In Memory Of GORDON SIEVERTSEN

Born June 3, 1917 Nishnabotna Township, Crawford County, Iowa
Entered Into Rest March 24, 1973 Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan
Age 55 years, 9 months, 21 days
Services Held At Trinity Lutheran Church, Manilla, Tuesday, March 27, 1973, 11 A.M.
Clergyman Pastor Ronald E. Meyers
Interment Iowa Township Cemetery
Casketbearers: Wayne Elwell, David Walter, Roger Weinbrandt, Gary Walter, John Sievertsen, Dean Walter
All friends and relatives are invited to return to the church for luncheon and fellowship following the committal services.

GORDON SIEVERTSEN
Gordon Sievertsen, 55, of Harlan, former Manilla resident, died Saturday evening, March 24, 1973, at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan. He had been in ill health for three years.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church here, with the Rev. Ronald E. Meyers officiating. Pallbearers will be Wayne Elwell, Roger Weinbrandt, John Sievertsen, David Walter, Gary Walter, and Dean Walter. Burial will be in the Iowa Township Cemetery. The Ohde Funeral Home of Manilla is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Sievertsen, son of Robert and Alvina (Schweiso) Sievertsen, was born June 3, 1917, in Nishnabotna Township, Crawford County, and attended rural school near his home. He was married to Cecil Walter April 27, 1937, and they farmed near Manilla, Defiance and Portsmouth before moving to Harlan 2 1/2 years ago. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church here.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Larry, of Sac City; seven grandchildren; and two brothers, Amos of Portland, Oregon, and Wesley of Des Moines.

A son and a brother, Alden, preceded him in death.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, March 26, 1973