Obituaries

Steven Ray Swanson

Steven Ray Swanson

Oct 1, 2014

Steven Ray Swanson, 56 of rural Dakota City passed away Wednesday October 1, 2014 at a Sioux City Hospital.           Services will be 11 A.M. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Walt Hill, Nebraska with the Rev. Brion Tolzman  officiating.  Burial will be in Omaha Valley Cemetery, Homer, Nebraska. Visitation will be 10 A, M, Monday until service time at...

Wilma Irene Tjebben

Wilma Irene Tjebben

Sep 26, 2014

Wilma Irene Tjebben, 86, of Sioux City passed away Friday September 26, 2014 at a Sioux City nursing home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday September 30, 2014 at Morningside Lutheran Church with the Reverend Paul Andell officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday September 29, 2014 from 5 tol 7 p.m. at...

John William Jacobs

John William Jacobs

Sep 25, 2014

John William Jacobs, 46, of Sioux City passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 from complications from seizures at a Sioux City hospital. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church with Rev. Zirpel officiating. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday from 4-8 p.m. with family...

Bernice M. "Bee" Meloy

Bernice M. "Bee" Meloy

Sep 24, 2014

Bernice M. "Bee" Meloy, 90 of Sioux City, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at a local hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Michael Erpelding as Celebrant. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present, will be one hour prior...

Robert Persinger

Robert Persinger

Sep 24, 2014

Retired Master Sergeant, Robert J. (Bob) Persinger, 51, of Alamogordo, NM, formerly of Ponca, NE passed away on September 24, 2014 in Pensacola, FL after a 2 ½ year battle with brain cancer.Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ponca, NE with Father Andrew L. Sohm officiating. Burial...

Mark Lee Landenberger

Mark Lee Landenberger

Sep 24, 2014

Mark Lee Landenberger, 54, of Sioux City passed away Wednesday September 24, 2014 at a Sioux City hospital. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday September 27, 2014 at Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel. Visitation will be from 9:30 until service time at the funeral home. Mark Lee Landenberger was born February 5, 1960 in Bellflower, California the son of Lee and...

Lavaun T. Schneider

Lavaun T. Schneider

Sep 24, 2014

Lavaun Schneider, 77 of Sioux City passed quietly on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 after a seven year battle with Alzheimer's at Sunrise Nursing Home. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 26, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Church with the Very Rev. Armand Bertrand officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. till service time on Friday at...

Lita Ann Brown Ross

Lita Ann Brown Ross

Sep 24, 2014

Mrs. Lita Ann Brown Ross died peacefully on September 24, 2014 in Ponca, Nebraska.Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, October 20, 2014 at the Ponca Nursing and Assisted Living Center in Ponca, NE Arrangements are under the direction of Mohr Funeral Home in Ponca, NE.Born September 28, 1941 in Chicago Illinois, the only child of John and...

Elaine M.. Koeppen

Elaine M.. Koeppen

Sep 21, 2014

Elaine M. Koeppen 77, of South Sioux City, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014 at her home after a lengthy illness of lung cancer. Services will be 10:30 A.M, Thursday at Becker – Hunt Funeral Home  With the Rev. Stephen Niles officiating... Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Albaton, Iowa.  Visitation will be one hour prior to service time...

Delores E. Hobbs

Delores E. Hobbs

Sep 21, 2014

Delores E. Hobbs, 83 of Sioux City, passed away on Sunday, September 21, 2014. Abiding by family wishes, cremation has taken place and a private graveside inurnment will be held at a later date at Memorial Park Cemetery. Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel has assisted the family with arrangements. Delores was born on July 19, 1931 in Bladen, Nebraska to Melvin...

Kevin C. Corbett

Kevin C. Corbett

Sep 20, 2014

SIOUX CITY | Kevin C. Corbett, 54, of Sioux City passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at his home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at Redeemer Lutheran Church with Rev. Russell Senstad and Rev. David Zirpel officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at...

Edward M. Gerlich

Edward M. Gerlich

Sep 20, 2014

Sioux City, Iowa. Edward Michael Gerlich, 87, of Sioux City died September 20, 2014 at Sunrise Retirement Community. Ed was born October 28, 1926 in Bellevue, Iowa, the 2nd of 8 children born to Julius Herman Gerlich and Eleanor Pauline (Griebel) Gerlich. He and his wife, Ruth (Rubner) recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. They married August 20th, 1949 in...

Myrna L. Howard

Myrna L. Howard

Sep 19, 2014

SIOUX CITY | Myrna L. Howard, 86, of Sioux City died Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 surrounded by her family at Casa de Paz from complications of ALS. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at Concordia Lutheran Church with Rev. Henry Witte officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Monday with...

Fayette C. Clark

Fayette C. Clark

Sep 19, 2014

Fayette C. Clark, 68 of New Caney, Texas, formerly of Sioux City, died Friday September 19, 2014 in Tennessee while visiting his son. Graveside services will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September 25th at Memorial Park Cemetery. Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel has assisted the family with arrangements.

Marta L. Henshaw

Marta L. Henshaw

Sep 18, 2014

Marta L. Henshaw, 53 of Sioux City, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2014 at a local hospital. A Memorial Service will be at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel with inurnment to follow at a later date at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will begin Tuesday, September 23rd at 4:00 p.m. until the time of...

Francis E. Bass

Francis E. Bass

Sep 18, 2014

Francis E. Bass, 92, of Ponca, NE formerly of Iowa City, IA passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2014 at Elms Care Center in Ponca, NE. A Private Mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Peters Catholic Church in Newcastle, NE with Rev. Andrew Sohm officiating and Rev. Tom Bauwens concelebrating. There will be no visitation. Burial will...

Virginia E. Nelson

Virginia E. Nelson

Sep 17, 2014

Virginia E. Nelson, 80 of Sioux City, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Sunrise Retirement Community. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel with the Very Reverend Father Armand J. Bertrand as the officiant. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present, will begin at...

Richard L. Ballantyne

Richard L. Ballantyne

Sep 17, 2014

Richard L. Ballantyne, 84, of Sioux City passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Countryside Senior Living Center. Per his wishes, his body was cremated and services will be held on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Central Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Richard was born on December 5, 1929...

Richard L. Ballantyne

Richard L. Ballantyne

Sep 17, 2014

Richard L. Ballantyne, 84, of Sioux City passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Countryside Senior Living Center. Per his wishes, his body was cremated and services will be held at a later date at Central Baptist Church in Sioux City. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Father Donald Joseph Slaven

Father Donald Joseph Slaven

Sep 16, 2014

Rev. Donald Joseph Slaven, 73 of Sioux City passed away on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at the Holy Spirit Retirement Home in Sioux City. Services will be at 10:00 A. M. Monday at the Cathedral of the Epiphany Catholic Church. Rev. Paul Kelly and Rev. Michael Erpelding will con-celebrate the Mass along with many other priests and deacons from the...