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Sieh, Erwin F. (1923 - 2016)

SIEH, ROCK, MALLICOAT, WEATHERS, MELVIN, ROCK

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 6/15/2016 at 19:08:44

Name of deceased: Erwin Ferdinand Sieh

Aged: 93 yrs, 3 mo, 15 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: Feb. 22, 1923; Avoca, IA

Died: June 6, 2016; Avoca, IA

Funeral services: Thursday, June 9, 2016; Trinity Lutheran Church, Avoca, IA; burial was in the Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA

Survived by: Sons, Mark (spouse, Bonnie) of Avoca, IA, and Alan (spouse, Bobbi) of Avoca, IA; grandchildren, Eric (spouse, Angela) Sieh, Kelly (spouse, Kyle) Mallicoat, Jill (spouse, Nate) Weathers, Ashley (spouse, Brant) Melvin, and AJ Sieh; great-grandchildren, Morgan Sieh, Wyatt Sieh, Grady Mallicoat, and Elizabeth Melvin

Predeceased by: Parents, Ferdinand “Ferd” and Ella (nee Rock) Sieh; wife of 68 years, Martha (deceased Jan. 25, 2016); brother, Elmer

Education: attended Country School in Pleasant Township (IA) District #1. He played baseball and graduated from Avoca High School, where he was the Class of 1940 Salutatorian and Class President

Religious affiliation: Lutheran

Military service: Drafted, U. S. Army, Jan. 1943; He trained at Camp Beale and Camp Young in California and served in Burma, China and India with the 209th Combat Engineers “C” and Merrill’s Marauders during the war.

Marriage: Martha Nielsen; June 8, 1947; Elk Horn Lutheran Church. Elk Horn, IA

Employment: Farmer, raising cattle and hogs and grain crops of corn, beans and oats

Hobbies/Interests: life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars; original member of the 1944 Merrill’s Marauders; served as Commander of Avoca Post 4279. He was able to attend a Freedom Honor Flight in Sep. 2008 to Washington D.C.; enjoyed collecting coins, hunting and trapping; was a Detriot Tigers baseball fan; enjoyed watching most all of his grandchildren’s sporting events

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com


 

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