Emory Richard Saienga (1928-2009)

SAIGENGA, WIECHERT, MAUER, JESUROGA, EDWARDS, TARKENTON

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 11/22/2009 at 19:23:42

THE STORY CITY HERALD, Story City, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Emory Richard Saienga, 81, of Story City and formerly of LeMars died October 29, 2009 at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at Soderstrum Funeral Home in Story City. Burial was Nov. 3, 2009 at 12 noon at Baker Township Cemetery near Melvin, Iowa.

Emory was born on Feb. 17, 1928 in Melvin, Iowa, to Richard and Martha (Wiechert) Saienga. After high school he married Helen D. Mauer on Jan. 26, 1946. He served in the US Army from Feb. 12, 1946 to Nov. 25, 1947. Together they farmed near Hinton, Iowa, until moving to an acreage near LeMars in 1983. They moved to Story City in 2007. Helen died Nov. 4, 2008.

Emory was a member of the American Legion and was an avid reader. He enjoyed all types of music and watching sports on television, especially basketball and baseball. He was very interested in the value of education and politics, serving as an election judge in Plymouth County for many years.

Emory is survived by four sons and a daughter; Richard and his wife, Pat, of Largo, Florida, Steven and his wife, Judy, of Lakeville, Minnesota, Gene and his wife, Peg, of Round Rock, Texas, Scott and his wife, Vicki, of Story City and Susan Jesuroga and her husband, Rich, of Boulder, Colorado. He is also survived by ten grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a sister, June Edwards of Chatsworth, Illinois.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, and two sisters, Doris Tarkenton and Evelyn Saienga.

Memorials may be made to American Heart Association (americanheart.org) or
Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (aarda.org). Soderstrum Funeral Home in Story City was entrusted with the arrangements.