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Phyllis Arduser Wickenkamp Wolfe
May 7, 2010
Phyllis Arduser Wickenkamp Wolfe, 49, of Caldwell, Idaho formerly of Sigourney, died Friday, May 7, 2010 at her home. She was born June 20, 1960 in Sigourney to Joseph Eugene and Elsie Louise Morse Arduser. She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1978. On December 10, 1977 she married Steve Wickenkamp in Sigourney. She later...

John F. Haupert
Apr 27, 2010
John Francis Haupert, 87, died April 27, 2010 at his home in Cedar, Iowa. He was born September 2, 1922 near Sigourney, to Frank C. and Blanche Evans Haupert. He attended Sigourney Schools. He farmed west of Sigourney for many years, and later moved to Cedar. He was married to Janet Wallace, their later where divorced. He...
Charles Ulin
Apr 18, 2010
Charles Ulin passed from this life on April 18, 2010 at the Keokuk County Health Center. A funeral service officiated by Francis Baumert will be held at Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney at 10:30 on Friday, April 23rd. Visitation will be at Holm Funeral Home from 5:00 to 8:00 on Thursday, April 22nd. Charles was born near Delta, Iowa...

Venita Stull
Feb 2, 2010
Venita Doreen Stull, 97, died February 2, 2010, at the Manor House in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born February 17, 1912 near Sigourney, Iowa to Howard and Kate Knowler Kerr. She graduated from Sigourney High School. On December 25, 1948 she married Elva Griffin he later died. On September 20, 1959 she married Christopher Stull. She worked at various...
Fern Kerkove
Jan 28, 2010
Fern Burlee Behnamann Kerkove, 85, of Sigourney, died January 28, 2010, at the Keokuk County Health Center. She was born July 28, 1924 to Fred D. and Carrie M. Conner Behnamann near Sigourney. She attended rural schools, and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1942. On June 28, 1953 she married James Howard Kerkove at the Sigourney...

Lyle J. Clubb
Jan 18, 2010
Lyle James Clubb, 50, of rural Ollie died Monday January 18, 2010, at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center. He was born January 27, 1959 in Sigourney, to Marvin and Florence Ladely Clubb. He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1977. He did custom farming and was a mechanic. He flagged for tractor pull all over the Midwest...

Carol Taylor
Jan 15, 2010
Carol Verona Taylor, 77, died January 15, 2010 at the Ottumwa Regional Hospital. She was born September 6, 1932 to John Christian George and Pearl Strupp Duensing near Sigourney. She graduated from Sigourney High School. On August 27, 1953 she married Bruce Ivan Taylor at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Sigourney. They lived and farmed...

Jean Vannoy
Jan 4, 2010
Loise Jean Vannoy, 81, formerly of Barnes City and Montezuma, died Monday, January 04, 2010 at her residence in the Sigourney, Iowa. She was born April 9, 1928 near Thornburg to Joseph Bitner Merryfield and Edna Dugger Merryfield. She graduated from the Iowa School of Beauty in Ottumwa, Iowa on April 5, 1948. In 1952, she married Raymond Vannoy...

Samual Bunting
Jan 4, 2010
Samuel Irwin Bunting, 71, died January 4, 2010 in Galena, Illinois. He was born July 5, 1938 in Oskaloosa to Harvey Louis and Elsie Lucille Rockwell Bunting. He graduated from What Cheer High School in1956. He farmed in the What Cheer area. On June 18, 1971 he married Pauline Elizabeth Doud in Omaha, Nebraska.They continued to farm for years...

Elmer Herman
Dec 7, 2009
Elmer Gerhard Herman, 91, of Sigourney died Monday December 7, 2009, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born November 9, 1918 in Harper to Anton and Anna Schulte Herman. He attended St. Elizabeth School in Harper. He served in the United States Army Air Corp, in Guam, during WWII. After returning from the war he...

Lyle J. Strasser
Nov 29, 2009
Lyle James Strasser, 98, of Sigourney, died Sunday November 29, 2009 at the Manor House in Sigourney. He was born August 3, 1911 near What Cheer to Irwin and Ida White Strasser. He attended What Cheer High School. On February 25, 1936, he married Nellie Marie Struble in What Cheer. They lived and farmed near Keswick for many years,...

LaVera C. Bruns
Nov 24, 2009
LaVera Cecilia Bruns, 87, of Sigourney, died Tuesday November 24, 2009 at the Parkview Care Center in Wellman. She was born February 19, 1922 near Keota to Leo John and Loretta Catherine Shannon Flander. She graduated from Sigourney High School. On January 24, 1941, she married Raymond Ralph Bruns at the St. Mary Rectory in...

Firman McBeth
Nov 8, 2009
Firman Forrest McBeth, 86, of Martinsburg, died November 8, 2009 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, Iowa. He was born August 1, 1923 to Zac and Estella Adella Yeoman McBeth north of Martinsburg, Iowa. He attended Monkey Den school. He served in the United States Army during World War II. On August 3,...

William "Bill" Harper
Nov 7, 2009
William "Bill" Orville Harper, 87, died November 7, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born June 8, 1922 to Clifford Marshall and Gwendolyn Turner Harper north of Sigourney, Iowa. He graduated from Sigourney High school in 1939 and attended Iowa State University in Ames. He served in the Army Air Corp. during World...

Richard Lindy Mahan
Oct 25, 2009
Richard Lindy Mahan, 81, of North English, died Sunday, October 25, 2009 at the North English Care Center. He was born May 26, 1928, near Thornburg, to John and Lydia Coghlan Mahan. He attended school in South English. On November 3, 1946, he married Rose Marie Cavin, in Sigourney. He worked for John Deere in...

Esther Heisdorffer
Oct 20, 2009
Esther Marie Heisdorffer, 85, died October 20, 2009 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. She was born April 26, 1924 to Frank I. and Marie Rettler Greiner near Keota, Iowa. She attended Clear Creek School. On April 24, 1946 she married Leonard Heisdorffer at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Clear Creek. They lived...
Joe Fry
Oct 6, 2009
Joseph Robert Fry, 58, died October 6, 2009at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. He was born May 20, 1951 to Lawrence and Mildred Marie Utterback Fry in Sigourney, Iowa. He graduated from English Valley High School in 1969. Joe farmed with his dad and later was employed at John Deere and Sigourney Foods. He was...

Franklin "Buck" Beall
Sep 17, 2009
Franklin Everett "Buck" Beall, 84, died September 17, 2009 at the V. A. Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born March 19, 1925 near Highland Center, Iowa to Ross Ensign and Belle Stonebraker Beall. He attended school in Sigourney. Buck was in the U.S. Army from September 16, 1943 until October 13, 1945 serving in Southern...

Mildred Follman
Aug 24, 2009
Mildred Marie Follman, 74, died August 24, 2009 at the Sigourney Care Center. She was born January 6, 1935 to William Leslie and Margaret Lourene Wood Northup in Ollie, Iowa. She graduated Ollie High School. On October 7, 1965 she married James Follman in Sigourney. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother William Northup, sister...

Madlen Davis
Aug 21, 2009
Madlen Carol Davis, 78, died August 21, 2009 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney, Iowa. She was born December 28, 1930 in Rainsville, Alabama to Wannie and Allie Graham Scott . She graduated from DeKalb County High School in Fort Payne, Alabama. On August 18, 1950 she married Leander Van Davis at the Robertson's Chapel...
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