Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
Joan Kay Colbert
Nov 13, 2025
Joan Kay Colbert, 85, died November 13, 2025, in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born July 6, 1940, to Carroll and Goldie Longwell Wade near North English. Joan grew up in rural Keokuk County and attended Webster school until it closed. She graduated from English Valley School in 1958. After graduation, Joan moved to Cedar Rapids where she attended airline school...
Vicky Sanders
Nov 8, 2025
Viola Bessi Lee Sanders December 4, 1935 – November 8, 2025
Vicky Sanders, 89 years young, passed away peacefully at Stone Cottage Nursing Home in Sigourney on November 8, 2025. She said she was ready to meet her God. Cremation has occurred. A private scattering of ashes will take place at a later date, no public service is planned.
Vicky (with a...
Sally McCombs
Nov 6, 2025
Sally Ann McCombs, 91, died at Parkview Manor in Wellman, Iowa on November 6, 2025. She was born April 2, 1934, to Clair and Mildred (Feaster) Denny near Delta. She graduated from Delta High School in 1952. Sally went to work at Hayesvilles Savings Bank and later Younkers in Des Moines. On February 22, 1959, she married Wayne Leland McCombs....
Connie Lee Pilkington
Nov 2, 2025
Connie Lee Pilkington, 78, of Pensacola, FL, went home to the Lord on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
Connie was born January 9, 1947, to the late Alonzo Lee and Mary Lee May Garrison in Centerville, IA. where she lived until a family move to Sigourney in 1960. Sigourney was home for Connie through her high school graduation in the summer of...
Howard L. Linder
Sep 29, 2025
Howard Linder, 90, died at the University Hospital in Iowa, City, Iowa on September 29, 2025. He was born to Kenneth Morrow and Helen Josephine Linder on September 3, 1935, near Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1952. On February 12, 1955, he married Betty Lou Morgan at the Keswick Methodist Church in Keswick. They have been married...
Martha Decker
Sep 22, 2025
Martha Jane Decker, born on November 5, 1932, in Monroe County, Iowa, to John H. and Sarah Martin, lived a life filled with love, laughter, creativity, and family. Her journey took her early on to a farm near Millersburg, Iowa, where she grew up and attended school, planting the roots of her lifelong love for home and community.
On July 29,...
Steve Stull
Sep 15, 2025
Stephen Samuel “Steve” Stull, age 72 of Sigourney passed away September 15, 2025 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney following a long fought battle with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. His family was by his side.
Steve was born August 25, 1953 in Oskaloosa, IA to Samuel and Janella (Slings) Stull. Steve was a 1971 graduate of Sigourney...
Marlene Gwin
Sep 3, 2025
Jean Marlene McLain Gwin passed away September 3, 2025, due to complications from a recent fall. Marlene was born on October 14, 1934, in Montezuma, IA to Forrest McLain and Stella (McCommon). She grew up on a farm three miles north of Deep River, IA in an area locals referred to as “Irish Ridge.” Marlene was the oldest of two...
Roger Wilcox
Aug 28, 2025
Roger Allen Wilcox, 74, died August 28,2025 at his home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born July 4, 1951, to Loren A. and Dorothy A. Baker Wilcox in Ottumwa, Iowa. He graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1969. He enlisted in the Unites States Airforce; he later graduated from Hawkeye Tec in Waterloo with a diploma in Mechanics. Roger lived...
Kathryn Renee Sherman
Aug 20, 2025
Kathryn Renee Sherman, age 66, went home to be with the Lord on August 20, 2025 surrounded by loved ones at the University of Iowa Hospital.
Kathryn was born June 16, 1959, in Memphis, Tennessee to Katie Needham Sherman and Dudley Sherman. When she was eight, she became a big sister to Barbara. Growing up, she spent her summers at her...
Lori Taghon
Jul 18, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Lori Joleen Taghon, who departed on July 18, 2025, at the age of 62.
Lori was born on September 1, 1962, to Harvey and Loretta (Cheney) Benson. She was later lovingly raised by Harvey and Leatrice Benson. Throughout her life, Lori embodied strength, warmth, and a deep love for her family and heritage.
She...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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