Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Douglas Nicholas Gaul
Jul 1, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Douglas N. Gaul, 75, of Sioux City died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 4 p.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ed Frank officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent online to www.christysmith.com . Douglas was...
Annetta Marie Olsen (Gartner)
Jun 30, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Annetta M. Olsen, 94, of South Sioux City, formerly of Sioux City, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at Regency Square Care Center in South Sioux City following a brief illness. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Third Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with...
William E Mogensen
Jun 29, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- William E. "Bill" Mogensen, 76, of Sioux City died Monday, June 29, 2009, at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Russell Senstad officiating. Visitation with the family will be 5 to 7 p.m. today at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Bill was born June 30,...
Marian Vanderham (Pedersen)
Jun 29, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Marian Vanderham, 79, of Sioux City died Monday, June 29, 2009, at Sanford Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Berkemier Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Janice Bennett of Riverside United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be 11 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Condolences...
Val J. Bride (McGowan)
Jun 24, 2009
MOVILLE, Iowa -- Val Bride, 74, of Moville died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. A celebration of her life will begin 10 a.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Sioux City, with Monsignor Roger J. Augustine and Deacon Robert D. Lenz officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael Cemetery at...
Philip Michael Boyok
Jun 24, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Philip Michael Boyok, 85, of Sioux City died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Northern Hills Assisted Living in Sioux City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:30 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. and a prayer...
C. George Rowe
Jun 23, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- George Rowe, 94, of Sioux City died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Sioux City at a local hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merrill G. Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6...
Carole J. "Dode" Johnson (Gifford)
Jun 22, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Carole "Dode" Johnson, 70, of Sioux City died Monday, June 22, 2009, at her residence surrounded by her loving family, after a lengthy illness. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Friday in Graceland Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent online to www.christysmith.com . Carole J. Johnson...
Douglas Henry Bisland
Jun 22, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Douglas H. Bisland, 86, of Sioux City died Monday, June 22, 2009, at his residence. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Richard A. Sitzmann officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, with military conducted by the U.S. Air Force. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with...
Marie A. Scott (Sandrock)
Jun 21, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Marie A. Scott, 94, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother of Sioux City passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Countryside Senior Living facility. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with Jay Denne of First Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to...
Charles H.W. Busse
Jun 18, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Charles H.W. Busse, 84, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital, surrounded by his loving family, after a lengthy illness with colorectal cancer. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Morningside Presbyterian Church in Sioux City. Burial will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hillcrest Cemetery at Decatur, Neb., with military...
Kurt Alvin Dickerson
Jun 15, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Kurt A. Dickerson, 50, of Sioux City passed away unexpectedly Monday, June 15, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Berkemier Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Michael Schmidt of Augustana Lutheran Church officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m....
Joan Carol Tibbetts
Jun 14, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Joan Carol Tibbetts, 64, formerly of Sioux City died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Richwood Center West Care Center in Seward, Neb. following a lengthy illness. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sioux City, with the Rev. Anthony A. Allard officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Lawrence T. "Larry" Manning
Jun 14, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Lawrence T. "Larry" Manning, 96, of Sioux City, formerly of Huntington Beach, Calif., died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday at the John Gerwulf Community Center, Sunrise Retirement Community. The Rev. Ryan Christenson of St. James United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial of the ashes...
Mother Agnes Dwight
Jun 14, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Mother Agnes of Divine Love, OCD, 91, of Sioux City died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Carmelite Monastery. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Carmelite Monastery Chapel in Sioux City, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove, the Rev. Bonaventure Sauer, OCD, and the Rev. Brian Hughes officiating. Burial will be in the Carmelite Monastery Cemetery....
Kathy Renee Tibbetts (Blassl)
Jun 14, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Kathy Renee Tibbetts, 55, of Sioux City died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Sioux City, with the Rev. Gary B. Snyder officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present...
Lila Faye Ruring (Phillips)
Jun 12, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Lila Faye (Wulf) Ruring, 81, of Sioux City passed away Friday, June 12, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church in Sergeant Bluff, with the Rev. Tim Schiller, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westfork Township Cemetery in Climbing Hill, Iowa. Visitation...
Lee Roy Morey
Jun 12, 2009
LAWTON, Iowa -- Lee Roy Morey, 82, of Lawton passed away Friday, June 12, 2009, at Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Moville Trinity Lutheran Church, 323 South 4th in Moville, with Pastor James Berka officiating. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, with lunch...
Ronald A. Florke
Jun 11, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Ronald A. Florke, 47, of Sloan, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, went home to be with his father in heaven on Thursday, June 11, 2009, at a local hospital following a lengthy illness with cancer. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Floyd Brown of Mt. Zion Baptist Church...
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