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Christie "Chris" Lea Droll Sieren
Christie "Chris" Lea Droll Sieren
Ainsworth
On June 9, 2022, Christie Lea Droll Sieren "Chris", 67, received a call from her parents in Heaven as they were starting a new card game of "31" with other family members. On Earth, as Chris was surrounded with loved ones, she couldn't resist joining them at the game table after battling cancer for four years.
Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 3, at the Marr Park Conservation Center, Ainsworth, with Pastor Jason Collier officiating, visitation time with family from 2 to 4 p.m. Cremation has taken place.
In lieu of flowers, family asks you to bring a picnic snack to share at her celebration of Life service or memorial donations to Ainsworth Community Center Opera House (ACT), BSA Hospice of Amarillo, Texas; or No Child Goes Hungry.
Born on June 30, 1954, in Washington, Iowa, the 2nd of 5 children, to Charles (Bud) William Droll and Alice Lorraine Howell Droll, Chris grew up in Ainsworth, Iowa.
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