Fleta Seibert

September 12, 1921 - July 18, 2018

Fleta Louise (Kirby) Seibert, 96, of Moulton, Iowa went home to be with the Lord on July 18, 2018 at Golden Age Care Center in Centerville. She was born September 12, 1921 in Dean, Iowa to James Pearl Kirby and Dona Frances (Awmiller) Kirby. She married Delmar “Mike” Henry Seibert, her husband of 64 years, on May 3, 1940 in Lancaster, Missouri. This union was blessed with four children, Sherry (Wayne) Lamb of Moulton, Iowa, Tony (Barb) Seibert of Moulton, Iowa, Phil (Vicki) Seibert of Altoona, Iowa and Martin “Toby” Seibert (Sue Wagner) Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fleta worked in local factories and nursing care facilities when she wasn’t busy on the family farm south of Moulton. After retirement, she volunteered at the Moulton Udell School (where she graduated in 1939) helping many area children learn to read and write. She enjoyed teaching Sunday school, storytelling and writing, bird-watching, reading, and “visiting” with old friends & family. She was a 50-year-member of the Moulton Legion Auxiliary and a charter member of the Moulton Baptist Church. She is survived by her two sons and their spouses, Tony (Barb) Seibert, Phil (Vicki) Seibert, seven grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Delmar Seibert; two children, Sherry Seibert Lamb and Marty “Toby” Seibert; and three brothers, Kenneth, Ora, and Bernard Kirby. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 21st, 2018 at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Burial will be at the Oakland Cemetery near Moulton. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday with the family present to greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorials have been established to the Garret Memorial Library and the Moulton Baptist Church in Moulton.