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1931 Joseph 2005

Joseph J. Siekaniec

August 2, 1931 — July 6, 2005

Joseph J. Siekaniec, 73, Moorhead, MN, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, in Mahnomen Health Center, Mahnomen, MN.

Joseph James Siekaniec, son of Walter and Antoinette (Krajewski) Siekaniec, was born August 2, 1931, in Sioux City, IA, where he grew up and graduated from Trinity High School in 1949. Joseph worked with his father and brother Ed in the family's restaurant, The Johnson Café, in Sioux City.

Joseph was united in marriage to Doris Charlene Ellis on June 16, 1951, in Sioux City, where the couple made their home.

Joseph served in the US Army in the Korean War from 1951 until his discharge in 1953. Joseph returned to Sioux City and resumed work at the Johnson Café until 1956, at which time he started working for Siouxland Packing Plant, Sioux City as a meat cutter. He was transferred to the West Fargo, ND, Siouxland Packing Plant in 1960, and worked there till 1978, when he started work for Moorhead Hornbacher's Meat Dept. He retired in 1996.

Joseph is survived by his wife, Charlene, Moorhead; one daughter, Diane Siekaniec, Fargo, ND; three sons, Dave, Bloomington, MN, Greg (Janelle), Homer, Alaska, and Thomas (Sandra), Cold Bay, Alaska; one grandson, Casey and one granddaughter, Claire, Homer, AL; one brother, Fr. Ladislas Siekaniec, St. Louis, MO; five sisters, Mary (Bernie) Patzeold, Plano, IL, Elizabeth Siekaniec, Chicago, IL, Martha Albright, Sioux City, Carmelita (Jim) Lennon, St. Paul, MN, and Jean White, Deltona, FL.
Joseph was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.


VISITATION: Sunday, June 10, 2005, from 4 PM to 8 PM
with a prayer service at 7 PM at
Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead, MN


FUNERAL MASS: Monday, June 11, 2005 - 11 AM in
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Moorhead


INTERMENT: St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Moorhead



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