OBITUARIES

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

Joanne Hauschild

Joanne Hauschild

Apr 20, 2026

Joanne Michele Hauschild, 67, died April 20, 2026. She was born May 14, 1958 to Harold and Rose (Bodeman) Hauschild. Jo graduated from Newton High School in 1979 and then worked at Progress Industries in Newton, where she lived in an assisted living facility for several years. In 2008 she moved to First Resources in Sigourney and worked at the...

Delores "Dee" Barnhart

Delores "Dee" Barnhart

Apr 10, 2026

Delores (Dee) Maxine Barnhart, 87, died April 10, 2026 at the Monticello Nursing Rehab Campus in Monticello, Iowa surrounded by her family. She was born December 3, 1938 to Lyle and Nellie (Strubel) Strasser. She had 4 other siblings Leroy, Laverne, Larry, and Donna.

During her lifetime she enjoyed playing basketball at Tri-County Schools. She was talented in playing the accordion...

Rick Miller

Rick Miller

Apr 9, 2026

Ricky Lee Miller 64, passed April 9, 2026, died at his home surrounded by his family. He was born November 16, 1961, to Lonnie and Lois (Baker) Miller in Sigourney, Iowa. He graduated from English Valleys High School in 1980. Rick was employed at Louis Rich and Farm Service. Rick was a self-employed trucker for K&R Trucking and worked on...

Randy Fisher

Randy Fisher

Mar 24, 2026

Randal Lee “Randy” Fisher, 64, of Sigourney, Iowa, passed away the morning of Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Iowa City, Iowa, surrounded by his loving family. Born on September 24, 1961, in Sigourney, Iowa, Randy was the beloved son of Cloyd Jr. Fisher and Mabel “Reber” Fisher; both of which are still with us. He spent his life rooted in...

Leo Fowler

Leo Fowler

Mar 15, 2026

Leo Fowler, 91, passed away March 15, 2026, at the Manor House Care Center. He was born February 14, 1935, in Delta to Oren and Mamie (Hicklin) Fowler . He attended grade school at North Honey Grove Rural School located one mile west of his childhood home. He attended high school at Delta graduating in 1953. He married Jackie Ruggles...

Donna Knipfer

Donna Knipfer

Mar 13, 2026

Sadly, our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Donna May Knipfer, 78, passed peacefully surrounded by family on March 13, 2026, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. She was born October 9, 1947, to CG and Eloise (Hadley) Snakenberg in Washington, Iowa. Donna graduated from English Valleys High School in North English, Iowa in 1965. She married Stanley Knipfer...

Jack Hayes

Jack Hayes

Feb 24, 2026

Jack Dean Hayes, 90, died February 24, 2026, at the Keokuk County Heath Center in Sigourney. He was born May 22, 1935, to Robert and Edna (Osborn) Hayes in Berwyn, Illinois. He graduated from high school in Illinois, and he attended college studying the pipe organ. Jack served in the United States Army serving from April 4, 1959 – October...

Joe Kleinmeyer

Joe Kleinmeyer

Feb 18, 2026

Joseph Edward Kleinmeyer, 58, died February 18, 2026, in Casey, Iowa. He was born March 29, 1967, to Robert Theodore and Ardeth (Stanley) Kleinmeyer in New Hampton, Iowa. He attended Sigourney High School and later received his GED. In 1989 he married Tina Paul and they later divorced. Joe worked in the automotive industry for over 40 years, working at...

Jeremy Wilcox

Jeremy Wilcox

Jan 28, 2026

Jeremy Wilcox, 51, died January 28, 2026, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born on May 12, 1974, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Roger and Jan (Wehr) Wilcox. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1993. After high school he attended Indian Hills Community College and graduated with a diploma in welding. Jeremy worked various jobs throughout...

Laurel Streigle

Laurel Streigle

Jan 24, 2026

Laurel Amelia (Rice) Streigle, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and faithful servant of Christ, passed away peacefully on January 24, 2026, at the age of 88, surrounded by her family.

She was born on April 15, 1937, in her family home in Daytonville, Iowa (current Wellman), to Quincy and Gertrude (Merryfield) Rice. She was the oldest sister to Merrill,...

Neal Bowman

Neal Bowman

Jan 19, 2026

Neal Bowman, 73, died January 19, 2026, surrounded by his family in Harper, Iowa. He was born May 11, 1952, to Charles and Ardith (Ewart) Bowman in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. He graduated from Clearfield High School in Clearfield, Iowa in 1970. On February 27, 1988, he married Debra Joan St. Pierre in Tingley, Iowa. He worked with his Dad as...

William "Bill" Rasplicka

William "Bill" Rasplicka

Jan 16, 2026

William Edward Rasplicka, 93, died January 16, 2026, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa He was born July 12, 1932, to John A. and Lillian (Kuncl) Rasplicka in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Cedar Rapids. He was employed at the First Trust Bank in Cedar Rapids. In 1952 Bill enlisted in the...

Maggie Goldman

Maggie Goldman

Jan 2, 2026

Margaret Mary (Maggie) Goldman, 45, died January 2, 2026, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born March 14, 1980, to Chris and Michelle (Lambiase) Poluikis in Marlton, New Jersey. She graduated in 1998 from Dayton Christian High School in Dayton, Ohio and attended Bible School in New York after high school. Maggie moved to Iowa in...

Rodger Aller

Rodger Aller

Dec 16, 2025

Rodger Dean Aller, 80, of Sigourney, Iowa, passed away peacefully on December 16, 2025, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, IA.

Born on April 19, 1945, in Sigourney, Iowa, Rodger was the son of Dale and Elpha Aller. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1963 and later attended drafting school in Denver, Colorado. Rodger married...

Robert "Bob" Kleinmeyer

Robert "Bob" Kleinmeyer

Dec 10, 2025

Robert Leeroy “Bob” Kleinmeyer, 62, of Kansas City, Missouri, went home on December 10, 2025. He was born on August 10, 1963, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Robert Theodore and Ardeth Stanley Kleinmeyer.

Bob lived a life that was anything but ordinary.

As a young man, he was bound for college baseball before an injury changed his course. When his grandparents fell...

Michael L. Conner

Michael L. Conner

Dec 3, 2025

Michael Lee Conner “Clutch”, 77, died December 3, 2025, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born to Wilber Clell (Bill) and Helen Virginia Paris Conner on March 4, 1948 in Sigourney, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1966. He attended Parson College in Fairfield and masonry school. On May 2, 1969, he married...

Connie Denny

Connie Denny

Nov 27, 2025

Connie ReNea Denny, 68 died November 27, 2025, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney surrounded be her loving family. She was born April 29, 1957, to James Robert Dean and Jean (Hartman) Hem in Ottumwa, Iowa. She graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1975 and later graduated from Buna Vista College with a teaching degree. On June 18,...

Sue Hadley

Sue Hadley

Nov 25, 2025

Sue E. (Utterback) Hadley, 80, died at her home in Johnson Creek, WI, surrounded by her family, on November 25, 2025.

Sue was born on July 31, 1945, at Sigourney Hospital to Willard “Pood” and Lora (Wilkening) Utterback. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1963 and then spent two years at Central Missouri State University, where she double majored in...

Joan Kay Colbert

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

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. 

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