SEIFERT, Doris K. (1935-1999)

SEIFERT, JOHNSON, CHRISTENSEN, ARDNT, LEE

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 12/30/2013 at 16:40:03

DORIS KAY SEIFERT

JOICE - Doris Kay Seifert, 63, of Joice, died Monday (Sept. 20, 1999) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Joice, with the Rev. Gary Johnson officiating. Burial will take place at Madison Cemetery in Forest City.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, and one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church.Doris Kay Seifert was born on Dec. 7, 1935, at Cambridge, the daughter of Martin Emo and Marguerite Olive (Johnson) Christensen. She graduated from Lake Mills High School and later received a bachelor's degree in computer programming.

Doris was united in marriage to Wayne Edwin Seifert on March 14, 1958, in Blue Earth, Minn. They moved to Joice in 1982. Wayne passed away in May of 1985.

Doris worked at Winnebago Industries in Forest City as a computer programmer for 12 years. She was an active member of Bethany Lutheran Church. She enjoyed quilting and gardening, but family was most important to her, she was referred to as "the laces that held our shoe (family) together."

She is survived by her mother, Marguerite Christensen, of Lake Mills; her sister, JoAnn Arndt, of Joice; her brother, Jerry and his wife, Janet Christensen, of Shueyville; her five children, Marti and her husband, Darwin Lee, of Lake Mills, James and his wife, Darla Seifert, of Big Fork, Minn., David and his wife, Renae Seifert, of Austin, Minn., Mark and his wife, Mary Seifert, of Juliette, Ga., and Paul and his wife, Christie Seifert, of Jackson, Ga.; 12 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; along with many nieces and nephews.

Doris was preceded in death by her husband in 1985; and her father in 1986.

Mittelstadt Funeral Home, (515) 592-0221.