Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Monday, May 22, 2006 at 05:38:33 :
Independent Journal
Monday, December 30, 1963
Page 4
H. F. SIEMSEN
Funeral for Henry F. Siemsen, 78, longtime Tomales area rancher, was scheduled this afternoon at Parent Funeral Chapel in Petaluma.
Siemsen died Friday at his home in Petaluma after long illness.
He operated a chicken and sheep ranch for 40 years near Tomales, selling it three years ago and moving to Petaluma. He also was operator of a costal (sic) truck line from 1928 to 1948. He was born in Hamlet, in north Marin County.
Siemsen was a member of Vitruvius Lodge 145, Free and Accepted Masons, of Bloomfield, Sonoma County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edith Steele Siemsen; two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle E. McCulla of Tomales and Mrs. Evelyn J. Noftz of Vallejo; a son, William H. Siemsen of Santa Rosa; a brother, John Siemsen of Petaluma; four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Burial was scheduled in Tomales Protestant Cemetery. The family asked that tributes be contributions to the Masonic Home at Decoto or to the memorial fund of Tomales Presbyterian Church.
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