Thursday, September 5, 2013

Obituary -- Michael David Sielaff 1937-2013



Michael David Sielaff, son of Herman and  Marie Sielaff, was born December 17, 1937 in Iowa Falls, Iowa.  He attended school and graduated High School from Iowa Falls.  After graduation, he joined the Air Force.  After his term of duty he lived and worked in Las Vegas, Nevada for three years.  Upon the death of his father he returned to Iowa, where he secured a job with the United States Postal service.

     On November 22, 1975 he was united in marriage to Ona Marie Stickelman.  On September 6, 1977 they were blessed with a daughter, Michelle Leann.  In 1988, Mike, his wife and daughter moved to Breckenridge, Colorado where he continued to work in the Postal system.  After working the maximum time for retirement, he and his family moved back to Des Moines, Iowa.  

     In 2008 Mike and Ona Marie moved to Antioch, Tennessee where their daughter Michelle Leann lived and worked.  

      Preceeding him in death were both sets of grandparents, his father and mother.

     Leaving to mourn his death is his wife, Ona Marie Sielaff, his daughter Michelle Leann Sielaff, sister-in-law Betty Bennett, nephew Jim Harrell, Linda Harrell, and cousins Tresa and Rob Thornhill, Cheri Nix, Ashlyn Nix, and the families of Hugh and Kay Rowen, Richard and Carolyn Rowen  and Henry Dell Rowen Sr. 

     Michael died peacefully in his sleep at home August 31, 2013.

     Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Thursday, September 5, 2013 at the Sheridan  Christian Church, Sheridan, Missouri with interment in the Isadora Cemetery near Grant City, Missouri.  .  Arrangements are under the direction of Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home, Grant City, Missouri.

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