John Thomas Siebel
October 23, 1947 - August 3, 2019

John Thomas Siebel, 71, of Waterloo, died Saturday, August 3 at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital from complications of lung cancer. He was born October 23, 1947 in Waterloo, son of Raphael and Eileen Keegan Siebel. He married Cynthia Mart in 1967, they later divorced. He then married Vickie Armstrong on June 30, 2016 in Waterloo. John graduated from Don Bosco High School, after graduation he joined the United States Navy where he served three tours of duty in the Vietnam War until being discharged in 1969. He then became employed as a plumber with Young Plumbing and Heating, Hicks Plumbing and Heating, RussFoth Plumbing and Heating, and retired from Hudson Plumbing and Heating in 2011. Survived by: his wife, three children, Michelle (Gary) Robinson of Cedar Rapids, John Tracy Siebel of North Carolina and Hidie (Ben) Gardner of Waterloo; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four brothers, David (Bonnie) of Eagle Center, Bill of Hudson, Jeff (Kathy) of Cedar Falls and Tom (Shellie) Siebel of Mesa, Ariz.; two sisters Sherry (Ron) Sell of Traer, and Lori (Dick) Platt of Waterloo and a brother-in-law, Dennis Coleman. Preceded in death by: His parents and a sister, Mary Bixby Coleman. Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 9, 2019 at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, with inurnment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Full Military Rites will be conducted by the United States Navy Honor Guard and the Waterloo and Evansdale Amvets. Public Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday, August 8th at the funeral home and will continue for one hour before services on Friday. Memorials may be directed to the family. John is in Heaven now doing what he loved best, sitting on a river bank fishing with his dad.

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