Gerald Sielert

Gerald Lyle Sielert, 90 years of age, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 2, 2006, at Chateau Girardeau. A private service for the family will be held in Ames, Iowa, with the Rev. Cindy McCalmont officiating. The body will be cremated, and burial will be in the Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Gerald was born Nov. 11, 1915, in Plymouth, Kan., the son of Walter Allen and Mary Bell (Horning) Sielert. He graduated from high school in Cresbard, S.D., earned a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D., and completed a master's degree at Iowa State University in Ames. Gerald married Dorothy Louise Hoffman of Mitchell, S.D., on Nov. 15, 1941. She passed away June 16, 2001. He served in the Army during World War II in France, under General Patton.

Gerald lived in Ames for 50 years, and taught 30 years in the Ames Community School system at the Ames Senior High School and Central Junior High. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Kiwanis, Lions, Epsilon Pi Tau, Phi Delta Kappa, National Retired Teachers Association, the American Association of Retired Teachers and the Collegiate United Methodist Church. He moved to Cape Girardeau and had resided at Chateau Girardeau since 2001.

He was preceded in death by his wife and two brothers.

He is survived by one son, Donald L. Sielert of McKinney, Texas; one daughter, Mary L. Baird of Cape Girardeau; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Memorials can be made to Chateau Girardeau or the Collegiate United Methodist Church in Ames.

Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of local arrangements, with Adams Funeral Home in charge in Ames.