Mary Geneva Siekert
Born: March 13th, 1922
Died: February 6th, 2009
Obituary
Mary Geneva Siekert died February 6, 2009, at Great River Hospice House. Mary Geneva Johnson was born March 13, 1922, in Burlington, the daughter of Victor E. and Mary Ellen Hertzler Johnson. She was a graduate of Burlington High School, Burlington Junior College and Grinnell College. She was a lifelong member of Christ Episcopal Church. On September 20, 1944, she married John Richard Siekert in Burlington. He died on July 21, 2008. She is survived by two sons, John of Eugene, Oregon, and Paul of San Jose, Costa Rica; one daughter, Mary Eves of Burlington; and five grandchildren. All friends and family are invited to a reception at the Burlington Golf Club on Tuesday, February 10, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Her funeral will be Wednesday, February 11, at 10:30 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, with burial in Aspen Grove Cemetery. Prugh Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. Memorials are established for the large print book collection at Burlington Public Library and for the Cato Institute.