Browse Our Obituaries to Honor Your Loved Ones and Find Comfort in Their Legacy in Sigourney and Surrounding Areas
Herbert Peiffer
Aug 1, 2012
Herbert Ignatius Peiffer died Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at his home near Sigourney, Iowa, of congestive heart failure. He was 85. Herbert was born on October 15, 1926, near Harper, Iowa, the second youngest of nine, to Henry L. Peiffer and Barbara Hammes Peiffer. He attended St. Peter and Paul Parochial School. He began farming the family...
Marlene Mitchell
Jul 22, 2012
Marlene Joan Mitchell, 68, died July 22, 2012 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born July 22, 1944 in Columbus, Ohio to Harold Robert and Cora Viola Schott Waldron. She graduated from high school in East St. Louis and attended beauty school in Columbus. On January 12, 1965 she married James Mitchell...
Joe Pitsch
Jul 8, 2012
John Joseph Pitsch 76, died July 8, 2012 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. He was born March 18, 1936 to John Lillig and Lucina T. Hein Pitsch in Ottumwa, Iowa. He attended Conner Country School #5 and Sigourney High School. He lived and farmed at the family farm. Joe moved into Sigourney in the 1970's and...
Bill Holm
Jun 12, 2012
Mark William "Bill" Holm, 85, of Sigourney, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 12, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. He was born March 4, 1927 in Oskaloosa to Martin Melven and Mary Elmina Folsom Holm. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1945. He served in the United States Army during WWII from June 1945...
Nancy Barr
May 22, 2012
Nancy Barr, 69, of Coralville, formerly of Keota, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. She was born on February 8, 1943 in Washington to William David and Margaret Frances Votruba Vinton. She attended school in Washington. On March 16, 1961, she married Roger Willis Barr at the Baptist Church in...
Kenneth Capps
May 5, 2012
Kenneth R. Capps, 88, of Pekin passed away May 5, 2012 at Sunnybrook Assisted Living in Fairfield. He was born May 29, 1923 in Pekin, the son of Ralph and Anna Hayes Capps. His birth was at the family home where he lived all of his life. On September 13, 1950 he married Betty Crouse in Sigourney,...
Thomas C. Park
Apr 25, 2012
Thomas Carroll Park, 75, of Sigourney, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at the Keokuk County Health Center. He was born December 4, 1936 in Sioux City, Iowa to Loren and Mildred Van Horn Park. He graduated High School in Dixon, Nebraska in 1955, served in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1958 and then attended...
Janet Brainard
Mar 26, 2012
Janet Louise Brainard, 69, died March 26, 2012 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born July 23, 1942 to F Edward and Prudence Peterson Traut in Galesburg, Illinois. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1960. On June 11, 1961 she married Larry Lee Brainard at the United Methodist Church in Sigourney....
Dorothy Bell
Mar 18, 2012
Dorothy Bell, 83, of Sigourney died Sunday March 18, 2012 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born June 9, 1928 at Delta, the daughter of William and Mildred Moore Dale. She attended Delta High School. She was married to Gerald Bell. Dorothy lived in Rose Hill, Delta, and Sigourney. She worked at Kingbury Homes in...
Maxine Holm
Mar 18, 2012
Maxine Holm, 82, of Sigourney died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born September 7, 1929 in Oskaloosa to Liston and Fern Marie Smith Koogler. She graduated from Oskaloosa High School. On June 4, 1948 she married Mark William "Bill" Holm at the Nazarene parsonage in Oskaloosa. After they married they lived in...
William "Bill" Yates
Mar 16, 2012
William Harry "Bill" Yates, 94, of Sigourney, IA passed away on March 16, 2012, at the Manor House Care Center, in Sigourney. Bill, the son of S.T. (Bud) and Mabel Yates, was born on June 5, 1917 in Necedah, Wisconsin. He graduated from Sigourney High School. Bill married Evelyn Lucille Pottenger on September 14, 1938. In 2011...
Robert Montz
Mar 10, 2012
Robert Morgan Montz, 84, of Webster, died Saturday March 10, 2012, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born June 6, 1927 in rural Webster, the son of Noel Wilson and Helen Morgan Montz. He graduated from Webster High School in 1945, and served in the United States Navy until the end of the war. He...
John F. Gehrig
Feb 24, 2012
John F. Gehrig 85, died February 24, 2012 at the Keokuk County Health Center. He was born on August 12, 1926 in Sigourney to John Ludwig and Marie Theresa Weber Gehrig. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1944. John served in the United States Navy during World War II. on the LST 524 in the Pacific Theater, he...
Rosella Johnston
Feb 22, 2012
Rosella Rita Johnston, 85, of Sigourney, formerly of Burlington, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born February 15, 1927 in Sperry, Iowa, to Leonard and Mary Haugh Beckman. She attended Zion country school and graduated from Sperry High School in 1945. She received her normal training at Iowa Teachers College in Cedar...
Wilma Moore
Jan 4, 2012
Wilma Moore 93, of Delta, died Wednesday January 4, 2012, at U of I Hospitals in Iowa City. She was born July 28, 1918 near Hedrick to Cloyd C. and Mary Etta Morrow Mateer. She graduated from What Cheer High School in 1936. She worked for Robinson Motor in What Cheer and the Ford Garage in Fairfield. On August...
Dean Benson
Nov 19, 2011
Robert Dean Benson, 70, of Sigourney, died at his home on November 19, 2011.He was born August 25, 1941 near Delta, Iowa to Harvey Robert and Loretta Agnes Cheney Benson. He graduated from Delta High School in 1959. On November 9, 1960 he married Carol Ann Moore at the Delta Methodist Church. They lived and farmed near...
Teagon Lee Fowler
Oct 13, 2011
Teagon Lee Fowler, 5 month old son of Sara Kaye Fowler and Dustin Roy Bensmiller, died October 13, 2011 at the Serenity House in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was born May 14, 2011 at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center. He is survived by his parents, two brothers Payton Hammes and Hayden Bensmiller, grandparents Susie Fowler of Sigourney, Mike...
Velda Seevers
Sep 19, 2011
Velda Arlene Seevers found eternal peace with her lord at age 84 on September 19, 2011. Her passing was witnessed by God at the Manor House in Sigourney. She was born March 5, 1927, to Frank and Bernice Parrish Van Orsdall in Waseca, MN. She attended school at Waldon, Sigourney, and Ollie Iowa, graduating from North Hollywood...
Harold "Skip" Boehm
Sep 9, 2011
Harold John "Skip" Boehm, 89, beloved husband, father, father-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, grandpa, great-grandpa, and uncle joined his wife, Lena, to continue the journey they started 60 years ago. Harold died peacefully on Friday, September 09, 2011, of natural causes at The Village of Legacy Pointe in Waukee, IA. Harold was born on November 24, 1921, to John...
Elizabeth Hackert
Sep 1, 2011
Elizabeth Ann Hackert, 82, died Thursday, September 1, 2011 at the Sigourney Care Center. She was born May 8, 1929, near Farson to John and Avis Osterfoss Hagen. She graduated from Farson High School in 1949, where she was proud to have played guard for their State Basketball Team. On March 18, 1951, she married Paul Harckert at the...
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