OBITUARIES

Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas

Ann Kerkove

Ann Kerkove

Jul 5, 2025

Margaret “Ann” Kerkove, age 88, died on July 5, 2025, after a life filled with faith, family, kindness, and service to others. Ann was born on December 17, 1936, in Washington, Iowa, the first of seven children born to Walter and Charlotte Fagen. Ann milked cows, collected eggs, and did other farm chores in the Wellman and Keota area until...

Justin Lange

Justin Lange

Jun 22, 2025

Justin Lange, 51, died June 22, 2025 at Stone Cottage Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born June 19, 1974 to George Lange and Marlene Jensen in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He attended Fort Dodge High School. Justin owned his own bar Jo Jo’s in Fort Dodge later moved to Des Moines and then Sigourney.

He was preceded in death by...

James Massengill

James Massengill

Jun 19, 2025

James Allen Massengill, 72, died June 19, 2025, at his home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born November 20, 1952, to Ralph Eugene and JoAnne (Townsend) Massengill in Long Beach, California. He graduated from Sigourney High School. James enlisted in the United States Army in October 1977, he served in Hawaii and was discharged in October 1981. He received the...

Judieth Buseman McBeth

Judieth Buseman McBeth

Jun 16, 2025

Judieth Kae Buseman McBeth, died June 16, 2025, at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born November 20, 1953, to Donald and Barbara Foust Buseman. She attended Klemme School in Klemme, Iowa. She married Firman Duane in 1986, and they divorced.

Judi was a cook in several restaurants and made crafts from her home to sell at craft shows, farmers...

Mark Sheetz

Mark Sheetz

Jun 7, 2025

Mark Alan Sheetz, 72, passed away on June 7, 2025 at home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born on October 27, 1952, to Charles & Helen (Flander) Sheetz in Sigourney.

Mark married Cyrena Stanley and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1970. He would always let you know his class was the first class to graduate from the new high school.  ...

Joyce Webb

Joyce Webb

May 26, 2025

Joyce Ann Webb, 72, of Hayesville, Iowa, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on May 26, 2025.

Joyce was born on October 8, 1952, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Donald and Lucille (Little) Harper. She grew up on the family farm in rural Keswick alongside her two brothers, where she developed a lifelong love for animals and the land. Joyce...

Karla Herman

Karla Herman

May 12, 2025

Karla Herman, 69, died May 12, 2025, at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born June 1, 1955, in Ottumwa to Elmer Gerhard and Cecilia Anna Wehr Herman. She attended St. Elizabeth Catholic School in Harper, Iowa and graduated from English Valleys High School in North English and later attended Indian Hills Community College she received her LPN...

Mary Meador

Mary Meador

Apr 25, 2025

Mary Louise Meador, 58, died April 25, 2025 at Windsor Place Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born June 15, 1966 to Clen White and Louise Faye Leslie in Torrance, California. She attended Lake Elsinore School. She moved to Iowa in 2019.

She was preceded in death by her father in Nov 1978 and grandparents.

She is survived by children Grant...

Sharon Hauschild

Sharon Hauschild

Apr 2, 2025

Sharon Elaine Hauschild “Granny”, 77, of Hiawatha, died April 2, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. She was born March 8, 1948, to Purdy and Orna (Rudser) Volden in La Crosse, Wisconsin. In 1966 she graduated from high school in Onalaska, Wisconsin. Sharon was a housewife and a stay-at-home Mom for her three boys while they were growing...

Robert Probst

Robert Probst

Mar 29, 2025

Robert LaRue Probst died peacefully March 29, 2025, at his home in Delta, Iowa with his partner of twenty years by his side. He was born on May 24, 1961, to Mary Janice Green and Robert Probst in California. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1979 and earned four degrees in Industrial Maintenance at Indian Hills Community College. Bob...

Dorothy "Dotti" Morrow

Dorothy "Dotti" Morrow

Mar 25, 2025

Dorothy Jo-Ann Beall Morrow, 83, died March 25, 2025, at her home in Sigourney. She was born September 23, 1941 to Theodore Roscoe and Marvelle Lee Harnett Beall. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1959. On December 20, 1959 she married George Albert Morrow Jr. in Sigourney.

Dotti Jo enjoyed traveling with George while he was enlisted in the United...

Patricia Muller

Patricia Muller

Mar 24, 2025

Patricia Louise Muller, 66, died March 24, 2025, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born March 13, 1959, to Arven Wayne and Sylvia Lou Sherwood Hackert in Sigourney, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1977. In 1994, she married Bill Muller in Riverside, Iowa. She was employed at Sheller Globe in Iowa...

Carroll Krier

Carroll Krier

Feb 25, 2025

Carroll D. Krier passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on February 25, 2025. He was born on October 25, 1932, to Jacob August and Erma Parkhill Krier near Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1950. Carroll served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He attended the University of Iowa where he...

Robert "Bob" Conner

Robert "Bob" Conner

Feb 10, 2025

Robert (Bob) Lee Conner, age 81, of Sigourney, Iowa, passed away peacefully in his sleep while in hospice care on February 10, 2025. Born on January 13, 1944, in Lebanon, Missouri, Robert lived a life filled with music, laughter, and service to others. A gifted musician, Bob's greatest passion was playing the guitar, particularly the blues. His musical talent and...

Lee Okones

Lee Okones

Feb 4, 2025

Lee Okones, 92, died February 4, 2025, in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was born October 19,1932 to Cornelias and Matilda Sietsema Okones. He graduated from Wellsburg High School. He served in the United States Marines during the Korean Conflict and was discharged in 1954. Lee received the Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.  On...

Rose Wilcox

Rose Wilcox

Jan 18, 2025

Rose Marie Wilcox escaped the grip of Alzheimer’s dementia and was rescued by Jesus’ loving arms on January 18, 2025 at the age of 82. Rose was born at home in rural Keswick, Iowa on October 22, 1942 to Everett and Ellen Wade Chittick. She was the third oldest of their 17 children. Rose graduated from English Valley High School...

Sheila Clubb

Sheila Clubb

Jan 18, 2025

Sheila Diane Clubb, 76, died January 18, 2025, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born January 17, 1949, to Clark and Betty Anthony Northcutt in Oskaloosa. She graduated from Pekin High School in 1967. On June 17, 1967, she married Kenneth John Clubb at St. Joesph Catholic Church in What Cheer. They owned and...

Lynn Appleget

Lynn Appleget

Jan 8, 2025

Lynn Ray Appleget, died January 8, 2025, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born February 1, 1950, to Walter Howard and Bernice Lucille Elder Appleget at the Mahaska County Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1969. He worked for Iowa Culvert Builders, and later he was a custodian for the...

Keith Blair

Keith Blair

Jan 6, 2025

Keith Allen Blair, 81, died January 6, 2025. He was born January 19, 1943, in Ottumwa, Iowa to Ira A. and Letha Mae Dolly Blair. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1961. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and was stationed at Grand Fork Air Force Base in North Dakota, as an aircraft mechanic. On June 18,...

Gary Schultz

Gary Schultz

Jan 4, 2025

Gary Dean Schultz, 71, of Bloomfield, died January 4, 2025, at the Hospice House in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was born July 13, 1953, to Wendell and Marilyn Gosselink Schultz in Manhattan, Kansas. Gary graduated from Sigourney High School in 1971. He attended Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. On November 16, 1973, he married Mary Baird at the Little Brown Church...

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