- Date Of Birth: May 29, 1936
- Date Of Death: October 4, 2021
- State: Maine
Phippsburg – Siegfried A. Cesh, 85, of Phippsburg, died Monday, October 4, 2021, at his residence surrounded by his family.
He was born in Laziska Srednie, Poland on May 29, 1936, the son of Adolf and Paulina (Gibiez) Czyz.
He attended schools in Germany and did an apprenticeship in stone masonry. After immigrating to the US in 1956 with the aid of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Society, he settled in Southern California. After a few years, he joined the US Army and was stationed in Erlangen, Germany where he met his wife Ingeborg. After marrying in 1961, they returned to California where he worked as a self-employed stone mason, raised two daughters, and was an elder at the First Presbytarian Church of Hollywood. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cal State University Northridge and his master’s degree from UCLA. In 1999 they moved to Phippsburg, Maine.
He was an active member of North Woolwich Methodist Church, Chaplain for Mid Coast Hospital for 20 years, and a volunteer at the Bath Area Food Bank and Two Bridges Jail.
Siegfried was a very creative person, constantly building things for himself and others.
He was predeceased by his wife, Ingeborg J. Cesh on September 11, 2020 and infant daughter Suzanne, three sisters, Friedel Lohoff, Erna Helling and his twin, Liesbeth Koch.
He is survived by two daughters, Simone Flaming and her husband Glenn of Dresden and Tanja Cesh and her husband Gregory Watson of Portland, one sister, Ilse Fischer of Ebbs, Austria, four grandchildren, Annika N. Flaming, Isaak J. Flaming, Aubrey G. Watson, and Ethan W. Watson and many nieces and nephews.
