OBITUARIES

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

Gary Schultz

Gary Schultz

Jan 4, 2025

Gary Dean Schultz, 71, of Bloomfield, died January 4, 2025, at the Hospice House in Ottumwa, Iowa. He was born July 13, 1953, to Wendell and Marilyn Gosselink Schultz in Manhattan, Kansas. Gary graduated from Sigourney High School in 1971. He attended Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. On November 16, 1973, he married Mary Baird at the Little Brown Church...

Pat Reidel

Pat Reidel

Dec 28, 2024

Patricia Ann Reidel, 78, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 28, 2024, at Terrace Glen Village in Marion.

Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Grant Ranch Grub and Pub, 121 South Jefferson Street, Sigourney, Iowa 52591. Family encourages casual dress and suggests wearing the attire of your favorite sports team.  A private...

David Finch

David Finch

Dec 19, 2024

David Finch, 64, died December 19, 2024 at the Windsor Place in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born September 7, 1960, to Stanley Wayne and Mary Flanegan Finch in Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School and graduated from Indian Hills and UNI. On June 19, 1999, he married Breha White Noel at his parents’ home. David was employed at Kinzie...

Gina Sanders

Gina Sanders

Dec 15, 2024

Eugenia Louise Sanders, 67, died December 15, 2024, at her home in Hayesville, Iowa. She was born January 8, 1957, to Searphin and Madeline Bailey Renard in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She graduated from Twin Cedars High School. Gina was employed at Walmart for many years, managed a bar and was a home health caretaker for many years around Keokuk County. On...

Mary Rasplicka

Mary Rasplicka

Dec 14, 2024

 Mary Ferne (Dyson) Rasplicka 88, died December 14, 2024, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. Mary was born March 22, 1936, to Olan Oral and Fern Lena Hanchett Dyson at the family home in rural Sigourney. The family moved to rural Washington, Iowa, where she attended country school until 7th grade when they moved back to Sigourney. She...

Peggy Miller

Peggy Miller

Dec 14, 2024

Peggy Ruth Miller, 61, died December 14, 2024, at the University Hospital in Iowa City Iowa. She was born February 8, 1963, to Dale A. and Ruth Zuehlke Miller in Fairfield, Iowa. Peggy graduated from Fairfield High school in 1981 and attended Northeast Missouri State and graduated with a degree in Education. She taught in Missouri and was a librarian...

Don Barnhart

Don Barnhart

Nov 28, 2024

Don Henry Barnhart. 87, died November 28, 2024 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa surrounded by his family. He was born June 18, 1937 to Harris and Gertrude (Stokesberry) Barnhart. He was the youngest of six siblings. 

During his lifetime he attended Sigourney Country School and had many stories to tell his grandchildren of his ornery year with his friends....

Lora Lee Sellers

Lora Lee Sellers

Nov 23, 2024

Lora Lee Sellers, 88, a beloved mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2024, at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. Born on November 26, 1935, in Sigourney to Homer and Grace (Goeldner) Strupp. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1954. On June 27, 1954 she was united in marriage to Jack Lee Sellers at St. Paul...

Margaret Jean Appleget

Margaret Jean Appleget

Nov 10, 2024

   Margaret Jean Appleget, 95, of rural Sigourney, passed away on November 10, 2024 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. Jean was born October 1, 1929 in Van Buren Township to Harris and Gertrude Stokesberry Barnhart.   Jean grew up in Sigourney area, attended country school and graduated in 1947 from Sigourney High School. On August 18, 1948 she...

Ross Johnson

Ross Johnson

Nov 8, 2024

Ross Johnson, 70, died November 8, 2024, at Windsor Place Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born December 5, 1953 in Washington State.

No services is planned

Lois Collins

Lois Collins

Nov 3, 2024

Lois Jean Collins, 92, died November 3, 2024 at the Keokuk Country Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born August 1, 1932, to Verle Clifford and Blanche Elizabeth (Knox) Utterback near Hayesville. She grew up on the family farm near Hayesville, Iowa. She attended Chastine Rural School through the 8th grade and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1949,...

Kathy Jean Barnhart

Kathy Jean Barnhart

Oct 16, 2024

Kathy Jean Barnhart, age 57, died October 16, 2024 at Premier Estates of Toledo in Toledo, Iowa. She was born April 3, 1967 to Maurice Dean (Barney) and Nancy Lou (Garringer) Barnhart in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She attended school at Southeast Polk in Des Moines and later earned her GED. She was employed as a telemarketer and later a CNA at...

Rita Mae Reasor

Rita Mae Reasor

Sep 24, 2024

Rita Mae Reasor, 65, of Washington, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House following a lengthy battle with cancer.  Rita Mae (Shearon) Reasor was born March 2, 1959 in Missouri, the daughter of Everett and Zettia (Miller) Shearon. She attended Higbee High School in Higbee, Missouri. Rita married Lynn Avery Reasor on November 24,...

David Rouw

David Rouw

Sep 4, 2024

David Rouw, 70 died September 4, 2024 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born June 4, 1954 to Cornelius and Aldeda Jean Axmear Rouw in Orange County, California at the age of 9 his father passes away. His mother moved back to Oskaloosa, Iowa. David exceeded in sports during high school years graduating from Oskaloosa High...

Donna Paarman

Donna Paarman

Aug 22, 2024

Donna Paarman, 86, died August 22, 2024, at Sigourney Health Care Center. She was born September 9, 1937, to Michael L and Cecilia Striegel Hammes near Clear Creek, Iowa. She attended Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School at Clear Creek. On April 10, 1956 she married Don A. Paarman. They made their home in Keota, Don died April 8, 1978....

Jackie Homan

Jackie Homan

Aug 21, 2024

Jacqueline Jean Homan, 77, died August 21, 2024 at her home in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born October 24, 1946 to George and Francis (Ward) Conrad in Lawrence, Kansas. She attended Telluride High School in Colorado. She worked in Greeley, Colorado at a bank before going to work in the accounting department at Home Light and Power Company in Greeley....

Connie Carver

Connie Carver

Aug 18, 2024

Connie L. Carver, a resident of Sigourney, Iowa, was born on February 10, 1945, to Jean Merryfield Vannoy and Robert Lundy in Sigourney, Iowa. Sadly, she passed away peacefully in Iowa City, Iowa, on August 18, 2024. Connie was raised by her mother and Raymond Vannoy. She cherished her childhood memories, especially the times spent with her grandparents, Joe and...

Lois Fogle

Lois Fogle

Aug 12, 2024

Lois Marie Fogle, 90, died August 12, 2024 at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born August 13, 1933 to Elmo and Maxine (Smith) Lowry in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She attended school in Oskaloosa. She worked at the Sunshine Center Laundromat in Oskaloosa. On September 29, 1951 she married Kenneth Fogle at the Methodist Church in What Cheer. Lois was...

George House

George House

Aug 10, 2024

George W. House, age 92, of rural Sigourney, passed away in his home on Saturday, August 10, 2024. 

George was born in Lancaster, Iowa to Harold and Georgia (Liechti) House on September 8, 1931. He grew up and attended the country school directly across the road from his family home in Lancaster. He graduated from Sigourney High School in the class...

Jan Frederick

Jan Frederick

Jul 29, 2024

Jan Frederick, 56, died July 29, 2024 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born August 22, 1967 to Herold and Janalene Clubb Ladely in Sigourney, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1986. On May 23, 1987 she married Marlin Frederick and they later divorced. She was employed at English Valleys Schools for 22...

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