Leona (Stuenkel) Siefker

Leona Siefker, 92, Crete formerly of Beecher, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Leona was born January 27, 1921 in Matteson, Illinois to Lawrence and Lydia Stuenkel nee Dahlman. Leona married Lester Siefker on September 9, 1945 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Richton Park, Illinois. She was a faithful member of Zion Lutheran Church in Beecher and loved cooking and gardening. Surviving are two sons: Lyle (Jane) Siefker from Beecher and Marlin (Cindy) Siefker of Chicago Heights, one daughter: Marla Bulthuis of Crete, four grandchildren: Kelli, Kristin, Brett, and Andrew, four great grandchildren: Matthew, Mackenzie, Isaiah, and Sophia, one sister Lorraine Nadler of Peotone and a sister in law Loriena Cleland of Crete. Preceding is her husband Lester in 1979, a brother Lawrence, a sister Luella and a son in law Anthony Bulhuis. Visitation will be on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Hack Funeral Home in Beecher from 4 until 8 p.m. and the funeral will be held Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Zion Lutheran Church in Beecher at. 10:00 a.m. Rev. Ronald Rock and Aaron Moldernhauer will officiate. Burial is at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Richton Park. Memorials may go To Zion Lutheran Church in Beecher $(document).ready(function(){ var ifr = $("#01C40146556H41A0"); ifr.data("ratio", ifr.attr("height")/ifr.attr("width") ); ifr.removeAttr("width").removeAttr("height"); // Resize the iframes when the window is resized $(window).resize(function(){ var width = ifr.parent().width(); ifr.width(width).height(width * ifr.data("ratio")); }).resize(); });