Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Geraldine 'Jerri' Mozer
Dec 1, 2015
Geraldine "Jerri" I. Mozer, 79, of Sioux City passed away Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, at a local hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. today at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Jerri was born on May 5, 1936, in Tilden, Neb., to...
Patricia A. Merchant
Nov 30, 2015
Patricia A. Merchant, 81, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Church of the Nativity. The Rev. Steven McCloud will officiate. Private graveside services will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time Friday the church. Arrangements are under the direction...
Carole A. Houchins
Nov 28, 2015
Carole Ann Houchins of Sioux City passed away peacefully early on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, at the Holy Spirit Retirement Home. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Methodist Church in Sergeant Bluff, with coffee to follow in the fellowship hall. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Carole was born on...
Ada M. Wright
Nov 25, 2015
Ada M. Wright, 103, of Sioux City passed away Nov. 25, 2015, at Sunrise Retirement Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The third daughter of William and Mary (Kelley) Heath was born the day the Titanic sank,...
Ronald C. Anderson
Nov 25, 2015
Ronald C. Anderson, 90, of Sioux City died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, at a Sioux City nursing home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Morningside Presbyterian Church. The Rev. David Koehler will officiate. Graveside services will be Friday in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and...
Eugene H. Sachau
Nov 23, 2015
Eugene H. Sachau, 90, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at a local nursing home. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Whitfield United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Liz Tucker officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of...
Kathleen Schwartz
Nov 23, 2015
Kathleen A. "Kathy" Schwartz, 70, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at a local hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. 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., at...
Dona B. O'Gara
Nov 22, 2015
Dona B. O'Gara of Sioux City passed away Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015. A Mass will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at St. Michael Catholic Church, St. Anthony Chapel, in Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of Larkin Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. She was born to the late Oliver E. Shearer and Lucille G. (McCormick) Shearer. Dona...
Charles O. Downing
Nov 20, 2015
Charles O. Downing, 80, of Bronson, IA passed away peacefully Friday, November 20, 2015 at his home after a short struggle with cancer. Services will be 10:30 Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Homes in Sioux City. Visitation will be 4 to 8 Monday, with family present 6 to 8 at the Funeral Home. Burial will be...
James M. Strawn
Nov 16, 2015
James Merlin Strawn, 94, of Sioux City died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, 1801 Morningside Ave., in Sioux City, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Public visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. today, with the family...
Frances 'Fran' J. Short
Nov 15, 2015
Frances "Fran" J. Short, 86, of Lawton died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, at her home. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. The Rev. Bruce Jackson of Bethel Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be in Lake Elsinore, Calif. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home....
Regina R. Kane
Nov 15, 2015
Regina Rae Kane, 68, of Weslaco, Texas, formerly of Sioux City, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Weslaco. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with Chaplain Neil Peck officiating. Inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be noon until service time Friday at the funeral home. Regina was born...
Missie I. Smith
Nov 15, 2015
Missie I. Smith, 46, of Moville died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, at her home after a battle with cancer. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moville. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Moville. Missie was born on...
Viola "Faith" Brucker
Nov 13, 2015
Viola "Vi" Faith Brucker, 93, of Edina, Minn., formerly of Sioux City, our beloved mom, passed away Nov. 13, 2015, in Edina. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home....
Marlene J. Lindell
Nov 13, 2015
Marlene J. Lindell, 79, of Sioux City passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Friday, with the Morningside Rose Croix 502 conducting an Eastern Star service, at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home. Marlene was born on Nov....
Dale R. Dice
Nov 12, 2015
Dale R. Dice, 92, of Sergeant Bluff died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Monday in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Homes. Dale was born March 3, 1923, in Anthon, Iowa, the son of Homer and Beulah (Hatfield) Dice. He...
Phyllis J. Van Meter
Nov 9, 2015
Phyllis J. Van Meter, 88, of Sioux City passed away Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation in Sioux City. Memorial services will be 6 p.m. Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church. A private inurnment will be at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 p.m. until service time Wednesday at the church. Arrangements are...
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