OBITUARIES

Nov 20, 2020

Debra Sue Gillam, 59, died November 20, 2020 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born September 20, 1961 to Gordon Franklin and Mary Rose Crossen Gillam in Sigourney. Deb graduated from Pekin High School in 1980. She worked at Tenco in Fairfield and later First Resources in Sigourney. She loved her involvement in...

Nov 17, 2020

Dorothy Marie Buehneman, 86, died November 17, 2020 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney.

Dorothy was born May 27, 1934, Clifton G. and Dora Letha (Patterson) Pilkington in Sigourney, Iowa.  She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1952.  On December 7, 1952 she married Carroll Buehneman at the Christian Church in Sigourney. They lived and...

Nov 8, 2020

Edith Eugenia Elmore, 92, died November 8, 2020 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney.  She was born March 3, 1928 to Arthur Arnold and Mary Susan (Moore) Craig in Blythedale Missouri.  She graduated from Blythedale High School.  She married Harley Wayne Elmore and together they lived throughout Northwest Missouri and Iowa.  Edith was an excellent...

Oct 22, 2020

Raymond Robert Byers, 76, died Thursday October 22, 2020. He was born September 30, 1944 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Raymond Howard and Evelyn Elizabeth (Wonderlich) Byers. He graduated from Fremont High School and attended William Penn University and the University of Iowa. After graduation from the University of Iowa he was the youngest person in the state of Iowa...

Oct 20, 2020

Raymond Patrick Shannon, 86, died October 20, 2020 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa.  He was born March 17, 1934 to Joseph and Clara (Gries) Shannon in Sigourney, Iowa.  He graduated from Sigourney High School. Pat served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956.  On December 29, 1954 he married Rose Mary Merz.  They...

Oct 16, 2020

The head coach of our team, Richard Eugene Coffman was born in Sigourney, Iowa to Harold and Cathreen Grimm Coffman on August 4, 1948. He joined his sister Karen (Bill Wadsworth) on the farm, and later was joined by Cheryl (Don Koch) and Robert (Darlas). Growing...

Oct 3, 2020

Clarice Irene Colbert 98, died October 3, 2020 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born October 8, 1921 to John W. and Clara Pearl Adams Cook in rural Hayesville, Iowa. Clarice attended Union Hall Country School and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1939.  She taught country school at Monkey Den. On May 20, 1941 she...

Sep 27, 2020

Betty Lou Crow, 86, died September 27, 2020 at the Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart.  She was born October 10, 1933 to Cecil G. and Mary A. (Hopkins) Penniston in Ottumwa, Iowa.  She attended Ottumwa High School.  On October 27, 1951 she married Norman Crown in Ottumwa.  Betty worked at Morrels and Pioneer.  She lived in Ottumwa and moved...

Sep 15, 2020

Sharon Kay Myers, 77, died September 15, 2020 at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center in Des Moines.  She was born September 27, 1942 to Rex and Lois (Caldwell) Howell in New London, Iowa.  She graduated from New London High School.  She married Robert Myers and they later divorced.  She lived in Sigourney from 1977 to 2007 until she moved...

Sep 11, 2020

Wilma “June” Soland, 92 of Sigourney, died September 11, 2020 at Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born on June 6, 1928 in Decorah, Iowa to Orlando and Evelyn Kvamme. She graduated from Decorah High School in 1946.

On June 27, 1948 she married Robert “Bob” Soland in Glenwood Lutheran Church...

Aug 30, 2020

Robert Ray Sanders, 64, died August 30, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.  He was born November 7, 1955 to Robert and Thelma (Dollens) Sanders in Mexico, Missouri.  He attended high school in Centralia, Missouri and served in the United States Navy.  On August 12, 1988 he married Eugenia (Gina) Renard in Oskaloosa....

Aug 2, 2020

Rose Mary Shannon, 85, died August 2, 2020 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa.  She was born October 17, 1934 to Richard and Margaret (Sondag) Merz in Harper, Iowa.  She graduated from St. Elizabeth Catholic School in Harper.  On December 29, 1954 she married Raymond Patrick Shannon.  They lived all their life in Sigourney. ...

Jul 17, 2020

Deborah June Roberts, 57, died July 17, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. She was born May 7, 1963 to Fred and Helen Peach Tobeck in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She attended school in Crete, Illinois. She was married Cecil Ray Burtlow Jr. he died August 23, 1994, she later married Chris Roberts in 2017. Deborah...

Jul 16, 2020

Mona Nichols, 82, died July 16, 2020 at her home in Hedrick, Iowa. She was born May 1, 1938 to Fred E. and Leona Reynolds Bensmiller in Sigourney, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School.   On June 13, 1959 she married Carl “Nick” Nichols at the Sigourney Christian Church. She was employed at Century Motors and later...

Jun 20, 2020

Wayne Carl Smithart, 78, of Sigourney died at home, Saturday, June 20, 2020.  He was born March 17, 1942, in South Plank Township, the son of Leo and May (Cassens) Smithart.  Growing up on a small farm in rural Iowa, Wayne graduated from Sigourney High School in 1962 and then was drafted into the U.S. Army in...

May 10, 2020

Rozella Jean Cline Reinert Lower, 96, died May 10, 2020 at Grand Haven Retirement in Eldridge, Iowa. She was born March 11, 1924 to Clarence Cline and Velmina (Minnie) Verhaaf near Delta, Iowa.  She graduated from Delta High School in 1942 and she took business courses at Murphy School of Business in Oskaloosa. On April 14, 1943 ...

May 9, 2020

Jean Smith Gaertner passed away peacefully on May 9, 2020 at Addolorata Villa in Wheeling, Ill., where she had resided for the past four years. She was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, on November 5, 1935, to A.J. and Cecilia Daniel Smith, and was raised in Harper, Iowa, alongside her sister Joan who was just a year older....

May 8, 2020

Beverly Rae Hammes, 78, died May 8, 2020 at Corridor Crossing Place in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  She was born November 1, 1941 to Donald and Jennie (Plank) Glandon in Sigourney.  She graduated from Sigourney High School.  On November 25, 1961 she married Cletus Hammes at the St. Mary Church in Sigourney.   She was employed at Dick’s Corner...

May 3, 2020

Pauline Ella Fritchen Street, 98, died May 3, 2020 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born to Pete and Leona Kanke Heisdorffer on January 15, 1922 near Richland Township, Jefferson Co. IA.   Pauline attended country school.  On November 26, 1947 she married Wilford Fritchen at St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed parsonage in Sigourney.  They...

Apr 29, 2020

Martha Jane Richardson, 86, died April 29th, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa following a short illness. She was born August 6th, 1933 to William Wood Hartley and Dora Theresa (Sinn) Hartley in Sigourney, Iowa. Upon graduation from Sigourney High School in 1951, she married Dean Ellsworth Richardson Christmas day 1952 in Fort Smith,...