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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Leslie Sienknecht
Age: 89
City: Clutier
Funeral Date
10:30 a.m. Monday, April 11, Clutier Community Church
Funeral Home
Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home, Tama
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Leslie Sienknecht
LESLIE H. SIENKNECHT
Clutier
Leslie H. Sienknecht, 89, of Clutier, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 11, at Clutier Community Church with Pastor Don Drahos officiating. Interment will follow at Oneida Cemetery in rural Clutier. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Pauline of Clutier; three children, Donna (Dan) Larson of Johnston, Mark (Tracy) Sienknecht of Clutier and Alan (Kristi) Sienknecht of Clutier; seven grand-children, Krista (Ben) Reis, Katie Larson (Jessie Bartley), Kurt (Melinda) Larson, Heath Sienknecht, Devin (Kyle) Mattingly, Bailey (Cody) Hamilton and Colin Sienknecht; six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rosemarie Welton of Cedar Rapids and Peg (David) Dvorak of Elberon; one sister-in-law, Pauline Sienknecht of Clutier; and many nieces and nephews.