Raymond C. Sisty
SISTY, HUTSON
Posted By: Kathy Zobeck (email)
Date: 12/21/2010 at 07:49:59
Raymond C. Sisty, age 94, died peacefully on Saturday, December 18, 2010 in Iowa City, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m Thursday, December 23, 2010, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Coralville, with the Reverend Walter Helms officiating. Visitation will be after 9am Thursday at the church prior to the services and a time of fellowship and refreshments following the services prior to leaving for the graveside services at St. Joseph Cemetery in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Raymond's memory to St. Thomas More New Season Fund, Iowa City Hospice, or the Alzheimer's Association, East Central Iowa Chapter. Online condolences may be sent for Raymond's family through our website @www.gayandciha.com.
Raymond C. Sisty was born September 18, 1916 in Essex, Ontario, Canada, the son of William Lane and Margaret (Hutson) Sisty. He graduated in 1934 from Morenci High School in Michigan. On December 2, 1939, he married Beatrice A. Rofe in Toldedo, Ohio. He served in the United States Army from1946 and 1949. For over thirty years, Raymond was employed as a Supervisor of Material and Production Control for General Motors in their Fisher Body Divisions located in Pontiac and Livonia, Michigan. The couple lived in Farmington, Michigan for many years where Raymond was a member of the Catholic Church, the Pontiac/Waterford Fraternal Order of the Elks, and the SAR. Upon retirement, he and Beatrice moved to Spring Hill, Florida for twelve years before moving to the Iowa City area to be closer to their family. Raymond was a member of of St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Coralville.
His family includes his daughter and her husband, Nancy and John LePeau of Iowa City and his granddaughter, Lucy Anne LePeau of Washington. D.C.; one sister, Barbara Ferris and her husband Merland of Basin, Wyoming.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Beatrice, February 10, 1999; and siblings Alice Bantle, Eva Mae Dan, Violet Downes, Betty Phelps, Mara Sisty, Richard Sisty, and William Sisty.
Johnson Obituaries maintained by Cindy Booth Maher.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen