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Jennifer (Jeni) Rachelle Clarahan, 37, lost her courageous 3 year battle with breast cancer on November 20, 2023, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born on March 5, 1986 in Mesa, Arizona.
Jeni graduated from Sigourney JR Senior High School in the Class of 2004 and went on to graduate from Indian Hills...
Eloise May Snakenberg, 101, died November 11, 2023 at the English Valley Care Center in North English, Iowa.
She was born March 2, 1922 near Richland, IA to George W. and Helen S. (Brolliar) Hadley. She attended country schools in Jefferson, Keokuk, and Washington Counties, and graduated in 1939 from Richland High School. She attended one year of William Penn...
Willard (Junior) Decker 94, died November 11, 2023, at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born July 2, 1929 near Sigourney to Willard A. Decker and Georgina E. (Owens) Decker. He graduated from Sigourney High School. He enlisted in the United States Air Force on January 20, 1950 to January 19, 1954. On August 6, 1953 he...
Maxine Louise Crile Martin, age 92, died November 8, 2023 at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born March 14, 1931 to Adam and Vida Hawkinson Crile in Rosehill, IA. She attended school in Rosehill, IA. She married Carl Ardith Martin on December 24, 1951 in her parent’s home in Rosehill. They lived in Sigourney for...
Dan Richardson died suddenly at home on November 8th, 2023 in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born July 8th, 1961 to Dean Ellsworth Richardson and Martha Hartley Richardson in Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1979, and married Dana (Fairchild) Richardson 41 years ago on October 16th, 1982 at the Sigourney Christian Church.
Donna Fae Smith Linnenkamp passed away peacefully October 31, 2023 at Windsor Place in Sigourney IA. Born July 31, 1928, to parents Everett and Bertha Tollefson Braden, Donna spent her early years in the Toledo IA area where her parents farmed. She graduated from Dinsdale High School in 1945. She met Robert Smith at the drugstore where...
Daniel L. Schmidt, 72, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away peacefully on October 6, 2023. He was born on September 15, 1951, in Iowa City, Iowa, to Mary E. (Martin) and Stanley T. Schmidt. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1970, excelling in athletics. He worked various jobs, including bouncing at local bars and working in masonry. He...
Geraldine Bertha Cavin, 90, died October 1, 2023 at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born June 17, 1933 to John C. and Clara Buch Weber near Clear Creek, Iowa. She attended school at Clear Creek, Porter, Lancaster country schools and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1952. On July 24, 1954 she married Anthony John (A.J.) Cavin...
Stanley Finch, 86, died September 13, 2023, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born March 20, 1937 in North English to Glenn and Dorothy (Bailey) Finch. He graduated from Sigourney High School and worked for his Dad at the family gas station. On November 4, 1956 he married Mary Flanegan at the...
Marion Dale Streigle, 67, died September 8, 2023, at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born August, 27, 1956 to Marion Lee and Reta Christy Flanegin Streigle in Big Spring, Texas Air Force Base. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1974, and Iowa State University majoring in science. He taught at Clarence Lowden High...
Ronald Fredrick Ahrens, 97, died August 28, 2023 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born July 1, 1926 near Gibson, Iowa to Fred Gottlieb and Pearl McAdams Ahrens. He attended Sigourney High School. On February 7, 1950 he married Marjorie Ann Weber at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Harper. They lived and farmed west of...
Kenneth Nicholas Heisdorffer, 91, passed away peacefully August 17, 2023 at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Kenneth was born May 25, 1932 to Albert and Edythe (McConnell) Heisdorffer in rural Richland, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School. He served in the United States Air Force from August 1952 to August 1956. On May 3,...
Myra Arlene Peiffer, 92, died August 7, 2023 at the English Valley Care Center in North English, Iowa. She was born May 4, 1931 to William and Ethel (Parrish) Appleget in Wasseca Township in Minnesota. She attended school in Minnesota and when the family moved to Iowa she went to school West of Hayesville. Myra graduated from Sigourney High...
Andrew “Andy” Guy Richard Harter of Readlyn, Iowa.
A life cut short, but a life well lived.
Andy took his first breath at 10am, on April 28, 1978,in Valentine, NE; and his last breath at 11:40 p.m. on August 3, 2023, in Fort Myers, FL, in the arms of...
Sarah Lois Beatty, 86, died August 3, 2023, at the Manor House in Sigourney Iowa. She was born February 22, 1937, to Frank M. and Lois Elizabeth (Gibbons) Beatty in Sigourney, Iowa. Sarah graduated from Sigourney High School in 1955 and she graduated from the University of Iowa. She was a lifelong student of learning. Sarah was active in...
Keith Edward Fritchen, 88, died July 12, 2023, at Keota Health Center. He was born March 9, 1935, to Wilmer and Sophie Schultz Fritchen on the family farm near Ollie, Iowa. He graduated from Ollie High School in 1954. On February 14, 1958 he married Martha Roop at the Ollie Baptist Church. They made their home near...
Martha Jeanne Merryfield, age 87, was born April 3, 1936, during the Great Depression between Sigourney and Delta on the family farm to John David and Lillian Biewen Himrod. Jeanne attended country school for nine years. In 1950 she took a large step and attended Sigourney High School. She was blessed with many honors in high school cheerleader, homecoming...
Dean Ernest Seaba, 93, died June 16, 2023, in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born August 4, 1929 to Roy and Louise Vandament Seaba near Lancaster, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1947. Dean served in the United States Army from December 1952 to December 1954. On December 3, 1953 he married Marcalene Elsie Bonnater in...
Rose M. Mahan, 94, died June 14, 2023, at the English Valley Care Center in North English, Iowa. She was born May 8, 1929, in Tennessee to Frank and Bessie McLain Cavin. She attended school in Ollie and received her GED from Kirkwood Community College. On November 3, 1946, she married Richard Lindy Mahan in Sigourney. Rose and Richard...
Colleen Arlene Beall, 96, died May 31, 2023 at the Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born July 13, 1926 in Omaha, Nebraska to Ivan and Ella (Uhe) Moore. She graduated from Webster High School. On March 6, 1946, she married Franklin “Buck” Beall in Kirksville, Missouri. She received her nursing degree from...
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