OBITUARIES

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

Bill Seaba

Bill Seaba

Oct 11, 2018

William Eugene “Bill” Seaba, 62, died October 11, 2018 at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born January 7, 1956 to Wilford Eugene and Ruth Elaine Harkins Seaba in Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1974 and attended the University of Iowa and Kirkwood Community College. He married Laura Malone and they...

Anna Lou Cochrane

Anna Lou Cochrane

Oct 9, 2018

Anna Lou Cochrane 91, died October 9, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  She was born January 2, 1927 to Glenn and Katherine Beinhart Clubb near Sigourney. She attended Sigourney schools. On December 28, 1946 she married Leland Charles Cochrane in Sigourney. They lived and farmed in the Lancaster area and moved to Sigourney in 1967. ...

Jeannine Klett

Jeannine Klett

Oct 7, 2018

Jeannine Klett, 86, died October 7, 2018 at the Keota Health Care Center in Keota, Iowa. She was born March 30, 1932 to Frank and Elsie Mae Bensmiller Pfannebecker near Keota. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1950. On June 24, 1950 she married Lee Henry Klett in Sigourney. They lived and farmed south west of Sigourney. Jeannine...

Bette J. Harper

Bette J. Harper

Sep 2, 2018

Bette J. Harper, 93, died September 2, 2018 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born August 3, 1925 to Joseph Dewey and Monna Maurine Lemley Schlatter in Wayland, Iowa.  She attended Crawfordsville schools and graduated from Washington High School in Washington. Bette served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corp from 1944 – 1946...

Hilda (Taylor)  Souer

Hilda (Taylor) Souer

Aug 12, 2018

Hilda Ann Taylor Souer passed away on August 12, 2018 at Keokuk County Hospital.  Hilda was born to Dewey Otis and Floy Dickson Taylor on November 22, 1926 near Delta, Iowa.  She married James Andrew Souer on June 22, 1949. Jim preceded her in death on March 29 1996.   She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1945. ...

Dorothy Anne Samuels

Dorothy Anne Samuels

Jul 29, 2018

Dorothy Anne Samuels, 83, died July 29, 2018 at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.  She was born June 19, 1935 to Raymond and Dorothy Morgan McCreath in Waterloo, Iowa.  She graduated from High School in Hamilton, Illinois, she attended Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls.  On December 28, 1962 she married Larry Gene Samuels at...

Keith Eugene Ruggles

Keith Eugene Ruggles

Jul 23, 2018

Keith Eugene Ruggles, 88, died July 23, 2018, at the Keota Health Care Center in Keota, Iowa.  He was born April 29, 1930 in Coatsville, Missouri to John and Bessie (Mather) Ruggles.  He graduated from Keswick High School and served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. On January 29, 1955 he married Darlene Kiefer...

Donna (Jr.) Decker

Donna (Jr.) Decker

Jul 15, 2018

Donna Jean Decker, 85, died July 15, 2018 at Serenity House in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was born February 2, 1933 near Delta, Iowa to William and Mildred Moore Dale near Delta, Iowa. She graduated from Rose Hill High School in 1950.  On August 6, 1953 she married Willard Decker Jr. at the United Methodist Church in Sigourney....

Denise Wright

Denise Wright

Jun 25, 2018

Denise K. Wright, 67, died June 25, 2018 at the English Valleys Care Center in North English, Iowa.  She was born November 21, 1950 to Derald E. and Ruth E. (Stephenson) Wright.  She grew up in Webster and graduated from English Valleys Community Schools.  Denise attended University of Northern Iowa and graduated with a degree in social...

Janice Conrad

Janice Conrad

Jun 24, 2018

Janice Conrad, 73, died June 24, 2018 at her home in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born July 20, 1944 to Wilford and Pauline Heisdorffer Fritchen in Sigourney.  She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1962 and graduated from AIB in Des Moines. On February 23, 1963 she married Michael Conrad at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney. ...

Keith Seaba

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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