How to Find Obituaries on the Osceola Sentinel-Tribune

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To find obituaries on osceolaiowa.com, look for the Obituaries section on the homepage. It lists recent obituaries for Osceola and the surrounding area, with each entry showing the person's name and an upload date. The site does not publish a separate obituary search page, so the homepage section is the starting point.

What the Obituaries Section Shows

The homepage Obituaries block displays a short list of recent entries. Each item includes:

  • The name of the deceased
  • An "Article upload date" line, such as 10/05/2026

A View more link at the end of the section leads to additional obituaries beyond the few shown on the homepage. The section sits alongside the site's other main blocks — News, Sports, and Weather — so you may need to scroll past the top headlines to reach it.

At the time of the site snapshot, the listed obituaries were Bill Jones and Marjorie Weeda (both uploaded 10/05/2026), Linda Reynolds (10/05/2026), Walter Paschell, Jr. (09/29/2026), and Debra Blair (09/26/2026). This gives a sense of how often entries appear — roughly a few per week in that period.

Steps to Locate a Specific Obituary

  1. Open osceolaiowa.com.
  2. Scroll to the Obituaries heading on the homepage.
  3. Scan the names and upload dates in the visible list.
  4. If the person is not shown, select View more to see older entries.
  5. Open the individual obituary entry to read the full notice.

Expected result: you either find the name in the recent list or confirm it has moved to the "View more" archive.

Common Snags

  • The list is short. Only a handful of obituaries appear on the homepage at once, so recent deaths can push older ones off the visible list quickly. Use "View more" before concluding an obituary is missing.
  • Dates are upload dates, not death dates. The "Article upload date" reflects when the notice was posted, which may be days after the death. Search by name rather than by date.
  • No dedicated search tool is documented. The site materials show a section list and a "View more" link, not a keyword search for obituaries. If you need an older notice, you may have to page through the archive or contact the publication directly.
  • Coverage is local. The Sentinel-Tribune serves Osceola and the surrounding area, so obituaries for people with no local connection are unlikely to appear.

If You Cannot Find It

For notices outside the current online list, the most reliable route is to contact the Osceola Sentinel-Tribune directly and ask about their archive. The site itself does not document an obituary submission form or a public archive search in the available materials, so confirm availability and any access conditions with the publication rather than assuming older notices are freely browsable online.