Individual Details

Death

THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS...FEBRUARY 27, 1947...PAGE 1
John Siebels Buried In Castle Grove Twp.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 22, for John Siebels, 62. The services were conducted at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Anamosa, and burial was made at the Castle Grove cemetery, Mr. Siebels was a lifelong Jones county resident and is survived by his wife, a son Fred, at home, and two daughters, Mrs. Hannah Wickham, Marion, and Mrs. Stingley, Anamosa.


SOURCE: THE ANAMOSA JOURNAL..FEBRUARY 27 1947...PAGE 6
MORLEY MAN RITES OBSERVED
SERVICES HELD IN LUTHERAN CHURCH
MORLEY - Funeral service for John Oltman Siebels, 62, of near Morley, who died Wednesday of last week, was held Saturday afternoon at St. Paul's American Lutheran church, Anamosa. Short service was held at the Smykil Home for Funerals. Rev. H.L. Buesing, pastor, officiated.
Casket bearers were Garret Steenhoek, Fred Austin, William Bailey, Robert Bainbridge, Gay McConaughy and Delbert Smith. Burial was in Castle Grove cemetery. 
Life Outlined
Mr. Siebels, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Siebels, Sr., was born March 8, 1884, in Wayne township. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and at the time of his death was a member of St.Paul's American Lutheran church, Anamosa. He was married Feb. 4, 1913, to Miss Johanna Schafer, Castle Grove, who died in November of the same year. In 1917, he married Miss Frieda Ehlers, Cole Camp, Mo. The couple lived in the Forest community near Anamosa until three years ago, when they purchased a farm one-half mile north of Morley.
Relatives Named
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Miss Gladys Siebels, Chicago, and Mrs. Garland Capron and Mrs. DeWitt Stingley, both of Anamosa; one stepdaughter, Mrs.Glen Wickham Marion; one son, Fred Siebels, Lisbon; three brothers, Garret and Antone Siebels, both of Castle Grove, and Siebert Siebels, Anamosa; and one sister, Mrs. Henry Lubben, Cedar Rapids.
There are nine grandchildren. Two infant daughters precede him in death.