SIDDENS, Robert S. 1925-2018

SIDDENS, STEELE, SAUNDERS

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 10/1/2018 at 11:04:12

Robert S. "Bob" Siddens

Services:
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at Orchard Hill Church, Cedar Falls

Cemetery:
Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites by Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard, Waterloo AMVETS Post #19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post #31

Biography--

Robert “Bob” Siddens, 93, of Waterloo, died Thursday, September 27, 2018 at his home.

He was born on April 29, 1925 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Charles and Grace Saunders Siddens. He graduated from Eagle Grove High School in 1943; Iowa State Teachers College with a BA in Physical Education in 1949; received his Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Northern Colorado College, Greeley, CO; and later his Guidance Counselor Certification from UNI. He also served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.

Bob married Joyce E. Steele on June 5, 1971 at Jordan's Grove Baptist Church in Jordan's Grove, IA.

Bob taught and coached at Eagle Grove before coming to Waterloo West High School in 1952 as a teacher and coach of football, wrestling, and tennis and as a guidance counselor. In 1964, he became West High School’s Athletic Director and then retired in 1990. When Wartburg College coach/instructor Dick Walker was killed in a car accident, Bob was asked to coach and teach wrestling methods at Wartburg, where he stayed for one year following his retirement.

He is survived by his wife of Cedar Falls; four daughters: Kara Watters of Cedar Falls, IA, Erica (Bruce) Luebbers of Sumner, IA, Beth (Joe Sheeley) Siddens of Corvallis, OR and JoEllen Siddens of Downers Grove, IL; two sons, Todd (Debbie) Siddens of McKinney, TX and Scott Siddens of Oregon; 14 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Patricia Moser of Eagle Grove, IA.

He is preceded in death by his parents; his twin brother, Charles "Chuck" Siddens; and his brother, Jack Siddens, during World War II.

SOURCE: Locke Funeral Home