DEFIANCE: Helen M. Sigley, age 76 died Friday, September 20, 2013 at the Laurels of Defiance.
She was born December 5, 1936 in Paulding, Ohio the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Keim) Eiserle. She retired in 1999 from Park Center, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was a member of Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, Paulding. She attended the Institute of Medical Technology, Cleveland, Ohio. She was a certified medical tech, and a lab tech for Stokley’s of Paulding, and Dinner Bell, Defiance. She was a 1981 graduate of Defiance College majoring in accounting. She worked for River Region of Jacksonville, Florida before returning to Paulding, Ohio, where she worked and retired from Park Center of Ft. Wayne, IN. She was also a 4-H Leader and Girl Scout Leader. She fought and won a courageous battle with breast cancer.
She is survived by three children: Diana (Bill) Shuler, Defiance, Michael (Marjorie) Sigley, Toledo, and Robert (Brenda Oliver) Sigley, Defiance; two brothers, Paul (Jackie) Eiserle, Paulding, and David (Debbie) Eiserle, Ft. Wayne; grandchildren: Brandi (Aaron Berry) Froelich, and Bryan (Lisa Ward) Froelich, both of Defiance; Christina Sigley, Charleston, SC, Matthew (Sara) Sigley, Deshler, OH, Caroline (Mike) Sigley, Arlington, VA, James (Ashley) Sigley, Bryan, OH, and Nicole Sigley, Defiance; great grandchildren: Serenity, Kamdyn, Timothy, Lillian, Sophia, Desmond, Trinity, and Jonathon; and mother figure to Barbara (Rick) Watkins-Jones of Liberty Center, OH.
She is preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Kenneth Eiserle.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted 10 AM Wednesday, September 25 at Divine Mercy Catholic Parish. Burial will follow in Live Oak Cemetery, Paulding, OH.
Visitation will be 4-8PM Tuesday, September 24 at Den Herder Funeral Home, Paulding, with a Wake Service at 7:30PM.
Donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Foundation or the Susan G. Koleman Foundation.
Online condolences may be sent to www.denherderfh.com
