Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Corrie Gerda "Hedda" Dekker
Jan 4, 2023
Gerda (Hedda) Dekker of South Sioux City passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Azria Health Regency Square. Burial services will be at a later date. Hedda was born May 6, 1936 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She was educated in the Netherlands and studied in the languages of Dutch, French, English, and German. The Dekker family was active in the Underground...
Marguerite Ann Strom
Jan 3, 2023
Marguerite Ann Strom, 79 of Sioux City, Iowa died on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at a local nursing home in Sioux City, Iowa. A Celebration of Life service will be at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, January 10th at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes - Morningside Chapel with Fr. Michael Erpelding officiating. Interment will be in Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA. Online...
Frederick "Fred" Guffy
Jan 2, 2023
Frederick W. "Fred" Guffy, Jr., 80, of Nokomis, formerly of Sioux City, passed away Monday, January 2, 2023, at Prairie Rose Health Care Center in Pana, IL with his wife, Mary Kay, by his side. A graveside service will be 11:00 am Saturday, January 14, 2023, at Logan Park Cemetery in Sioux City. Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel, is assisting...
Daniel Joseph Shoop
Dec 27, 2022
Daniel Joseph Shoop, age 77, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2022, in Sioux City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2022, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Mater Dei Parish. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Daniel Joseph Shoop, the son...
Robert Charles Agee
Dec 25, 2022
Robert C. “Bob” Agee, (known by his close family as “Chicks”), 84, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2022, surrounded by his family, after a nearly 14-year courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease. The family will receive visitors on Friday, December 30, 2022, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., at Morningside Lutheran Church, 700 South Martha Street, Sioux City. Services will be...
Mary Agnes Jorgensen
Dec 23, 2022
Mary Agnes Jorgensen, 99, of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2022. She was born on April 20, 1923 in Sioux City, Iowa to the late Miles and Mary (Garvey) Barrett. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of over 70 years, Robert Frank Jorgensen, son, Jim Jorgensen, brother, Ambrose Barrett (Mary), sisters, Sister Bertilla Barrett,...
Karen (Callaghan) Nold
Dec 22, 2022
Karen Sue Callaghan Nold, 68, passed away December 22,2022 at Piedmont-Rockdale Hospital in Conyers, Georgia after a brief illness. She was interred on January 10, 2023 at Calvary Cemetery in Sioux City, IA. A Celebration of Life is planned for February 18, 2023 at Christy-Smith Funeral Home--Morningside Chapel. Visitation will be 2-3 pm and service will begin at 3 pm....
Richard E. James
Dec 21, 2022
Richard Elliott James, passed away in his sleep of natural causes at a local hospital with Laurel by his side on December 21, 2022, at the age of 76. Private graveside services will be held at a later date. Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel, is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.christysmith.com...
Shirley Ann Lambert
Dec 18, 2022
Shirley Ann Lambert of Sioux City, Iowa passed away peacefully on December 18, 2022, with loved ones by her side. It was Shirley’s fighting spirit and determination that kept her going until just a week past her 90th birthday. A visitation will be 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Thursday, December 29, 2022, at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel, 1801 Morningside...
Alfred Zaleta
Dec 13, 2022
Alfred Zaleta, 88, of Sioux City, Iowa passed on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at a local hospital with family by his side. A Funeral service will be at 1:30 PM on Friday, December 16th at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel located at 1801 Morningside Ave., Sioux City, Iowa 51106 with Pastor Bill Claeys of Riverz Edge Church officiating. Interment will...
Holly Ann Irene Beaubien
Dec 5, 2022
Holly Ann Irene Beaubien, 43 of Sioux City, passed away Monday Dec 5, 2022, at a Sioux City Hospital, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with Ovarian Cancer. She was lifted to Heaven by Jesus and welcomed home by her loving Parents and Sister Andrea, and the rest of her Family that have gone before her. We can...
Richard "Dick" Ray Sams
Dec 5, 2022
Richard R. “Dick” Sams, 81, died Monday December 5, 2022, at his residence in Sioux City, IA. Holy Cross Parish Links to view service. Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQDC7yJHWU75-LjJyIN5jGw https://holycrosssc.org/richard-dick-ray-sams-funeral-mass Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am Friday, December 9, 2022, at Holy Cross Parish-St. Michael Catholic Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. A visitation will be 4:30 pm to 7:00...
Sheila Marie Wengert
Nov 29, 2022
Sheila Marie Wengert, 89, peacefully passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2022, in Sioux City, IA surrounded by several of her children. Visitation will be 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 2 with Prayer Service at 6:30 p.m. all at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel. Funeral is 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 3 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Mater Dei Parish....
Betty C. Bowers
Nov 28, 2022
South Sioux City, NE – Betty C. Bowers, 90, of Sioux City, IA, died Monday, November 28, 2022, at a local nursing home. Betty and her husband, Robert, will be buried together at a private family committal service at a later date in Graceland Park Cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.christysmith.com . Betty C. Moore,...
Gerald "Jerry" LeRoy Barth
Nov 26, 2022
Gerald Barth, 86 of Sioux City, Iowa died on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at Bickford Cottage in Sioux City, Iowa. A Funeral service will be at 10:30 AM on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Redeemer Lutheran Church (located at 3204 South Lakeport St., Sioux City) with the Rev. Russell Senstad and Rev. David Zirpel officiating. Interment will be in Memorial...
Margaret Ellen Krogman
Nov 14, 2022
South Sioux City, NE – Margaret E. Krogman, 94, died Monday, November 14, 2022, at a long-term care facility in South Sioux City, NE. A funeral service will be 2:00 pm Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel, 1801 Morningside Ave., with visitation one hour prior. Burial will take place in Memorial Park Cemetery. Online condolences may...
Steven D Bonstead
Nov 4, 2022
Sioux City, IA – Steven D. Bonstead, 73, of Sioux City, IA, died Friday, November 4, 2022, at a local hospital in Sioux City, IA. A Memorial Mass will be 10:30 am Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Holy Cross Parish-St. Michael Catholic Church. A visitation will be 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Friday, November 11, 2022, at Christy-Smith Funeral Homes,...
Diane Kay Sorensen
Nov 4, 2022
Sioux City, IA - Diane Sorensen, of Sioux City, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2022, at age 69. Diane Kay (Traxler) Sorensen was born July 11, 1953, in Toledo, Ohio to Charles and Twila Traxler. In her youth, Diane lived in Ohio, New Jersey, and Illinois. A memorial service will be 2:00 pm Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at Christy-Smith...
Gloria Agnes Kistner
Nov 3, 2022
Gloria Agnes Kistner, 79 of Sioux City, Iowa died on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City, Iowa. A Memorial service will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at Grace United Methodist Church with the Reverend John Christianson officiating, with visitation one hour prior at the church. Burial will be in Memorial Park...
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