OBITUARIES

May 26, 2021

Shirley Ann Stevens, 81 died May 26, 2021 at her home in Sigourney. She was born May 18, 1940 to Ralph and Mildred (Sage) Wymore in Oskaloosa, Iowa.  She graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1957.  On April 19, 1958 she married Allen Stevens in Oskaloosa.  They lived on a farm near Delta until 2014 then moved...

May 21, 2021

Milford (Mid) Leo Decker, 91, died May 21, 2021 at his home near Hayesville. He was born December 13, 1929 to Leo and Geneva Wehr Decker. He attended school in Sigourney. On July 29, 1950 he married Martha Martin in Sigourney. To this union three children were born Gerald Irvin, Anne Marie, and Leland Robert. Mid was...

May 20, 2021

Anita Jean Conklin received her angel wings Thursday May 20, 2021. She was surrounded by her family and is now reunited with the love of her life, Raymond. Anita was born March 26, 1934 to Virgil and Mabel Curry Patterson at home in What Cheer, Iowa. She graduated from What Cheer High School in 1951.  On May...

Apr 12, 2021

Frank Lavon Kerkove, 85, died April 12, 2021 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.  He was born January 23, 1936 to Loupy and Lelia (Beasley) Kerkove in Hayesville.  He graduated from Sigourney High School in 1954.  On July 31, 1960 Frank married Carolyn Ann Bensmiller at the Sigourney Christian Church, where they were members.  Frank served...

Mar 28, 2021

Virginia Sue Baker, 63, died March 28, 2021 at the University Of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. She was born October 2, 1957 to Bud and Barbara Jean Cooper Baker in Phoenix, Arizona. She attended school in Albia. Sue worked as a CNA in Albia and Centerville. She was preceded in death by her parents, one son...

Mar 24, 2021

Mae Peiffer, 96, died March 24, 2021 at The Views Senior Living of Marion in Marion. She was born January 27, 1925 to David and Lucy Frazier McDonough in Melrose, Iowa.  She attended country school near Melrose.  On April 20, 1948 she married Norbert Peiffer at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Clear Creek.   Mae was...

Mar 9, 2021

Joseph Herold Walraven, 46, died March 9, 2021 in Oakland, Tennessee.  He was born July 7, 1974 to Rick and Deneal Bell Walraven in Oskaloosa, Iowa.  He attended school in Oskaloosa and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in Alexandria, Virginia.  On February 25, 2006 he married Crissie Yarbough.  Joe was employed as a concrete finisher for...

Mar 5, 2021

Georgia A. Davis, 86, of Rockaway Beach, Missouri, formerly of Delta, passed away Friday March 5, 2021 at the Riverview Manor in Ozark, Mo.  She was born December 27, 1934 in Hayesville, Iowa the daughter of James Hart and Evelyn Tucking Hart.  She attended country school before moving to Delta and completing the 10th grade at Delta...

Feb 15, 2021

Betty Lou “Bett” Vandament, 90, died February 15, 2021 in Indianola.  She was born March 24, 1930 to Lawrence and Alta “Babe” (Smith) Brainard at their home in rural Sigourney.  She graduated from Delta High School. She married Richard “Dick” Vandament and they resided together in Knoxville and then Indianola.   Betty worked as a waitress for many years, first...

Jan 19, 2021

Judithann Sharon Bruns, 81, died January 19, 2021 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney.  She was born September 30, 1939 to Clifford and Alice (Isminger) Nicola in Sigourney.  She attended Sigourney High School.  On June 23, 1963 she married Ralph Bruns in Illinois.  Judy was employed at Bruns Inc. and later ran a ceramic and...

Jan 14, 2021

Beverly Ilene Heisdorffer, 83, died January 14, 2021 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney.  Beverly was born July 21, 1937 to Charles Marshall and Wilda Rae (Johnson) Denny in Sigourney.  She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1955.  After high school she worked at the Keokuk County Extension Office for a...

Jan 2, 2021

Charles Henry Cassens, 89, died January 2, 2021 at his home in Sigourney.. He was born December 8, 1931 to Harvey and Margaret (Goeldner) Cassens in Sigourney, Iowa and graduated from Sigourney High School in 1949. He was active in 4-H and FFA and served his country in the Korean War. Chuck was proud to participate in...

Jan 1, 2021

Evelyn Jacobs, 94, died January 1, 2021, at Manor House in Sigourney. She was born March 30, 1926, to Lawrence and Nellie (Hall) Peiffer near Clear Creek, Iowa. She attended school in Keokuk County. In her early years, she babysat for other families and worked at Rexall Drug’s soda fountain in Sigourney. On March 10, 1950, she...

Dec 28, 2020

Donna Mae Ogle, 82 died December 28, 2020 at Mahaska  Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was born August 21, 1938 to Max Eugene and Lyda Elma Sheffer Leanhart in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She graduated from Martensdale High School. On May 26, 1957 she married Ronald David Ogle in Martensdale. Iowa.  They lived in Des Moines, Omaha, Minneapolis...

Dec 4, 2020

Jean Yvonne Cavin, 88, died December 4, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.  She was born December 25, 1931 to Ray and Laurella Marie (Van Auken) Cassens in Sigourney, Iowa.  She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1949.  On September 4, 1950 she married James Cavin at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney.  Together they lived...

Nov 22, 2020

Wesley Casper Jacobi Jr., better known as Jake Jacobi, passed away at Manor House in Sigourney, IA on Sunday, November 22nd 2020 at the age of 95. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to Ruby (Baker) and Wesley Casper Jacobi on July 30th, 1925. While Jake was still a young child, his family moved to Iowa....

Nov 20, 2020

Debra Sue Gillam, 59, died November 20, 2020 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney. She was born September 20, 1961 to Gordon Franklin and Mary Rose Crossen Gillam in Sigourney. Deb graduated from Pekin High School in 1980. She worked at Tenco in Fairfield and later First Resources in Sigourney. She loved her involvement in...

Nov 17, 2020

Dorothy Marie Buehneman, 86, died November 17, 2020 at the Sigourney Health Care Center in Sigourney.

Dorothy was born May 27, 1934, Clifton G. and Dora Letha (Patterson) Pilkington in Sigourney, Iowa.  She graduated from Sigourney High School in 1952.  On December 7, 1952 she married Carroll Buehneman at the Christian Church in Sigourney. They lived and...

Nov 8, 2020

Edith Eugenia Elmore, 92, died November 8, 2020 at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney.  She was born March 3, 1928 to Arthur Arnold and Mary Susan (Moore) Craig in Blythedale Missouri.  She graduated from Blythedale High School.  She married Harley Wayne Elmore and together they lived throughout Northwest Missouri and Iowa.  Edith was an excellent...

Oct 22, 2020

Raymond Robert Byers, 76, died Thursday October 22, 2020. He was born September 30, 1944 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Raymond Howard and Evelyn Elizabeth (Wonderlich) Byers. He graduated from Fremont High School and attended William Penn University and the University of Iowa. After graduation from the University of Iowa he was the youngest person in the state of Iowa...