ROBERT BOYD SIEBENAHLER, age 88, of rural Jasper, died Saturday, November 5, 2016 at the Pipestone Avera Hospice Center. He was born April 4, 1928, in Luverne, to John and Lorraine (Frish) Siebenahler. Bob grew up on a farm in the Hardwick area until his parents moved to Luverne. He graduated from the eighth grade at a country school north of the farm. He began working for a plumbing company in Luverne and later, was employed at Hatting Gravel Co. in Luverne, where he met his bride to be.

Bob married Gerda Ann Lucille Johnson on August 23, 1950, in Luverne. Over the next fifteen years, the couple raised a family of five. Bob farmed all of his married life near the Hardwick and Jasper areas until he retired and began renting out his land. In 2012, Bob suffered a stroke. He was recovering very well until October 25, 2016 when he suffered another stroke and was admitted to the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He recently became a resident of the Pipestone Avera Hospice Center.

He enjoyed Polka music and fishing.

Bob is survived by his four children, Gene Siebenahler, rural Jasper; Mark (Wendy) Siebenahler, Cold Spring; Lyle (Nancy) Siebenahler, Pipestone; and Monica (Don) Flora, Flandreau, SD; ten grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; a brother, Leon Siebenahler, Luverne; and a sister, Theresa Winger, Killeen, TX.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Gerda on October 20, 1997; son, Allen in 1978; daughter-in-law, June in 2005; and three brothers, Luverne, Lloyd and Arnold Siebenahler.

In leiu of flowers please send a memorial donation to Sanford Hospital for research for 'Alzheimers and Diementia.

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Visitation will be Wednesday from 4 to 7 PM at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne.

Visitation will continue on Thursday one hour prior to the service at the St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne with the funeral service at 2 PM Officiated by Father Thomas Jennings. Burial will be at the Church Cemetery in Luverne.