THE CITY OF SIOUX CITY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FOREMAN, HAS RELEASED A NEW VIDEO DOCUMENTING THE FAMILY’S MEANINGFUL SEARCH FOR THEIR FATHER’S FINAL RESTING PLACE IN LOGAN PARK CEMETERY HERE IN SIOUX CITY.
THE LEGENDARY BOXER AND TWO-TIME HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 21, 2025, IN HOUSTON AT THE AGE OF 76.
FOREMAN, A NATIVE OF TEXAS, WAS LAID TO REST ON APRIL 17, 2025, IN LOGAN PARK CEMETERY.
HE HAD OFTEN SPOKEN ABOUT THE PEACE HE FELT WHEN VISITING NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE 1980’S.
HIS FAMILY SHARED THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT LOGAN PARK CEMETERY IN 2025, OVERLOOKING THE LOESS HILLS AND NEAR STONE STATE PARK, “IT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE HE DESCRIBED.”
THE FAMILY RETURNED TO SIOUX CITY ON APRIL 16, 2026 TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF SIOUX CITY WHO SUPPORTED THE FAMILY’S WISHES AND TO CELEBRATE FOREMAN’S LIFE, LEGACY, AND REMARKABLE JOURNEY FROM OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TO WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, MINISTER, ENTREPRENEUR, AND BELOVED FAMILY MEMBER.
THE VIDEO FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH SEVERAL OF FOREMAN’S CHILDREN AS THEY REFLECT ON THEIR FATHER’S WISHES TO BE BURIED IN IOWA.
PRODUCED BY JEFF GORDON OF SIOUX CITY, YOU MAY WATCH THE VIDEO ONLINE AT THE SIOUX CITY WEBSITE, THE SIOUX CITY PUBLIC MUSEUM WEBSITE, AND THE
EXPLORE SIOUXLAND WEBSITE.
