Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Joy Sharp
Dec 6, 2016
Joy Darlene Sharp, 82, of Sioux City, formerly of Worthington Minn., passed away on Dec. 6, 2016, at a local nursing home facility surrounded by family. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Sunrise Retirement Community Chapel, with Chaplain Jon Moravec officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 9:30 a.m. until service time...
Joan (Jo) Criteser
Dec 5, 2016
Joan "Jo" Phyllis Criteser, 52, of Sioux City, passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. Friday at First Assembly of God Church. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Jo was born on Feb. 12, 1964,...
Laurie R. Thompson
Dec 2, 2016
Laurie Rene Thompson, 61, of Sioux City, died on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, surrounded by her family in Sioux City, after courageously fighting cancer for 18 months. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2039 So. St. Aubin, with the Rev. Jay Denne officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Margaret L. Wyant
Dec 2, 2016
Margaret L. Wyant, 75, of Sioux City, passed away Dec. 2, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Margaret was born on Aug. 30, 1941, in Dallas, Texas, to Floyd and Helen (Smalley) Sanders. Margaret graduated from East High School in 1959. She was united in marriage to John...
Irene K. Scoblic
Nov 29, 2016
Irene Kenyon Scoblic, 96, a long-time resident of Sioux City, passed away suddenly on Nov. 29, 2016, in Georgetown Texas, where she had lived with her daughter, Pat, and son-in-law, Doug for the past three years. She had a wonderful last month with her youngest son, Mike, and his wife, Dala, visiting for the week of Thanksgiving and she greatly...
Carol Gilbert
Nov 28, 2016
Carol J. Gilbert, 67, of Sergeant Bluff, passed away Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, at her residence following a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home. Carol was born on Dec. 9, 1948, in Sioux City, to Lloyd and Doris...
Michael Tague
Nov 28, 2016
Michael William Tague, 66, of Sioux City, passed away on Nov. 28, 2016, at his home. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merrill Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, with the family present 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the funeral...
Wayne C Johnson
Nov 27, 2016
Wayne C. Johnson, 92, of Sioux City, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Morningside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Tom LoVan officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with family present will be 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m.,...
Mary Jane Wille
Nov 27, 2016
Mary Jane Wille, 96, of Sioux City, passed away Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, at her residence. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, with a rosary at 2 p.m., at Larkin Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Mary was born on Dec. 1, 1919,...
Marion Lucille Krueger
Nov 27, 2016
Marion L. Krueger, 74, of Sioux City, passed away Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Inurnment will be at a later date in Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, S.D. Visitation will be 1 p.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Marion was born on...
Bonnie Pyzel
Nov 26, 2016
Bonnie L. Pyzel, 85, of Sioux City, passed away on Nov. 26, 2016, at a local hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tim Bonney officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Morningside Chapel,...
Margaret Murphy
Nov 26, 2016
Margaret Theresa Newman Murphy, 55, of Sioux City, passed away on Nov. 26, 2016, at her home. Memorial services will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Sioux City, with the Rev. Michael Erpelding officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at...
Gregory Sands
Nov 24, 2016
Gregory Sands, 59, of Sioux City, passed away Nov. 24, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. Greg been cremated per his wishes. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at Riverside Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Tim Squier officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the services, at the church. Arrangements are under the...
Rosemary Lighthall
Nov 19, 2016
Rosemary Lighthall, 94, formerly of Lawton, died on Nov. 19, 2016, at The Shores in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. Memorial services to honor and remember Rosemary will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lawton Community Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in Banner Township Cemetery, Lawton. Visitation with the family will be 1 p.m. until service time Wednesday at the church. Arrangements are...
June A. Corbin
Nov 15, 2016
June Arlene (Manker) Corbin, 90, lifelong resident of Moville, passed away on Nov. 15, 2016, at Sunrise Retirement Community in Sioux City. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Moville United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Janet Rieckhoff-Faris officiating. Interment will be in Arlington Township Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Moville. June...
Berneice E. Grangaard
Nov 15, 2016
Berneice E. Grangaard, 96, of Sioux City, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at a local nursing home. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Riverside Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Elk Point Cemetery, Elk Point, S.D. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time Monday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Berkemier Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral...
Msgr. Richard Zenk
Nov 15, 2016
Monsignor Richard E. Zenk, 89, of Sioux City, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10 a.m., Friday at Cathedral of the Epiphany, with Bishop R. Walker Nickless officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Mausoleum. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with rosary at 5 p.m. and parish vigil service at 7...
Teresa Rojas
Nov 11, 2016
Teresa Rojas, 88, of Sioux City, passed away Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at a local nursing home. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Morningside Assembly of God Church. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Teresa was...
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