Aura Lee Sibenaller Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Aura Lee (Burkett) Sibenaller, age 56, of Carroll, Iowa passed away on Sunday October 6, 2019 after a brief illness. A celebration of life service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll. Chaplin Angelo Luis of St. Anthony Regional Hospital will officiate the service. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll. Visitation will be held from Noon until the time of the service. Memorials may be directed to the St. Anthony Foundation of Carroll or The CJD Foundation. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll, and online condolences may be left for the family at www.sharpfuneral.com. Aura Lee was born on January 13, 1963 in Sioux City, Iowa and welcomed home by her loving parents, Kenneth and Sheila Burkett and three older siblings. Aura Lee spent her younger years in Le Mars, Iowa until her father’s business brought her family to Carroll in 1974. She graduated from Kuemper High School, class of 1981. Aura Lee married Dean Sibenaller on May 7, 1983 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll. To this union they were blessed with five children, Joe, Erin, Krystle, Taylor, and Jordan. Aura Lee had a heart of gold and enjoyed caring for animals, rooting for “the underdog,” gardening, and scrapbooking. She was a dedicated and compassionate advocate to the elderly as an Activity Director at St. Anthony Nursing Home. One of her significant contributions that has become a beautiful tradition is that of “The Bucket List” for her residents. Most of all, she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. They were the light of her life and she was theirs. She spent most of her weekends traveling to visit them and hoped to retire closer to them in the near future. Her family will remember her as an amazing mom, grandma, and friend- always thinking of others before herself. Aura Lee is survived by her husband, Dean Sibenaller, children Joe Sibenaller, Erin (Darin) Hynick, Krystle (Allen) Hergert, Taylor (Jordan) Miller, and Jordan Sibenaller, grandchildren, Jessie and Ellie Hynick, Chase and Logan Miller, Wyatt Hergert and Baby Hergert on the way, sister Bryce (Dennish) Custodio, brothers Jake (Cheryl) Burkett and Clay Burkett, sisters-in-law Joyce (Doug) Clark, Nancy (Mike) Schultes, Lisa Fuller and brother-in-law Richard Sibenaller as well as many nieces and nephews and close friends and work family at St. Anthony Nursing Home. She is preceded in death by her parents Kenneth and Sheila Burkett, parents-in-law Dominic and Jacqueline Sibenaller, brothers-in-law Ronald Sibenaller and Gary Fuller, and sister-in-law Joyce Sibenaller. The family would like to thank Ed Smith, Dr. Collison and the staff at St. Anthony Hospital for the wonderful, compassionate care they gave Aura Lee and family during her illness. They went above and beyond, and it won’t be forgotten.

Aura Lee Sibenaller

January 13, 1963 - October 6, 2019