Obituaries

Walter Tigges, 80 of Carroll, died Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Carroll Health Center Nursing Home in Carroll.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Timothy Johnson. Cross Bearer will be Walt’s granddaughter, Ericka Tigges. Mass Server will be Megan Klocke. Lector will be Walt’s granddaughter, Brenda Ballard. Gift Bearers will be Walt’s granddaughters: Tawnya Heinrichs, Ashley Behrens, and Makayla Kennedy. Eucharistic Ministers will be Walt’s daughter-in-law, Carol Tigges, and Walt’s sister, Mary Jane Schenkelberg. Casket Bearers will be Walt’s grandsons: Dan Sander, Craig Sander, Ben Tigges, Todd Tigges, Brad Warnke and Adam Warnke. The Carroll 4th Degree Knights of Columbus will form an honor guard for the rosary and for the funeral mass. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll.
Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday where there will be a rosary at 4 p.m. by the Carroll 4th Degree Knights of Columbus. There will be a Christian Wake Service by Holy Spirit Parish at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening. The casket will be moved to Holy Spirit Church at 9 a.m. Wednesday where visitation will resume until time of the funeral mass.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Walt’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Born on December 29, 1931 at Carroll, Iowa, Walter was the son of Alphonse and Elizabeth (Scharfenkamp) Tigges. He married Velma Wittrock on May 19, 1953 at Holy Angels Church in Roselle. Walt and Velma made their home north of Willey where Walt farmed for many years. In 2004 they moved to their present home in Carroll. Walt also worked for the ASCS Office and in his later years worked for Volquartsen Custom. He was a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Parish in Willey, and currently was a member of Holy Spirit Parish and Men’s Club in Carroll. Walt was also a member of the Carroll 4th Degree Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife Velma of Carroll; his children: Jacie Sander and her husband Allan of Arcadia, Mark Tigges and his wife Carol of Glidden, Marilyn Siepker and her husband Chris of Carroll, Maxine “Coke” Warnke and her husband Jeff of Carroll, Wayne Tigges and his wife Angie of Maple River, Glenn “Shorty” Tigges and his wife Jennifer of Carroll, and Karla Kennedy and her husband Peter of Omaha, NE; 24 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; his brothers and sisters: Don (Mary) Tigges of Carroll, Ruth Ann Tigges of Manning, Jerry (Mary) Tigges of Carroll, Carolyn Sovich of Ormond Beach, FL, Mary Jane (Morrie) Schenkelberg of Sioux City, and Rosalie Davis of Omaha, NE; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Charles Wittrock of Carroll, Clarence (Catherine) Wittrock of Carroll, Dorothy Berger of Lohrville, Marjorie (Ed) Steinkamp of Wall Lake, Gerald (Bernice) Wittrock of Carroll, Merlin Wittrock of Carroll, and Ronald (Jeanette) Wittrock of Anita; as well as many nieces, nephews, and other extended relatives.
Walt was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Diane Venner; his granddaughter, Sara Siepker; his parents-in-law, Charles and Frances Wittrock; and his brothers-in-law: Alvin Berger, Alfred Wittrock, and Frank Sovich.