Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
Keith Seaba
Jun 7, 2018
Keith Seaba, 77, of North English died June 7, 2018 at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born November 26, 1940 to Benjamin and Letha Ulin Seaba in rural Sigourney. He attended Sigourney High School. Keith served in the United States Army from 1963 to 1965. After the service he worked at Amana Refrigeration...
Lucille Yates
May 29, 2018
Evelyn Lucille Yates, 101, died May 29, 2018 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. Lucille, the daughter of David and Ila Pottenger was born July 26, 1916 in Spencer, IA. She graduated from Sigourney High School. Lucille married Bill Yates on September 14, 1938. In 2011 they celebrated 73 years of marriage. Through the years...
Betty Fry
May 26, 2018
Betty Fry, 87, died May 26, 2018 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born February 11, 1931 to William “Bert” and Rena Myrtle Christy Flanegin near Bogard, Missouri. The family moved to Iowa in 1946, Betty graduated from Sigourney High School in 1949. She worked in Sigourney and later moved to Cedar...
Mike Bruns
May 22, 2018
Michael Bruns, 61, died May 22, 2018 at St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids. He was born July 18, 1956 in Sigourney to Judy Bruns and his adoptive father was Ralph Bruns. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1974. Mike worked in Morrison, Illinois at Stralow Trucking. He lived and Arkansas and moved back home to...
Marian Yates
May 15, 2018
Marian Eileen Yates was born in Webster, Iowa on January 6, 1936 to Virgil Leroy and Eleanor Schultz Shifflett. She died May 15, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Marian graduated from Webster Consolidated school in May of 1953. After graduation she was employed at the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation as an office secretary....
Laurena Hammes
May 4, 2018
Laurena May Appleget Hammes lived 92 years, transitioning to her next adventure on May 4, 2018. She was born on September 21, 1925, to Ethel and William Appleget in Waseca, Minnesota, and was the fourth child in a family of six children: Richard, Wilmer, Charles, Laurena, Viola, and Myra, who is still living and residing in South...
Jean Rohloff
Apr 19, 2018
Jean K. Rohloff died April 19, 2018 at the Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was born to James B. And Leeta Ragan Klein near Lancaster, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School and received her Bachelor of Arts from Iowa State Teachers College and her Master’s degree from the Northwestern University. She taught at Pella,...
Ruth Conrad
Apr 16, 2018
Ruth Conrad 89, died April 16, 2018 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born October 30, 1928 to William and Rosalie Romberg Luers near Sigourney, Iowa. She graduated from Kinross High School in 1946. On February 12, 1947 she married Albert John Conrad in Kinross. They lived and farmed east of Sigourney....
Jean Ryman
Apr 15, 2018
Jean Ryman, 94, died April 15, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City Iowa. She was born December 1, 1923 to Carl and Edna Leona Fixmer Clubb in rural Sigourney. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1941 and later graduated from St. Joseph's Nursing School in 1951. On September 8, 1951 she married...
Myron Bernard Herman
Apr 9, 2018
Myron Bernard Herman, 87, died April 9, 2018 in Washington, Iowa. He was born April 16, 1930 to Anton C. and Anna M. Schulte Herman near Harper, Iowa. He graduated from St. Elizabeth School in Harper, Iowa. Myron served in the United States Army. He lived and farmed Southwest of Harper all of his life. On November...
Leonard Joseph George
Apr 4, 2018
Leonard (Lenny) Joseph George, 52, died April 4, 2018 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born May 3, 1965 to Karen Marie George in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1983. He lived in Sigourney and later lived in Centerville for five years. Lenny participated in Special Olympics for...
Mable Claypool
Apr 3, 2018
Mable Irene Claypool, 77, died April 3, 2018 at her home in Ottumwa, Iowa. She was born January 10, 1941 to Alfred and Myrtle Riffel Bodeman near What Cheer, Iowa. She attended school and was baptized at the Christian Church. She was employed at Montezuma Manufacturing and later Fansteel. On June 10, 1988 she married Ernest Claypool...
Debbie Greiner
Mar 27, 2018
Debbie Greiner , 61 died March 27, 2018 at her home in Sigourney. She was born May 16, 1956 to William Laurel and Ruth Lavonne Hobbs Hermanstorfer in Ottumwa, Iowa. She graduated from Ottumwa High School. On September 24, 1988 she married Joseph Henry Greiner in Sigourney. She cleaned homes in the Sigourney area and took care...
Mary Webb
Mar 26, 2018
Mary Magdlen Webb, 91 died March 26, 2018 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born December 27, 1926 to Constant Peter and Lena Mary Vogel Hammes in South Plank Township in Keokuk County, Iowa. Mary attended Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School at Clear Creek. On September 3, 1946 she married Paul Etheldred...
Don Yates
Mar 26, 2018
Donald Arden Yates, 85, died March 26, 2018 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born May 27, 1932 to Solon Tobias and Mabel Barnhart Yates in Sigourney. Don graduated from Sigourney High School in 1950. After graduating he drove a milk truck and worked on the farm with his dad and brother. He...
Dale Barnhart
Mar 1, 2018
Raymond Dale Barnhart, 92, died March 1, 2018 at the Manor House in Sigourney. He was born November 16, 1925 in Sigourney to Edward and Gertrude Stokesberry Barnhart. He attended country school near Sigourney. Dale served in the United States Army during WWII. On October 22, 1946 he married Helen Ann Webb at the St. Elizabeth's Rectory...
Marjorie Ahrens
Feb 11, 2018
Marjorie Ann Ahrens, 88, died February 11, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born June 18, 1929 in rural Sigourney to Frank and Rose Clarahan Weber. She graduated from St. Elizabeth High School in Harper. After graduating she worked at People's Grocery in Sigourney for a short time. On February...
Jeri Andrews
Dec 14, 2017
Jeri Lynn Andrews 56, died December 14, 2017 at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born March 14, 1961 to Marvin Lee and Glenda Ann Pierce Schrader in California. She graduated from Missouri Valley High School. On May 15, 1983 she married Brenton Lee Andrews at the Lancaster Christian Church. She graduated from Indian...
Toby Jaeger
Nov 13, 2017
Tobias Jacob Jaeger, 89, died November 13, 2017, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. He was born November 16, 1927 to Frank and Esther Jaeger in Keota. He first attended a country school near South English, then attended Webster school. After High School he worked as an electrician's helper for Roy White. When he was 23...
Justin Kleinschmidt
Nov 10, 2017
Justin Leigh Kleinschmidt, 23, died November 10, 2017 at his home in Delta, Iowa. He was born June 9, 1994 in Oskaloosa, Iowa to Jody and Becca Chatfield Kleinschmidt. He attended Sigourney High School and worked at Kinze Manufacturing. Justin loved to hunt, fish, and his dogs. He was always the life of the party, up for...
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