Kathryn Ann Long, 77, died September 24, 2014 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born July 22, 1937 to Doney and Lola Ritter Smich near Keswick, Iowa. She attended Sigourney schools. On July 26, 1958 she married Dale Arthur Long in Sigourney. She was employed at the Sigourney Maid-Rite. They...
Stacy Sterrett
Sep 7, 2014
Stacy Lea Sterrett, 40, died September 7, 2014. She was born November 16, 1973 to Dennis and Vernelda Heisdorffer Sterrett in Sigourney, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1992, graduated from William Penn College and later received her Masters from Iowa State. She taught at Winfield - Mt. Union and Marshalltown and was a driver's...
Spencer Schwind
Jul 24, 2014
Spencer J Schwind, 54, died July 24, 2014 at his home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born April 13, 1960 to Henry Leonard and Elsie Suzanne Lawrence Schwind in Albany, New York. He attended high school in Conroe, Texas. Spencer lived and worked in Texas at Pepsico and later moved to Sigourney in 2001. He loved rodeos...
Russell E. Smeltzer
Jul 15, 2014
Russell E. Smeltzer, 69, died July 15, 2014 at this home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born March 3, 1945 to John Joseph and Imogene Jurgensen Smeltzer in Anamosa, Iowa. He graduated from Lowden High School in 1963 and attended Iowa State University and graduated with a degree in Construction Technology in 1966. Russ served...
Steve Fry
Jul 7, 2014
Steve Wayne Fry, 54, died July 7, 2014 at University Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born February 15, 1960 at St. Luke's Hospital to Richard Dean and Betty Flanegin Fry. He attended Marion High School. Steve worked construction and did carpentry in the Marion and Cedar Rapids area He moved to...
Marie Denny
Jun 29, 2014
Ada Marie Denny, 78, died June 29, 2014 at University Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born August 31, 1935 in Gatewood Missouri to Sam and Thelma Cates Lasater. She graduated from Keswick High School and attended Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls. On April 7, 1957 she married Allan Bruce Denny at the Delta Christian...
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