Siefke, Eleanor 1906-1996

SIEFKE, ROLING, RIESBERG

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 1/19/2009 at 15:55:52

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Mrs. Albert (Eleanor) Siefke, 89, of Remsen, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH: Wednesday, March 6, 1996
PLACE OF DEATH: Floyd Valley Hospital, in LeMars, IA
CAUSE OF DEATH: …after a brief illness
DATE OF BIRTH: Aug. 22, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH: Rural Remsen, Iowa
PARENTS: Fred and Mary (Riesberg) Roling
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Albert Siefke, July 21, 1924, at Remsen, IA.
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: The couple farmed south of Remsen. They moved into Remsen in the early 1950s and continued to farm until retiring in 1967. He died Dec. 13, 1977. She had been a resident of Happy Siesta Nursing Home in Remsen since Feb. 8, 1996.
SURVIVORS: …include a daughter, Arlys and her husband, Sam Orban of LeMars; 10 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; one great great granddaughter; a brother, Lawrence and his wife, Mildred Roling of Remsen and a sister, Martha and her husband, Ernest Groepper of Remsen.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …two daughters, Mrs. Wayne (Doris) Garvin and Donna Roepke; three brothers, Elmer in infancy, Frank and Gilbert Roling; five sisters, Marie Roling as a child, Mrs. Frank (Theresa) Nacke, Mrs. Tony (Regina) Pick, Mrs. Al (Henrietta) Tentinger and Mrs. Paul (Rosella) Rodesch.
PLACE OF BURIAL: St. Mary’s Cemetery, Remsen, IA
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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