Donald Eugene Sigg, 76, Iola, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka.
He was born Oct. 24, 1934, on a farm northwest of Iola, the son of Victor H. and Nellie M. (Allen) Sigg. He was the oldest of 14 children.
Don graduated from Iola High School in 1953 and on May 30, 1955, he married Patsy Weeks. After Don served in the United States Army, they returned to Iola to make their home. They were later divorced.
Over the years he worked for the Ice Plant, Thompson Poultry, Armco Steel, Tucker Construction and S. & M. Construction before retiring.
In 1992, Don married Sharon Kincheloe and they operated Lady Bug Greenhouse. He enjoyed raising dalmatians as a hobby.
Don had many friends and enjoyed visiting with them.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola.
His wife survives of the home, as do three sons,
Donnie Joe, Chanute, Dennis and his wife, Tracy, Joplin, Mo., and Scottie, Salina; two daughters, Janice Carroll and her husband, Mark, Pratt, and Lacy Sigg, of the home; seven brothers, John, Vic and his wife, Nancy, Herb and his wife, Rhonda, Dan and his wife, Jan, Jerry and his wife, Daryl, and Steve and his wife, Kelly, all of Iola, and Ron and his wife, Georgia, Parsons; three sisters, Elsie Galemore and her husband John, and Pat Griffith, Chanute, and Helen MacNabb, Raleigh, N.C.; three grandchildren, Daniel Potter, Kristi Holland and her husband, Jason, and Freddy Sigg; two great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Khloe Holland; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Allen Sigg and David Sigg and a sister, Mary Fudge.
Parish rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola, followed by Mass at 10:30, the Rev. Robert B. Wachter celebrant. Burial will be at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Gas.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at St. John’s Parish Center in Iola.
Memorials to the Alz-heimer’s Association, Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice or The Don Sigg Memorial Fund may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel
of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Donald Sigg
