Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Sioux City and surrounding areas
Donna M. Ortt
Sep 5, 2015
Donna M. Ortt, 86, of Sioux City passed away Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at Holy Spirit Retirement Home. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Chapel of the Resurrection at Holy Spirit Retirement Home. Per her wishes, her body was donated to science. Arrangements are pending with Larkin Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Donna was born on Dec. 24,...
Neva J. Benton
Sep 5, 2015
Neva Jean Benton, 87, of Sioux City died on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, 1801 Morningside Ave., in Sioux City, with the Rev. Tom LoVan of Morningside Lutheran Church officiating. Private family interment will be prior to the service Thursday in Memorial Park...
Charlene H. Anderson
Sep 4, 2015
Charlene H. Anderson, 89, of Sioux City passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Whiting, Iowa, with the Rev. Reva Karstens officiating. Visitation will be 1:30 p.m. until service time Wednesday at the church. Arrangements are under the...
Elaine Carlson
Sep 4, 2015
Elaine (Klasey) Carlson, 88, of Sioux City passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at a local hospital. As per Elaine's wishes, she is being cremated, and the family will hold a private committal service. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Elaine was born Nov. 16, 1926, in South Sioux City, to Fred and Edna (Dixon)...
Robert S. Edlund
Sep 4, 2015
Robert S. "Bob" Edlund, 79, of Sioux City was welcomed into heaven to be with our Savior Jesus on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, after a hard-fought battle with heart disease. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Central Baptist Church, 4001 Indian Hills Drive, in Sioux City. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m. Wednesday...
Don Gene Conley
Sep 4, 2015
Don Gene Conley, 85, of Sioux City passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Sioux City, with the Rev. Isaac Gentry officiating. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Oak Hill Cemetery, Anthon, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m....
Vivian I. Kamm
Sep 2, 2015
Vivian Ionia Kamm, 95, of Sioux City, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at a local nursing home, with her family at her bedside. Abiding by her wishes, there will be no services. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Arrangements are with Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel. Vivian was born July 31, 1920, in Moville, Iowa, the daughter of Roland and...
Tommie Perrin
Aug 30, 2015
Joretta K. "Tommie" Perrin, 80, of Sioux City passed away on Aug. 30, 2015, at her home. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Schoop of St. John's Lutheran Church in Climbing Hill, Iowa, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until service time Saturday...
Dorothy M. Houchins
Aug 29, 2015
Dorothy Mae Houchins, 85, of Sioux City joined her Savior on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 3204 South Lakeport St., in Sioux City, with the Rev. David Zirpel officiating. Burial will be in Heisler Cemetery, Mapleton, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with family present 6 to 8...
John S. Peterson
Aug 29, 2015
John Severin Peterson, 88, of Sioux City died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. A celebration of his life service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. John was born on Sept. 24, 1926, in Sioux City. He was adopted when he was six-months old by Adah and John Peterson of Storm Lake,...
Marcus Bernard
Aug 29, 2015
Marcus Alvin Bernard, 90, of Jefferson died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at home surrounded by loved ones. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Jefferson, with the Rev. Joe Vogel officiating. Interment will be in St. Peter's Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7...
Dorothy I. Krumwiede
Aug 28, 2015
Dorothy I. Krumwiede, 93, of South Sioux City, formerly of Moville, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Arlington Township Cemetery, Moville. Arrangements are under the direction of McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home in Moville. Dorothy was born on Sept. 11, 1921, in Sac County, Iowa, the daughter of...
Diana J. Hattermann
Aug 27, 2015
Diana Jo Hattermann, 68, of Sioux City passed away Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at Touchstone Living Center. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Morningside Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Andell will officiate. Burial of ashes will be in St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Germantown, Iowa. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Diana was born...
Mildred L. Fitchner
Aug 27, 2015
Mildred L. Fitchner, 97, of Lawton, Iowa, formerly of Moville, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at Char-Mac Assisted Living in Lawton. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moville, with the Rev. Barb Spaulding officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sioux City. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, with family present...
Paul "Dave" Urban
Aug 27, 2015
Paul David "Dave" Urban, 75, of Sioux City died on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Zirpel of Redeemer Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery at Van Meter. Visitation will be...
Alicia Leamer
Aug 25, 2015
Alicia S. Leamer, 76, of Sioux City, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Countryside, under hospice care after a brief illness. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, with the Revs. Russell Senstad, David Zirpel and Larry Troxel officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral...
Barbara L. Zellmer
Aug 25, 2015
Barbara Lea Zellmer, 83, of Lawton died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at her home with her loving family. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sioux City. Burial will be in Banner Township Cemetery, Lawton. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith...
Robert L. Hansen
Aug 23, 2015
Robert "Bob" L. Hansen, 79, of Sioux City passed away Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Bob was born on Nov. 13, 1935, in Lathem, Mo., to Fred and Hazel (Powell) Hansen. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. He was...
Elisabeth A. Wagner
Aug 21, 2015
Elisabeth Ann Wagner, 93, longtime Sioux City area resident, passed away on August 21 at a nursing home in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. A small graveside service is planned for 11:00am Monday, August 31 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Sioux City. Christy-Smith Funeral Homes, Morningside Chapel is handling arrangements. Born Elisabeth Ann Seibert, she was predeceased by her husband Harold...
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