Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
Ruth Seaba
Aug 29, 2019
Ruth Elaine Seaba, 89, died August 29, 2019 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. She was born January 3, 1930 to Paul and Marjorie (Messerschmitt) Harkins in Hedrick, Iowa. She graduated from Keswick High School in 1947 as valedictorian. On January 1, 1952 she married Wilford Eugene Seaba in Keswick, Iowa. The couple lived in...
Dorothy R. Jacobs
Aug 29, 2019
Dorothy Ruth Jacobs, 97, died August 29, 2019 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born May 28, 1922 to Adolph and Pearl Sharpe Votruba. She attended school in Kalona. Dorothy was employed at the Washington button factory. On May 17, 1969 she married Eugene “Gene” Francis Jacobs in Lancaster, Missouri. She was a member of...
Dean Ellsworth Richardson
Aug 22, 2019
Dean Ellsworth Richardson, 87, died August 22, 2019 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born January 12, 1932 to Lee Forrest and Evelyn Pansy Rowe Richardson on the family farm in Steady Run Township, Keokuk County, Iowa. Upon graduation from Sigourney High School in 1950, he continued his education at Iowa State University until...
Anna Kathryn Krier
Aug 21, 2019
Anna Kathryn Krier, 95, died August 21, 2019 at Deer View Manor in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born February 4, 1924, the eighth child, to Constant Peter and Lena Mary Vogel Hammes in South Plank Township in Keokuk County, Iowa. Kathryn grew up on the east side of what is now 280th Avenue, in a large two...
Robert L. Pitsch
Aug 18, 2019
Robert Leroy Pitsch 81 died August 18, 2019 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. He was born June 5, 1938 to John Lillig and Lucina Theresia Hein Pitsch at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Ottumwa, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1957. On June 18, 1960 he married Jo Anne Cook at St. Mary...
Francis Harris
Aug 16, 2019
Francis Leon Harris, 82, of Sigourney, died Friday August 16, 2019 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. He was born July 17, 1937 in Bloomfield, Iowa to Lowell Glenn and Mary Amanda Howell Harris. He graduated from Davis Co. High School. He served in the United States Army. On May 6, 1961 he married Nancy Carol Shepherd...
Sue Dale
Aug 16, 2019
Ethelyn Sue Dale, 71, died Friday August 16, 2019, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born March 13, 1948, in Bethany, Mo. to Harley Wayne and Edith Eugenia (Craig) Elmore. She attended school in Cainesville, Mo. and on March 12, 1965 she married Orville Eldon Dale Jr. in Princeton Mo. They shared 54 wonderful years...
Everett Nelson Derby
Jul 14, 2019
Everett Nelson Derby, 93, died July 14, 2019 at his home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born January 19, 1926 to Ralph and Minda Ferguson Derby near Rubio, Iowa. He attended country school in Keokuk County. Everett served in the United State Navy. On June 7, 1947 he married Betty Northup in Bloomfield, Iowa. They lived in...
Louis J. Herman
Jul 3, 2019
Louis Joseph Herman Jr. 87, died July 3, 2019 at the Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born November 17, 1931 to Louis Sr. and Marjorie Inman Herman at the Mahaska County Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He attended country school graduating from Sigourney High School in 1950. He was united in marriage to Peggy Lou Bowers on February...
James "Jim" Sellers
Jun 29, 2019
James Allen Sellers, 64, died June 29, 2019 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born June 3, 1955 to Jack and Lora Lee Strupp Sellers in Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1973. He married Cindy Cobb and they later divorced. On June 3, 2000 he married Crystal Lee Allsup at Barnes City...
Dean Appleget
Jun 21, 2019
Harold Dean Appleget, 91, of rural Sigourney, passed away June 21, 2019 at the Manor House in Sigourney. Dean was born July 7, 1927 in East Lancaster Township to Myrl and Ethel Hollingsworth Appleget. Dean grew up in Sigourney area, attended Doggett country school and graduated from Sigourney High school in 1944. He grew up as a...
Ramona Aldinger
Jun 12, 2019
Ramona Anita Aldinger,95, died June 12, 2019 at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born June 8, 1924 to Charles Faye and Lucia Halfa Moss Burkhalter near Drakesville, Iowa. On June 10, 1944 she married Russell A. Aldinger in Ottumwa, Iowa. Romona was a homemaker and enjoyed traveling with Russ. She was a member of the United Methodist...
Greg Mitchell
Jun 10, 2019
Greg Mitchell, 51, of Sigourney, died Monday, June 10, 2019, at the Keokuk County Health Center. He was born June 5, 1968, in Fort Lewis, Washington, the son of James and Marlene Joan Waldron Mitchell. He graduated from Tri-County High School in 1987. Greg served in the United States Navy. He worked as a CNA at various nursing homes...
Edward J. Shook
Jun 7, 2019
Edward J. Shook Jr. 86, died June 7, 2019 at his home in Delta. He was born July 2, 1932 in Ainsworth, Iowa to Edward J. and Bessie I. Shook. He graduated from Delta High School in 1951. He served in the United States Navy from June 14, 1951 to June 10, 1955 during the Korean War. Edward cooked...
Colleen Wallerich
May 17, 2019
Colleen Wallerich, 95, died May 17, 2019 at the Bloomfield Care Center in Bloomfield, Iowa. She was born February 10, 1924 to George E. And Edna Caskey Fixmer near Sigourney, Iowa. She attended country school. On February 10, 1947 she married John Henry “Bud” Wallerich in Oskaloosa. Iowa. While her husband was the Sheriff Colleen was the...
Demaris Keep
May 11, 2019
Demaris Jean Keep, 88, died May 11, 2019 at the Ridgewood Specialty Care in Ottumwa. She was born November 15, 1930 to Edgar and Margaret (McClun) Hasty in Oskaloosa. She graduated from Oskaloosa High School. On September 27, 1952 she married Gene Worth Keep in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Demaris managed a senior citizens housing in Clinton, Iowa and KOA campground...
Virginia R. Weber
Apr 24, 2019
Virginia R. Weber, 90, died April 24, 2019 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born June 14, 1928 to Michael Laborius and Irene Mathilda Sieren Greiner. She graduated from the 8th grade from Ss, Peter and Paul Catholic School. On June 17, 1946 she married Edward William Weber at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic...
Dean Shifflett
Apr 13, 2019
Dean Shifflett, 86, died April 13, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born to Virgil and Eleanor K. Schultz Shifflett on August 26, 1932 in Webster, Iowa. He graduated from Webster High school in 1949. Dean served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955. On May 25, 1956 he married Carol Ann Glandon...
Michael LaRue Green
Apr 8, 2019
Michael LaRue Green, 54, died at his home April 8, 2019 in Delta. He was born April 30, 1964 to Ernest and Ladonna Freyslaben Green in San Francisco California. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1982. He married Angela Passmore and they later divorced. Mike served in the National Guard and worked for Green Rendering, Bender Foundry and...
Colleen Ann Morgan
Mar 27, 2019
Colleen Ann Morgan, 76, died March 27, 2019 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born March 28, 1942 in Iowa City, IA to Alvin and Lorraine Trusler Acord. She graduated from Mid-Prairie High School. On September 23, 1962 she married James William Morgan at the English River Church of the Brethren near South English....
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