Siege, Fred Jr. 1884-1941 & Olga Meuller Family

SIEGE, LEHRMAN, MUELLER, OSTERMANN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 10/4/2024 at 10:14:06

Siege, Fred Jr. 1884-1941 & Olga Mueller family

This story was taken from page 483 of the Maurice Centennial Book (1891-1991). The story was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. Some research notes were added by Wilma J. Vande Berg .

Fred Siege was born December 13, 1884, to Frederick and Sophia (nee Lehrman) Siege on a farm near Mechanicsville, Iowa. On March 17, 1890, he moved by train with his parents to a farm five miles southeast of Maurice, Iowa, in Sherman Township, Section 26.

He attended school through the fifth grade. He assisted his father with farming after he reached adulthood and for a few years resided on a farm one half mile from his parent’s home. His sister Minnie kept house for him. His nephew, Silas Siege later owned and lived on this farm. Currently the farm is owned and occupied by Silas’ son Larry Siege.

When Fred’s father died in 1907, he moved back to his parent’s home and managed the farm for his mother.

In 1915, Fred married Olga Mueller, daughter of Henry and Wilhelmina (nee Osterman) Mueller. Soon after their marriage, Fred’s mother moved to a home in Struble, Iowa.

Fred and Olga had three children. Lorene retired from the J.C. Penney Company in 1981. Wesley died in infancy and Lorna retired from the Bell Telephone Company in 1979. Lorene and Lorna now reside in LeMars, Iowa.

On November 29, 1941, Fred was found dead of a heart attack kneeling beside a water tank in the hog barn. He was buried three days later in the Reading Township Cemetery. His wife was buried there in January of 1968.
(end of family story in the Maurice book)

See the family biography of Fred’s parents Frederick Siege and Sophia Lehrman for further family history on the Siege side. See the obits of Henry Meuller 1862=1936 and Wilhelmina Ostermann Mrs. Henry Meuller 1867-1940 on this web page for further information on Olga’s Meuller’s family.

OBITUARY OF FRED SIEGE 1884-1941
From the Sioux Center News, December 4, 1941:
Maurice Farmer Found Dead In Yard
Maurice - Special: Mr. Fred Siege, a farmer in this vicinity for many years, died suddenly from a heart attack at his farm home five miles southeast of here Saturday morning. Mrs. Siege found her husband, just after he had been stricken in the hog house, where he had gone to prepare feed for the hogs. While Mr. Siege had been in poor health for many years, he seemed to be as well as usual that morning, and his death came as a shock to his family and the entire community. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Lorraine and Lorna. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Lutheran Church on Tuesday afternoon.
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From the Hawarden Independent, December 4, 1941 – Ireton and Vicinity:
Found Lifeless in Hog Barn
Fred Siege, 57, well known farmer of Struble, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning following a heart attack. Mr. Siege had been in poor health for a number of years but had been able to attend to light duties about the farm and went out Saturday morning to do the chores. As he failed to return to the house in the usual time Mrs. Siege went to investigate and found her husband slumped over a water trough in the hog barn. Life was already extinct when she summoned help.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock from the house with services at 1:45 in St. John’s Lutheran church near Ireton. Interment was made in the Reading township cemetery. Six nephews, Silas Siege, Elmer Franke, Orin Franke, Lloyd Mueller, W. V. Schwier and Frank Utech, were pall bearers.
Fred Siege was born in Cedar county, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1884. When six years old he came to Maurice with his parents and the rest of his life was spent in that vicinity. On May 26, 1915, he was united in marriage with Olga Mueller and to this union three children were born. One son Wesley died in infancy. Mr. Siege was a member of St. John’s Lutheran church of near Ireton.
Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Lorene of Le Mars and Lorna at home; one brother, Henry Siege of Maurice and four sisters, Mrs. Henry Franke of Ireton; Mrs. Lena Mueller of Maurice; Mrs. Henry Werley of Le Mars; and Anne Siege of Seattle, Wash. There is also one half-sister, Mrs. Clara Schwier of Sioux City.
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RESEARCH NOTES
Similar obituaries were published in the Ireton Ledger (December 4), the Sioux County Capital (December 4), and the Alton Democrat (December 5). The Alton Democrat obituary characterizes him as a faithful member of St. John’s Lutheran church of the Ireton vicinity, a devoted husband and a good neighbor.
His death certificate (informant Mrs. Fred Siege) has John Henry Fredrick Siege; resident of rural Sioux County near Maurice, Section 26; a farmer; wife Olga Siege, age 47; born Dec. 13, 1884 in Cedar County, Iowa; parents Frederick Siege, born in Germany, and Sophia Lehrman, born in Ohio; died at 8:30 a.m. November 29, 1941; cause, coronary thrombosis; other conditions, obesity; buried in Reading Township Cemetery near Ireton.
The Sioux County Cemetery Index has him as Fred Siege, buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Ireton. His FindaGrave.com page has him as Henry Frederic “Fred” Siege, born in Stanwood, Cedar County, Iowa; parents Frederick F. Siege (1832-1907) and Sophia C. Lehrman Siege (1850-1928); four siblings and two half-siblings listed; wife Olga Mueller Siege (1894-1968); children Lorene Marjory Siege (1916-2014), Wesley W. Siege (1921-1921), and Lorna Elaine Siege (1922-2014). There is a photo of the joint headstone of Fred and Olga.
His World War I draft registration card has Henry Frederic Siege, farmer, resident of R.F.D. 1, Maurice; medium height and build, gray eyes, dark brown hair.

OBITUARY OF OLGA Mrs. Fred SIEGE 1894 – 1968
Siege, Olga born 25 Jun 1894 died Jan 1968 buried in St. John’s Lutheran cemetery Ireton IA.
Find a Grave lists Olga Siege born 25 Jan 1894 Iowa died Jan 1968 buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery Ireton IA, parents Heinrich Ernst Mueller and Catharine Marie Wilhelmine Mueller, her husband was Friederic Siege, children listed were Lorna Elaine Siege, Wesley W. Siege and Lorene Marjory Siege.
LeMars Daily Sentinel Jan 11, 1968.
MRS. FRED SIEGE SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL, FUNERAL SET FRIDAY Mrs. Fred Siege, 73, longtime Le Mars resident died Wednesday in Floyd Valley hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. John American Lutheran church. Rev. L. L. Belk and Rev. Arnold Imbrock will officiate. Burial will be in St. John Lutheran cemetery near Maurice, under the direction of the Mauer funeral home of Le Mars. A prayer service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The former Olga Sophie Mueller was born Jan. 25, 1894, at Maurice and she was married May 26, 1915. Mr. Siege died in 1941 and she came to Le Mars in 1942. Her parents were the late Henry and Wilhelmina (Osterman) Mueller. Survivors are two daughters, Lorna Siege and Lorene Siege, both of Le Mars, and two sisters, Mrs. Viola Watson and Mrs. William Duster, both also of Le Mars. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1941 an infant son; 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Mrs. Siege was a member of St. John American Lutheran church

Picture will be added from page 483 of the Maurice book.

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