Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Robert P. Sullivan
Feb 2, 2015
Robert P. Sullivan, 91, of Sioux City died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at Countryside Retirement Center in Sioux City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Michael Erpelding will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., a rosary...
Dallas Virgil Rider
Jan 29, 2015
Dallas V. Rider, 66, of Sioux City died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at his residence. A celebration of life service will be 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Christy-Smith Family Resource Center, 1818 Morningside Ave., in Sioux City. Dallas was born on Thursday, Sept. 2, 1948, in Hawthorne, Calif., the son of Virgil Rider and Bernice Hinz Rider. Dallas came...
Shirley Mae Snyder
Jan 29, 2015
Shirley M. Snyder, 72, of Sioux City passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in Omaha Valley Cemetery, Homer, Neb. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Shirley was born on June 5, 1942, in...
Donald K. Johnson
Jan 26, 2015
Donald K. Johnson, 63, of Sioux City, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Wednesday, January 26, 2015 at Mercy Hospital. A memorial service will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Christy Smith Funeral Home, with Pastor Randy Nelson officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Don was born in Sioux City on May 12,...
Norma J Plucker
Jan 24, 2015
Norma J. Plucker, 85, of Sioux City passed away Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, surrounded by her family. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Riverside United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. today, with family present 5 to 7 p.m., at Berkemier Chapel, Christy-Smith...
Forrest E. Blakely
Jan 20, 2015
Services at a later date Forrest Eldon Blakely, 93, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at a Sioux City nursing home. Memorial services will be held at a later date at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Forrest was born on July 6, 1921, in Yankton, S.D., to Maurice C. and...
Roxann H Johns
Jan 19, 2015
Roxann H. (Swanson) Johns, 64, of Sioux City passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at home following a lengthy illness. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home. Roxann...
Norma Jean Clinkenbeard
Jan 19, 2015
Norma Jean Clinkenbeard, 83, of Sioux City died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Larkin Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. The Rev. Michael Ring will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 11:30 a.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home. Online...
Jerome 'Jerry' Geeron
Jan 18, 2015
Jerry J. Geeron, 87, of Sioux City passed away Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Hallmark Care Center following a short illness. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Cathedral of the Epiphany. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Friday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Larkin Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral...
Merville Andrew Sorensen
Jan 18, 2015
Merville "Andy" Sorensen, 89, of North Sioux City died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Berkemier Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be noon until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Merville Andrew "Andy" Sorensen was...
Rose Dickinson
Jan 15, 2015
Rose Marie Dickinson, 73, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, at her residence. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time. Rose was born May 5, 1941, in Sioux City, to Edward and Helen (Lubanski) Smith. She...
William Eugene Raasch
Jan 14, 2015
William "Bill" Raasch, 70, of Sioux City died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at his home. Visitation with the family present will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Homes. There will be no services. Bill was born July 13, 1944, in Sioux City, the son of Carrol and Marie (Schleis) Raasch. He grew up in Sioux...
Charles R. Green
Jan 14, 2015
Charles R. Green, 77, of Sioux City passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at Hallmark Care Center in Sioux City, with his family by his side. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, 2100 Jackson St., in Sioux City, with the Rev. Kenneth Wells officiating. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church....
Lucymae Jones
Jan 12, 2015
Mother Lucymae Jones, 93, of Sergeant Bluff died Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Embassy Healthcare Community in Sergeant Bluff. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Sioux City. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 7 p.m. and a prayer service...
David E. Hintz
Jan 11, 2015
David Eugene Hintz, 57, of Plainview, Neb., formerly of Sioux City, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at his home. Visitation with the family will be 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Moville, Iowa. David was born on July 7, 1957, in Sioux City. He was the son of LeRoy and Wanda (Bordwell)...
Margaret M. Byers
Jan 10, 2015
Margaret Mary Byers, 96, of Moville died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at her residence. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at Salem Lutheran Church in rural Correctionville, Iowa, with the Rev. Renee Tecklenburg officiating. Visitation will be 1:30 p.m. until service time Friday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Moville. Margaret...
Connie 'Cookie' J. Hamilton
Jan 10, 2015
Connie Jean "Cookie" (Garner) Hamilton, 69, of Sioux City went into the arms of her beloved husband, Edward, on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Larkin Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Inurnment will be at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7...
Patricia Ann Haupt
Jan 10, 2015
Patricia A. Haupt, 89, of Sioux City passed away Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at a Sioux City nursing home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Church of the Nativity. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, with a rosary at 6 p.m., at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Patricia was born on...
Howard Tom Youngberg
Jan 8, 2015
Howard "Tom" Youngberg, 62, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at a Cherokee, Iowa, nursing home after a courageous battle with dementia. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Sioux City. Inurnment will be at a later date in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a...
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