Phyllis La Cour age 98 of Sibley, Iowa died on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 at Sibley
Specialty Care.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Thursday April 21, 2022, at the First
Presbyterian Church in Sibley, Iowa with Rev. Peter W. Wagner officiating.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 P.M. on Wednesday evening at the Jurrens Funeral Home
of Sibley.
On Easter Sunday morning, Eugenia Phyllis (Muilenburg) LaCour, quietly left this life
to be forever in the presence of her Lord.
Phyllis, daughter of Peter and Min (Korver) Muilenburg, was born November 18, 1923 in Sioux County, Iowa. She died on April 17, 2022. Phyllis had reached the age of 98 years, 5 months.
On March 13, 1943, she and August "Augie" Peter LaCour were united in marriage. Soon after, she joined Augie for a year in Florida where he was in training with the US Navy Air Force. While Augie was overseas, Phyllis worked as a clerk in the Office of Price Administration (OPA) in Sibley until it closed at war's end. In 1962, they moved to Harley, Iowa. Then in 1966, they moved to Clara City, Minnesota. While there, Phyllis was the secretary of the Bethany Reformed Church. Together, she and Augie led a dynamic youth group that allowed the gospel of Jesus Christ to touch the lives of many.
In 1974, she and Augie accepted a position as property managers for the Summit House, a 14-story high rise apartment house in Little Rock, Arkansas. In the fall of 1991, she and Augie returned to Sibley to care for her mother, Min Muilenburg. Phyllis freely shared her talents in music as a vocalist and her creativity as a seamstress, in floral design, gardening, beautifully decorating their homes. Her sweet spirit was evident in how she truly loved and found joy in her family and friends.
Surviving her are daughters, Barbara LaCour (Darrell Marble) and Marcy Gerdes (Mark); grandchildren Tammie Corbett (Andy), Allison Gerdes (Sumit Sunthankar), Christina Wavrin (Scott), Whitney Gerdes, and Patrick Gerdes (Ritika); sisters-in-law Mary and Kay Muilenburg; and great-grandchildren Shelbie Corbett, William Ashton Corbett, Noah Corbett, Sadie Wavrin, Lilian Wavrin, Logan Wavrin, Claire Wavrin, Smera Gerdes and Oberon Gerdes.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Augie, her parents, Pete and Min, her brothers Virgil and Lloyd, sister-in-law Margo, and granddaughter Kimberly DeSorbo.
We praise God for the blessing of the life of Phyllis LaCour
August Augie LaCour
August "Augie" La Cour, age 91, of Sibley, Iowa, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Sibley Nursing and Rehab in Sibley. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. at the First Presbyterian Church in Sibley. Rev. Terry Simm officiating. Burial in the Holman Township Cemetery in Sibley. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 1, from 1:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Home in Sibley.
August Peter LaCour, age 91, son of Fredrick and Laura (Kruger) LaCour was born April 14, 1921 on a farm 3 miles south of Sibley known as the LaCour Homestead. August went to his heavenly home quietly in his sleep on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Sibley Nursing and Rehab Center in Sibley.
In 1940, August graduated from Sibley High School. Six months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on June 7, 1942, he joined the United States Navy, attending radio and radar school, when radar was a well kept secret. The Navy took him to the Philippines where he used his training repairing radios on fighter planes when they returned to base following a bombing mission.
On March 13, 1943, August and Phyllis Muilenburg were married while August was on leave from the Navy. Upon his discharge from the Navy, August was involved in plumbing, heating, refrigeration, propane gas and management in Sibley, Hartley and Clara City, Minnesota. This experience qualified him when he and his wife moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1974 to manage a 14 story, high rise apartment complex. In 1991, August and Phyllis returned to Sibley to care for Phyllis' mother in her declining years.
Survivors include his wife of 69 years: Phyllis LaCour of Sibley, IA; two daughters: Barbara LaCour and Darrell Marble of Hartley, IA, Marcy and her husband Mark Gerdes of Montevideo, MN; six grandchildren: Kim DeSorbo, Tammie (Andy) Corbett, Allison Gerdes, Christina (Scott) Wavrin, Whitney Gerdes, and Patrick Gerdes; six great-grandchildren: Scout Corbett, Ashton Corbett, Noah DeSorbo, Sadie Warvin, Lilian Warvin, and Logan Wavrin; two nephews and three nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Esther Rose, a brother Charles, and an infant sister Lillian.