Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Larry Maxfield
Jan 9, 2017
Larry L. Maxfield, 74, of Sioux City, passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center--Sioux City, after a lengthy illness. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel. Larry...
Jerrine Nordgren
Jan 8, 2017
Jerrine E. Nordgren, 92, of Sioux City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at Countryside Nursing Home in Sioux City. Services will be at a later date. Arrangements are with Christy-Smith Funeral Home, Morningside Chapel. Jerrine was born Aug. 23, 1924, in Akron, Iowa, the daughter of Mark and Lottie (Beach) Coleman. She was baptized and confirmed into the Christian...
Gloria Finken
Jan 8, 2017
Gloria Kay (Doran) Finken, 73, of North Sioux City, passed away Sunday Jan. 8, 2017, at home. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Berkemier Chapel of Christy Smith Funeral Homes, 5206 Military Road, with Chaplain Kathy Yoder officiating. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the funeral home. Following services,...
Karen Jean Johnson
Jan 6, 2017
Karen Jean "Mima" (Dam) Johnson, 63, of Sioux City, passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at home, surrounded by family, after a nearly 14-year battle with breast cancer. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. James Methodist Church, with Pastors Eric Sayonkon and Jeff Vore officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Christy Smith Morningside Chapel....
Joan Johansen
Jan 6, 2017
Joan Colleen Johansen, 78, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Sioux City, passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at an assisted living facility in Phoenix. Private family services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Christy-Smith Funeral Home and First Lutheran Church in South Sioux City. Joan was born on May 21, 1938, in Sioux City, the daughter of...
Collette C. Funck
Jan 6, 2017
Collette C. "Cookie" Funck, 78, of North Sioux City, passed away Jan. 6, 2017, at her home. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Bethel Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Michael Kumm officiating. Inurnment will be in Banner Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. today at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel,...
Mary E. Wigton
Jan 6, 2017
Mary Ellen Wigton, 93, of Sioux City, passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at a local hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Sioux City. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, with a rosary at 4 p.m., and a prayer service at 6 p.m., at Larkin...
Lucille C. Zandstra
Jan 5, 2017
Lucille C. Zandstra, 104, of Wakefield, Neb., formerly of Sioux City, passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at Wakefield Health Care Center. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. today at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Liz Tucker officiating. Inurnment will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Lucille was born Nov. 20, 1912, in Tripp, S.D., to Roy and...
Patricia Brauninger
Jan 4, 2017
Patricia C. Brauninger, 82, of Correctionville passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Good Samaritan Center in Holstein. A memorial service will be planned for a later date. Arrangements are being provided by Christy-Smith Funeral Home, Morningside Chapel. Patricia was born January 23, 1934 in Ida County, the daughter of Julius and Frieda (Schau) Spahn. She attended school in Cushing,...
Virginia Connelly
Jan 3, 2017
Virginia Mae (Schaecher) Connelly, 3 days shy of 95, of Moville, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be noon Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Moville. Burial will be in Arlington Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, with a vigil service at 7 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are...
Lonita Corothers
Jan 3, 2017
Lonita Joyce (Gustad) Corothers, 88, of Sioux City, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church, 2811 Jackson St, in Sioux City. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Lonita was born on May 19, 1928, in Yankton, S.D., to...
Ruby Eleanor Anna Pippett
Jan 1, 2017
Ruby Eleanor Anna Pippett, 92, of Sioux City, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at a Sioux City care facility. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Morningside Lutheran Church, 700 So. Martha St., in Sioux City, with the Rev. Darrin Vick officiating. Interment will be at a later date in Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, New Berlin, Wis. Visitation will be...
Irene Willer
Jan 1, 2017
Irene Louise Willer, 79, of Lawton, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1 2017, at a local care facility. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Lawton Community Presbyterian Church, with the Revs. Jim Wilson and Cyndy Ripperger officiating. Burial will be in Banner Township Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the church. Arrangements...
Carmen Nilges
Dec 28, 2016
Carmen Anne Nilges, 77, of North Sioux City, died peacefully at her home on Dec. 28, 2016. Celebration of life services will be 2 to 5 p.m. today, New Year's Day, at McCook Lake Izaak Walton League (Ike’s Club), 215 Suncoast Dr., North Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of Berkemier Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Carmen was born in...
Donald Peter Kass
Dec 23, 2016
Donald P. Kass, 96, of Sioux City, passed away Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at a local nursing home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with the Rev. Daniel Rupp officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time Friday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Larkin...
LaVonne Wriedt
Dec 22, 2016
Lavonne Rose Wriedt, 70, of Elk Point, formerly of Vermillion, S.D., passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at Prairie Estates Nursing Home in Elk Point. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Sioux City. Interment will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home....
Florence M. Guggenmos
Dec 21, 2016
Florence "Floss" Guggenmos, 87, of Sioux City, entered into glory Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Whispering Creek Retirement Community. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Grace United Methodist Church. Interment will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time Friday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home....
Dr. Everett Earnest Williams
Dec 17, 2016
Dr. Everett E. Williams, 84, of Sioux City, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, in Sioux City. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, 1801 Morningside Ave., with Chaplain Steve Peters of Sergeant Bluff United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be Monday, Jan. 9, in Park Cemetery, Columbus, Kan. Visitation will be 4 to...
Garie Rusk
Dec 16, 2016
Garie William Rusk, 72, of Sioux City, passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, at Casa de Paz following a brief illness. A celebration of life service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, 1801 Morningside Ave., in Sioux City. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Garie's life. Online condolences may be made to the family...
Cindy Puttman
Dec 13, 2016
Cindy Michelle Puttman, 49, Dakota Dunes, passed peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family, after a seven year battle with stage four colon cancer. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Morningside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Tom LoVan officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, the family will be present 6 to...
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