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Arloann Sieck
Arloann Sieck
Center Point
ArloAnn Betty Sieck, 92, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at the Hiawatha Care Center. A Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion, Iowa. A Funeral Service will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
ArloAnn is survived and lovingly remembered by her children, Connie (Dick) Emery of Center Point, Iowa, Richard (Mary) Sieck of Toddville, Iowa, Robert (Barbara) Sieck of Center Point, Arlyn (Evalina) Sieck of Center Point, Brenda (Ted) Lampe of Glendale, Arizona, and Terri Sieck of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; 13 grandchildren, Christina (Nick) Ross, Shawn (Jessica) Sieck, Joshua (Danielle) Sieck, Ryan Sieck, Johnny Sieck, Stephen (Mindy) Sieck, Michelle (Joe) Hutchins, Matthew (Nichole) Sieck, Jennifer (Jason) Trotter, Eric (Shannon) Sieck, Sarah (Jeff) Connors, Laura Janzen, and Daniel Rhoads; 25 great-grandchildren; sister, Sharon Williams of Excelsior Springs, Missouri; and two brothers, Merlyn (Doris) Gronewold of Waterville, Iowa, and Galen (Jane) Gronewold of Urbandale, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Russell; sons, Gary and Jeffery; daughter, Debra Jo; two brothers, Lawrence and LaVerne Gronewold; and one sister, Naomi Mathes.
Memorials in ArloAnn’s memory may be directed to the Iowa Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association or the American Heart Association.
Please share a memory of ArloAnn at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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