Lou Ella Sieckmann

Lou Ella Sieckmann, 73, nee Gebauer, of Doss, died Saturday, June 27, 2015.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 2, at St. Peter Lutheran Church at Doss with the Rev. Mark A. Ward officiating. Shirley Keyser was the organist.

Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Arrangements were under the direction of Fredericksburg Funeral Home where visitation was held Wednesday evening, July 1.

Mrs. Sieckmann was born Sept. 3, 1941, in Sprinkle, the daughter of John Gebauer and Marie Schwinge Gebauer. She married Carlton Sieckmann on Jan. 11, 1964, at St. John Lutheran Church in Austin and he survives.

For many years, she was a baker at the Cookie Jar.

She also spent many years serving on the altar guild, WELCA, and as a Sunday school and vacation Bible school teacher at St. Peter Lutheran Church.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Sieckmann is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Mitchell and Ginni Sieckmann of Doss, and a daughter, Brenda Sieckmann of Fredericksburg; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Survivors also include a sister, Martha (Suzi) Wray of Pflugerville, and a brother and sister-in-law, John and Patricia Gebauer Jr. of Manor.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother-in-law, Robert Wray.

Memorials may be made to the Hill Country Community Needs Council, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or to the charity of choice.

Pallbearers included Kohl Sieckmann, Kiel Sieckmann, Keagan Sieckmann, Mitchell Sieckmann, Sidney Ellebracht and Gerald Fritz.