Eugene Dean "Gene" Magden

Eugene Dean “Gene” Magden, 91, of Sioux City, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2019 at a local hospital.  A funeral service will be held Friday, September 6 at 10:30 A.M. at Morningside Lutheran Church.  Visitation will be Thursday, September 5 from 5-7 P.M. with a prayer service at 7P.M. at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel.  Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.  Online condolences may be made to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Gene was born on July 26, 1928 in Sioux City to Clarence and Helen (Brown) Magden.  He graduated high school and enlisted in the United States Army in September 1946 and served in WWII.  Following his honorable discharge, Gene worked for several businesses around Sioux City.  He obtained a 3^rd class engineer license and worked at the army base.  He also attended Western Iowa Tech College to get certified as a first-class engineer for the railroad.  Gene also worked in the post office, as an insurance salesman, a real estate agent and in the Stockyards.  He was united in marriage to Virginia Pflanz on October 2, 1954 in Coleridge, NE.

Gene loved to sing.  He sang with such greats as Lawrence Welk from 1949-1951, Bob Hope in 1952 in Rapid City, SD for a polio benefit, and with the Lee Williams Orchestra.  He could sing anything from gospel to country to pop, singing at various nursing homes, churches and weddings.  Gene also enjoyed fishing and was a member of Morningside Lutheran Church.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife Virginia Magden, Sioux City; children: Dennis Magden, Sioux City, Jeffrey Magden, Sioux City, IA, Lori (Donavan) Bratetic, South Sioux City, NE, Lisa (Craig) Campbell, Baldwin, WI; grandchildren: Cash, Christian, Daniel, Colin, Taylor (Jacob) Hindermann; great-grandson, Theodore.

He is preceded in death by his parents and a brother Ray.

Memorials may be made to the family and mailed to the funeral home.