Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Marion Helen Ruth Rippke (Hamann)
Oct 5, 2010
MOVILLE, Iowa -- Marion Helen Rippke, 86, of Moville died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moville. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7...
Roseanna Emma Kunkel-Kerns (Girard)
Oct 4, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Roseanna E. Kunkel-Kerns, 82, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, at her residence. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Riverside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Charles Wolff officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:30 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8...
Jennifer A. "Janae" Pekarek (Kuhl)
Oct 4, 2010
MILFORD, Neb. -- Jennifer A. "Janae" Pekarek, 20, of Milford died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, near Milford. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City, with the Rev. Merrill G. Muller, Methodist minister, officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be noon until service time...
Virginia L. Perley (Nickle)
Oct 3, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Virginia Perley, 90, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., formerly of Sioux City, died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, at her home. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Monday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Arrangements in Hot Springs Village is under the direction of...
Margaret A. Pritchard
Oct 3, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Margaret A. Pritchard, 98, of Sioux City died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, at Holy Spirit Retirement Home. Services will be 10:45 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Spirit Chapel, with the Rev. Dennis W. Meinen officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:45 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the Holy Spirit Chapel. Arrangements are under...
Lucille Hayden (Hollander)
Oct 1, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Lucille Hayden, 86, of Sioux City died Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at her residence. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Riverside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Charles Wolff officiating. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Thursday in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Boyden, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6...
Gilbert 'Bud' O. Fortin
Sep 29, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Gilbert O. "Bud" Fortin Jr., 84, of Sioux City died following a brief illness Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at his residence surrounded by his family. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Church of the Nativity, with the Rev. Gerald Feierfeil officiating. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today,...
Nina Carol Weatherly (Reese)
Sep 27, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Nina Weatherly, 83, Sioux City died Monday, Sept. 27,2010, at Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City following a lengthy illness. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Union Community Church in Union, Iowa. Burial will be the Union City Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday in the church. Arrangement in Union are under the...
Carol Tschampl (Meier)
Sep 27, 2010
HINTON, Iowa -- Carol Anne Tschampl, 69, of rural Hinton died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at her residence from complication with cancer. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Michael Catholic Church in Sioux City, with the Rev. Gary B. Snyder officiating and the Rev. Gerald Feierfeil and Monsignor Richard E. Zenk co-celebrants. An Honor guard will be conducted...
Dorothy Estelle Petersen (Bleil)
Sep 27, 2010
MOVILLE, Iowa -- Dorothy Estelle Petersen, 85, Moville died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, in Sioux City after a brief illness. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Moville United Methodist Church. The Rev. Ed Frank will officiate. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery, Moville. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8...
LeOra Lillian Amunson (Bargenquast)
Sep 26, 2010
MOVILLE, Iowa -- LeOra Lillian Amunson, 90, of Sioux City, formerly of Moville, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at Westwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Sioux City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moville, with the Rev. Jay Denne officiating. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery, Moville. Visitation...
Paul Bryan Williams
Sep 23, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Paul Bryan Williams, 31, of Sioux City died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a Sioux City hospital due to complications from a recent illness. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Saturday at the funeral home. Paul was born Feb. 22, 1979, in...
Raymond H. Mullen
Sep 17, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Raymond H. Mullen has met his Lord. His family was with him for the few days prior to his September 17 passing. After 85 years of this life, the last several in a struggle with dementia, he has left us to join his friends and family who preceded him in death. Those he left behind will begin...
Laura May Rudd (Nelson)
Sep 16, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Laura May Rudd, 89, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at a Sioux City hospital. As per Laura's wishes, no services are planned. Her ashes will be buried next to her husband in Graceland Park Cemetery. There will be a prayer service at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are under the...
Thomas Theodore "Tom" Beacom
Sep 15, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Thomas Beacom, 69, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at his residence. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Larkin Chapel, Christy Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Lacey of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral...
Phyllis "Irish" Guthrie
Sep 14, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Phyllis "Irish" Guthrie, 82, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Sioux City. Services will be 9 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with Monsignor Roger Augustine officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with a vigil service...
Darwin Eugene Sturtevant
Sep 14, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Darwin E. Sturtevant, 73, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at Touchstone Living Center. Private graveside services were held Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, at Logan Park Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to www.christysmith.com . Darwin Eugene Sturtevant was born on July 19, 1937, to...
Robert Wayne "Bob" Brown
Sep 14, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Robert Wayne Brown, 58, of Sioux City died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center--Sioux City. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Berkemier Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Charles Wolff officiating. A potluck will follow at Riverside Park. Online condolences may be sent at www.christysmith.com . Bob was born July 14, 1952, in...
Ralph Robert Mandicino
Sep 13, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- Ralph Mandicino, age 76, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at Hospice House in Omaha, Neb. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. Ralph was laid to rest, for Eternity, Tuesday at a private family service at Saint Pius X Church in Omaha. Arrangements were under...
David O. Lenzen
Sep 13, 2010
SIOUX CITY -- David O. Lenzen, 66, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at his residence following a lengthy disease, with his wife and daughter by his side. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with the Rev. Merlin J. Schrad officiating. A celebration of life service and visitation will be 4 to...
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