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Bertha Ragan
Jun 15, 2013
Bertha Ragan, formerly of Sigourney, died on June 15, 2013, at the Silverado Assisted Living facility in Lake Zurich, Ill., following a lengthy illness. She was born January 15, 1913, in Dexter, Minn., the daughter of Grant Ragan and Eva Fauth Ragan, deceased. A graduate of Sigourney High School in 1931, she worked as a...
Verena Snakenberg
May 28, 2013
Verena Magdalena Snakenberg, 92, passed into eternal life on May 28, 2013 at the Sigourney Care Center in Sigourney surrounded by members of her loving family. She was born April 11, 1921 near Harper to Peter J. and Pearl C. (Sondag) Adam. Verena graduated from St. Elizabeth High School in Harper and attended St. Joseph School of...
Clarence Peiffer
May 14, 2013
Clarence Peiffer, 84, died May 14, 2013 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. Clarence was born November 3, 1928 to August and Anna Striegel Peiffer in rural Sigourney. He graduated from St. Elizabeth High School in Harper. On December 28, 1957 he married Mildred Eileen Reinier at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Clear Creek...
Jack Flanegin
May 13, 2013
Jack Flanegin, 76 died May 13, 2013 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born July 13, 1936 to William Bert and Rena Myrtle Christy Flanegin on Bosworth , Missouri. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1954. He served in the United States Air Force form 1954 - 1958 where he served...
Sharon Dumont
May 13, 2013
Sharon Kay Dumont, 67, died May 13, 2013 at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born April 5, 1946 to Alfred Noel and Katherine Kerr Walker in Springfield, Illinois. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1964. Sharon was married in November of 1966 and later divorced. She was employed by Baumert and Gerard, John...
Jerry Holt
May 10, 2013
Jerry Lyle Holt, 76, of Sigourney, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, Iowa. He was born August 6, 1936 to John Lyle and Virginia Pfaff Holt in Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1954. On June 29, 1957 he married Mary Martha Devine at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney. Jerry...
Ruth Seiwert
May 1, 2013
Florence Ruth Seiwert, 102, died Wednesday, May 01, 2013, at the Keokuk County Health Center. She was born December 24, 1910 near Keswick, Iowa to Edward and Mary Etta Scott Morrison. She graduated from Keswick High School in 1927. On July 27, 1932 she married Clemens Peter Seiwert in What Cheer, Iowa. They lived and...
Hildreth Fritchen
Apr 18, 2013
Hildreth Helen Fritchen, 93, died April 18, 2013 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. She was born January 12, 1920 to Earl and Carrie Stull Hartzell near Ollie, Iowa. She graduated from Ollie High School. On September 6, 1938 she married Clifford Howard Fritchen in Sigourney. They were life-long residents of Keokuk County residing at...
Mignon Dumont
Apr 17, 2013
Mignon Ann Dumont, 75, died April 17, 2013 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. She was born December 31, 1937 to John Wesley and Mary Flora Weber Snakenberg near Webster, Iowa. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1955, worked at Benteco and for Dr. Hooley and later Bales Nursing Home. On October 24, 1959 she married...
Betty Capps
Apr 4, 2013
Betty L. Capps, 90, of Pekin, passed away April 04, 2013 at the Sigourney Care Center. She was born May 25, 1922, in Sigourney, the daughter of John and Iva Johnson Crouse. On September 13, 1950, she married Kenneth Capps in Sigourney. Mrs. Capps graduated from Sigourney High School in 1940. She attended William Penn College in Oskaloosa. Betty...
Karen Pitts
Mar 27, 2013
Karen Leoda Pitts, 72, of Sigourney, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. She was born April 11, 1940 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of William and Helen Maxine Zwer Webster. She graduated from Ottumwa High School, and took nurses training at St Joseph's Hospital in Ottumwa. She worked at Sunnyslope...
Margaret Conner
Feb 23, 2013
Margaret Charlotte Conner, 91, died February 23, 2013 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born July 26, 1921 to Gustave and Margarete Lohr Krueger near Montezuma, Iowa. She attended school in Montezuma. On December 25, 1937 she married Robert Harrison Conner in Sigourney. Margaret was a waitress and cook at many...
Clayton Crill
Feb 16, 2013
Clayton Huff Crill, 89, died February 16, 2013 at the Serenity House in Oskaloosa. He was born April 7, 1923 the son of Howard Clayton and Fennella Fear Crill on the family farm west and north of the rural Keokuk County town of Springfield. He and his older sister, Annetta, walked and rode horses to...
Eloise C. Richardson
Jan 28, 2013
Eloise C. Richardson, 95, died January 28, 2013 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born November 3, 1917 to Michael and Agnes Ritzinger Deimerly in rural Sigourney. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1935 and moved to Ottawa Illinois. In 1939 she married Thomas Robert Richardson. Eloise was employed by Sears...
Arthur "Dick" Streigle
Jan 20, 2013
Arthur Dick Streigle, 78, died January 20, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born August 30, 1934 to Arthur Delbert and Minnie Pearl Stull Streigle near Sigourney. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1952. Dick served in the United States Air Force from 1954-1958 earning the rank of Staff Sergeant....
Angela Decker
Jan 16, 2013
Angela Jean Decker, 51, of Wyoming, Iowa died January 16, 2013 at her daughters home in Monticello, Iowa after a short battle with cancer. She was born September 1, 1961 to Sharon Kay Toney and Leroy David Decker in Marengo, Iowa. Angela was later raised by Bill and Patricia Decker. She attended school in Keswick and Sigourney....
Charles Grimes
Jan 16, 2013
Charles Edward Grimes, 68, died January 16, 2013 at his home near Webster, Iowa. He was born July 28, 1944 to Charles Edward and Bessie Burian Grimes in Clarksville, Maryland. In 1962, he graduated from Glenelg High School in In Glenelg, Maryland. On June 20, 1964 he married Barbara Furstenberg in Olney, Maryland. Charles was employed at...
Brian Reed
Jan 11, 2013
Brian Scott Reed, 48, of Sigourney, died January 11, 2013, at his home. He was born June 24, 1964, in Oak Park Illinois to Ronald and Carol McKay Reed. He graduated from Payson High School in Payson, Arizona. In 1988 he moved to Marengo, Iowa and later moved to Sigourney. He worked construction for Steb...
Mary Beth Spitzer
Jan 2, 2013
Mary Beth Spitzer, 79, of Melrose, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Centerville, Iowa. She was born October 20, 1933 in Hedrick, Iowa. She graduated from Hedrick High School. She lived in the Ottumwa-Albia area all of her life, most recently at Melrose. She owned and operated antique/second hand stores in the...
Ruth Wright
Dec 25, 2012
Ruth Elenora Wright, 91, formerly of Webster, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at the Sigourney Care Center. She was born February 19, 1921 in Sigourney to Add and Helen Corellia Vittetoe Stevenson. She graduated from Sigourney High School. On January 18, 1945, she married Derald Wright in Sigourney. After their marriage they lived mostly in...
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