Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
Don Kerr
May 23, 2017
Donald L. Kerr, 78, died May 23, 2017 at the University Hospital in Iowa City Iowa. He was born May 2, 1939 to Howard and Kate Knowler Kerr near Delta, Iowa. He graduated from Delta High School in 1958. On November 2, 1958 he married Christie Malone at the Delta Methodist Church in Delta, Iowa. Don drove truck for...
Janet Stichter
May 17, 2017
On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Janet Elaine Stichter went to be with the Lord. She was born May 15, 1950 in Sigourney, Iowa to Joe and Henrietta "Hanky" (Wilkening) Greene. She attended Sigourney Community Schools, graduated from Mercy College of Nursing in Des Moines, and became a registered nurse. She had a long career as a nurse...
Walter Wickenkamp
May 12, 2017
Walter Henry Wickenkamp, 93, died May 12, 2017 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born December 28, 1923 to Karl and Clara Ollinger Wickenkamp near Sigourney. He attended rural schools near Sigourney and served in the United States Army. Walter farmed with his brother Omer. On May 11, 1950 he...
Marvin Williams
May 5, 2017
Marvin Keith Williams, 83, died May 5, 2017 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney. He was born January 7, 1934 to Glen Marvin and Leona Sterrett Williams near Delta, Iowa. He graduated from Delta High School in 1952 and served in the United States Army. Marvin farmed south of Delta with his mother....
Howard Burch
Apr 22, 2017
Howard David Burch, 83, died April 22, 2017. in Johnston, Iowa. He was born August 21, 1933 to John Walter and Mary Ellen Paliser Burch in Fort Madison, Iowa. He attended school in Fort Madison. On June 1, 1953 he married Irma Marilyn Hunold at St. James Catholic Church in St. Paul, Iowa. Howard served in the...
Ruth White Walsh
Mar 22, 2017
Ruth Maxine White Walsh, 96, died March 22, 2017 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was born January 15, 1921 to Aaron and Laura Smith near Marshalltown, Iowa. She attended country school near Marshalltown. On November 27, 1939 she married Carroll Burnis White in Willow Springs, Missouri. He died November 19, 1983. She was employed as a maid in California...
Glen Steinhart
Jan 28, 2017
Glen Augustine Steinhart, 82, died January 28, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Home in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was born August 29, 1934 to August and Velma Irene Kleinschmidt Steinhart near Sigourney, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1954 and attended Iowa State University. Glen enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany. On September...
Larry "Butch" Martin
Jan 18, 2017
Larry Dean "Butch" Martin, 64, died January 18, 2017, at his home near Hayesville, Iowa. He was born December 6, 1952 to Ernest Leroy and Bernice Imogene Eiliott Martin in Sigourney, Iowa. He attended West Lancaster No. 6, Hayesville Community schools, and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1971. On August 31, 1984 he married Crystal Kay Lippard at...
Alice Ladely
Jan 12, 2017
Alice Iona Ladely, 78, died January 12, 2017 at the Keokuk County Hospital in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born August 3, 1938 to Cecil Milo and Myrtle Adele Back Good near North English, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1957. On June 6, 1957 she married Robert Eugene Ingle and they later divorced. They lived...
Louella Bower
Jan 9, 2017
Louella Louise Bower, 80, died January 9, 2017 at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born October 2, 1936 to Levi Linden and Ila Muriel Gosney Bower near Webster, Iowa. She graduated from Webster High School in 1954. After graduation she helped on the farm and drove school bus. In March of 1957 she moved to...
Herold Ladely
Jan 9, 2017
Herold Orlan Ladely, 84, died January 9, 2017 at his home in rural Sigourney. He was born May 30, 1932 to Clayton and Margaret Wolf Ladely in Chariton, Iowa. He graduated from Deep River High School and he married Bernadine Harris. Herold was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Once returning home from service he...
Leroy Kracht
Jan 6, 2017
Leroy Harold Kracht went to be with the Lord On January 6, 2017. Leroy was born February 15, 1926, near Hayesville, the son of Emil and Dora Bruns Kracht. He graduated Sigourney High School and then enlisted in the United States Navy three days before his 18th birthday. Leroy served in the South Pacific, Guadalcanal, New Hebrides, and Fiji...
Daryl Beckley
Dec 27, 2016
Daryl Eugene Beckley, 81, died December 27, 2016 at his home in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born April 11, 1935 to Orval Hunt and Marvel Neith Glanz Beckley in South English. He attended country school. Daryl began trucking for Kenny Clarahan and worked for W.C. Gretter and Sons from 1958 to 2002. After retiring in 2002 he worked in...
Martina Keasling
Dec 6, 2016
Martina Keasling, 86, died December 6, 2016 at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. She was born July 2, 1930 to Harold and Gladys Moore Beals in Delta, Iowa. She attended school in Sigourney until the 8th grade. Then she stayed home to help take care of her family. In 1950 she married Roy Timson. Together they had...
Clara Herman
Dec 2, 2016
Clara Irene Herman, 93, died December 2, 2016 at the Solon Care Center in Solon, Iowa. She was born May 12, 1923 near Harper, Iowa to Walter Frank and Marguerite Agnes Ollinger Smith. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1941. She taught at Stoney Point and Garibaldi #14 which were one room country schools in Keokuk County. On...
Donald Shy
Nov 27, 2016
Donald Keith Shy, 89, died November 27, 2016 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born April 26, 1927 to Earl and Opal May Sheraden Shy near Ollie, Iowa. He graduated from Ollie High School in 1945 and served in the United States Army during World War II. On August 25, 1948 he married Thelma...
Jeff Griner
Nov 25, 2016
Allen Jeffrey Griner, 63, died November 25, 2016 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born September 17, 1953 to Keith Albert and Marjorie Mauldin Griner in Sigourney. He graduated from English Valleys High School in 1972, On September 1, 1979 he married Vicki Lynn Rhea at the Presbyterian Church in...
Rosemary Wehr
Nov 6, 2016
Rosemary Gertrude Wehr, 96, died November 6, 2016 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born October 24, 1920 to John C. And Estella M. Ritzinger Strohman. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1936 and worked as a legal secretary for Charles C. Heninger. On November 21, 1939 she married Matthias Peter Wehr at St. Mary...
Lois Northup
Nov 4, 2016
Lois Irene Northup, 87, died Friday, November 4, 2016, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born August 24, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of William and Lillian Mincks Leffler. She attended school in Floris. On January 13, 1951, she married Sherman Franklin Northup in Killeen, Texas. After Sherm returned from...
Norman Collins
Oct 19, 2016
Norman Lee Collins, 85, of Sigourney, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. He was born December 23, 1930, near Keswick, Iowa, the son of Osa Leroy and Doris Gail (Churchill) Collins. He grew up on a farm near Keswick and graduated from Keswick High School in 1949. Norman served in the US...
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