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La
Vern A. Seibel
October
25, 1932 - October 9, 2020
La Vern A. Seibel,
87, of Watertown, passed away on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 at Watertown Regional
Medical Center.
La Vern was born on
Oct. 25, 1932 in Watertown the son of Clarence and Lillian (Kreiziger) Seibel.
He served in the US Army from 1952-56. He married the love of his life Barbara
Krause on June 15, 1957 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Richwood and the
couple enjoyed 63 years together. He was a member of St. Bernard's Catholic
Church and helped serve funeral luncheons for many years. La Vern worked at
King Hintz Auto Body and had a great passion for cars. He was known to have
quite a collection of old cars. La Vern also had a great passion for the family
dairy farm, as the fourth generation since 1865 and was known to be a
hardworking and selfless man. He will be truly missed by all who were blessed
to have known him.
Survivors include:
wife Barbara; 10 children Mary (Kelly) Smith, Mark (Gina), Gary, Douglas (Pam),
Yvonne, Robert, Janice (Cory) Zimmermann, Karen Bonet, Susan and Peter (Joy);
22 grandchildren Jeremiah (Mareike), Nathaniel, Oliva (Alberto), Cody (Angel),
Keegan (Trisha), Kelsey, Ethanne, Ameleighah (Luca), Izabehla (Cody), Haayden,
Gavin (Joanna), Emilly, Belinda (Josh), Amber, Hope, Grace, Aurea, Josephien,
Jared, Jonah, Josh and Elizabeth (Drew); 20 great grandchildren; 2 sisters
Dolores Riedl and Vivian (Bernard) Von Rueden. He is also survived by a number
of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his
parents. In lieu of flowers memorials to the American Cancer Society or St.
Bernard's Catholic Church would be appreciated.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday Oct. 14, 2020 at St. Bernard's Catholic Church with Fr. Michael Johnson presiding. Visitation will be held at the church from 10:00 AM until the time of service. Burial with military honors will be in St. Henry Catholic Cemetery.
Pederson-Nowatka Funeral Home Watertown is caring for the family.
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