Otto Emil Sielaff died at the local hospital about 11:30 p.m. Saturday. He had been there for about two weeks. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at the Danekas and Duncan funeral home chapel with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery.
Mr. Sielaff came to the United States from Germany 52 years ago and had lived in Ritzville where he was a carpenter the past 45 years. One of his annual prides was the 7-9-foot corn crops he raised at his residence here. Mr. Sielaff was survived by the widow, Christina, at the home; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Westover of Spokane; two grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Minne Sielaff of Lind, and four brother, Bruno and August both of Ritzville; and Marx and Ernest, both of Burns Oregon.
Ritzville Journal Times March 19, 1953. Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Otto Emil Sielaff died at the local hospital about 11:30 p.m. Saturday. He had been there for about two weeks. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at the Danekas and Duncan funeral home chapel with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery.
Mr. Sielaff came to the United States from Germany 52 years ago and had lived in Ritzville where he was a carpenter the past 45 years. One of his annual prides was the 7-9-foot corn crops he raised at his residence here. Mr. Sielaff was survived by the widow, Christina, at the home; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Westover of Spokane; two grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Minne Sielaff of Lind, and four brother, Bruno and August both of Ritzville; and Marx and Ernest, both of Burns Oregon.
Ritzville Journal Times March 19, 1953. Sue Gardner & gapwork90
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