Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Irene M. Wangen (Grau)
Nov 28, 2007
Irene M. Wangen, 91, of Adel, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at a nursing home in Adel. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel, with Pastor Roger Graf of Morningside Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present, will be 3 to 5 p.m....
Eileen Marie Fry (Caple)
Nov 27, 2007
Eileen Marie Fry, 92, of Sioux City died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel, with the Rev. Nancy Allen officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent online to www.christysmith.com...
Donald Melvin Jessen
Nov 26, 2007
Don M. Jessen, 89, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at his residence. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel, with the Rev. Nan Allen of Grace United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:30 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m....
Margaret C. Short (Jorgensen)
Nov 25, 2007
Margaret C. Short, 83, of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Sioux City, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007, in Kansas City following a brief illness. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel in Sioux City, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:30 to 8 p.m. today at the...
Brecken Danrek Novotny
Nov 25, 2007
Brecken Danrek Novotny, 9-month old son of Brittany Brewer and Chris Novotny of Sioux City, reunited with God Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007. He passed in the loving arms of his parents and grandparents as a result of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael Catholic Church in South Sioux City, with the Revs. Daniel Wittrock...
Margaret A. Green (O'Neill)
Nov 23, 2007
HOMER, Neb. -- Margaret A. "Margie" Green, 81, of Homer died Friday, Nov. 23, 2007, surrounded by her loving family. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Homer, with the Rev. David M. Korth officiating. Burial will be in St. Cornelius Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6...
Marjorie Mary Zink (Speichinger)
Nov 23, 2007
Marjorie Mary Zink, 88, of Sioux City died Friday, Nov. 23, 2007, at a Sioux City nursing home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Gary Snyder officiating. Burial of the ashes will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today, with a parish vigil service at 7 p.m.,...
M. Bernice V. Stewart (VanDeWater)
Nov 22, 2007
Bernice Stewart, 93, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, at Casa de Paz Nursing Home in Sioux City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. today at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Valerie Heller officiating. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery, Parker, S.D. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time today at the church. Arrangements are...
Clayton Gary "Jack" Van Cleave
Nov 19, 2007
SALIX, Iowa -- Clayton "Jack" Van Cleave, 92, of Salix passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, at his daughter's residence. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel in Sioux City, with the Rev. Catie Newman of Salix Community United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be 12:30 p.m. until service time...
Beulah Annette Corbett (Gailey)
Nov 18, 2007
LAWTON, Iowa -- B. Annette Corbett, 53, of Lawton, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., passed away unexpectedly at her residence. Services will be held in Atlanta. Local arrangements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. Condolences may be sent online to www.christysmith.com . Annette was born Nov. 16, 1954, in Savannah, Ga., to Homer and Sally (Hulsey)...
Joseph Albert Dickes
Nov 17, 2007
Joseph Albert Dickes, 75, of Sioux City died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Church of the Nativity. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a 7 p.m. parish vigil service, at Christy-Smith...
Rene Albert Goodwin
Nov 16, 2007
Rene Albert Goodwin, 59, of Sioux City, formerly of Moville, Iowa, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Moville, with the Revs. Mark J. Stoll and Richard Ries and Monsignor Mark Duchaine officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery at Salix, Iowa. Visitation will...
Allan L. "Brownie" Brown
Nov 15, 2007
Allan L. "Brownie" Brown, 89, of Sioux City died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, at Casa De Paz Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Church of the Nativity. Mr. Brown will be cremated and burial of the cremated remains will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 5:30 p.m. today, with the...
John A. Bower
Nov 13, 2007
SALIX, Iowa -- John A. Bower, 93, of Salix died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at Holy Spirit Retirement Home in Sioux City following a lengthy illness. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Salix Community United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Deborah Stowers of Community United Methodist Church in Sergeant Bluff, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux...
Sidney Raymond "Sid" Knittel
Nov 13, 2007
Sidney R. "Sid" Knittel, 59, of Sioux City died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at a local hospital following a lengthy battle with COPD. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Valerie Heller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at...
Roberta Mae Whitlock (Trobaugh)
Nov 12, 2007
Roberta Mae Whitlock, 69, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, at her residence following a seven-year battle with cancer. Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Rustin Avenue United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Valorie Heller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present 6...
Chester Martin "Chet" Bahrke
Nov 7, 2007
CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa -- Chester M. "Chet" Bahrke, 84, of Correctionville died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, at a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church in Correctionville. Interment will be in Correctionville Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the...
Richard Dennis "Rick" Martin
Nov 6, 2007
Richard "Rick" "R.J." Martin, 51, of Omaha, formerly of Sioux City, passed away unexpectedly Nov. 7, 2007. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel in Sioux City. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. Rick was born...
Richard Harrison Grefe
Nov 5, 2007
Richard H. Grefe, 73, of Sioux City died Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Cushing Cemetery, Cushing, Iowa. A celebration of life gathering will be 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the home of Merlyne Smith, 5430 Stone Ave., Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel. Richard was born Sept....
Eleanor W. Foster (Whitehouse)
Nov 5, 2007
Eleanor W. Foster, 94, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., formerly of Sioux City, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, at Tabor Hills Healthcare Facility in Naperville, Ill. following a brief illness. Private graveside services will be Friday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City. There will be no visitation. Local arrangements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel. Eleanor W. Foster was...
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