Margaret ‘Peg’ Seifried, 87

Jan. 27, 1934 —

Jan. 19, 2022

 

CRESCO - Margaret “Peg” Seifried, age 87, of Cresco, Iowa died peacefully at 2:25 a.m. on Jan. 19, 2022.

The visitation service will be held at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home, 404 North Elm St., Cresco, on Friday, Jan. 21 from 4-6:30 p.m. with a scripture reading and memory sharing from 6:30-7 p.m. On Saturday, Jan. 22, at Notre Dame Parish, there will also be a visitation at 10 a.m. with a funeral following at 11 a.m. and a luncheon at noon. In lieu of flowers, a donation to Notre Dame Church would be appreciated. 

She was born on Jan. 27, 1934 in Pocahontas, Iowa, to Edward and Dorothy (Gregerson) Svejda, the second of four children. Peg moved to Newton, Iowa for a few years with her family and then moved back to Palmer, where she graduated from high school. She moved to Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 17 and later moved to Ames, Iowa, where she worked in the music department at Iowa State University. 

She met Paul Seifried at a dance and later married him on Oct. 9, 1954, and they lived on a farm near Palmer. The couple had three children, Jennifer, Michael and Lynn. They later moved to Cresco, where they bought a farm in 1965. Peg directed the Notre Dame Choir, sang with the Elm Street Singers and was in a variety of plays. She sold Avon products, worked at a fabric store and was a bookkeeper for the Notre Dame parish. 

When Paul retired from farming, they traveled throughout the United States and Europe. They also enjoyed attending plays, musicals and concerts. Paul passed away in 2009. Later, Peg met Paul Mathison, and they enjoyed attending events and traveling together until Paul’s passing in 2017. 

Peg is survived by her children, Jennifer (Michael) Rohrssen of Ames, Michael (Ida) Seifried of Dunwoody, Ga., and Lynn Seifried (John) of Minneapolis, Minn.; grandchildren, Catherine (Andrew) Teply, Margaret (Kenneth) Trytek, Samantha Rohrssen, Brian (Mindy) Seifried and Erica Seifried; great grandchildren, Leif Teply, Acacia Teply, Locke Teply, Hiram Teply, Clarke Teply and Celeste Teply; sister, Patricia (Pat) Ehler of Early, Iowa; brother, Terry (Cindy) Svejda of Longwood, Fla.; and her brother-in-law, Monsignor Kenneth Seifried of Holstein, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her younger brother, Tony Svejda.