Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sivyer, Monika Elizabeth (Secker) February 5, 2022
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Portland Review - Sunday February 13, 2022

                            Monika Sivyer

VERMONTVILLE-Monika Elizabeth Secker Sivyer, age 78 of Vermontville, died 
peacefully on Saturday February 5, 2022 in Lansing. Monika was born August 5, 
1943 in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, the daughter of Richard and Helene(Hee) Secker.
She finished two years of college before falling in love with a young American 
soldier stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War. Dwain Sivyer and Monika 
Secker were married on October 6, 1962, in Fri-Laubersheim, Germany, and settled 
in Michigan in 1964. They enjoyed 55 years of marriage, including many 
adventures traveling and raising their four children.Monika and Dewain loved 
fishing in Nicholson Bay,Lake Windermere, Ontario Canada. She loved gardening, 
knitting and scrap booking. She was an accomplished bowler, bowling in Portland, 
Charlotte and Lansing. She will be forever known as a devoted mom and 
grandmother. She loved her kids and grandchildren more than anything.

Monika is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Dewain. She is survived 
by her children, Susan (Edward) Daood, James (Linda) Sivyer, Richard 
(Martha)Sivyer, Cynthia (Brad) Huff; her grandchildren Alexander, Cody, Anne, 
Brianna, Amber, Hannah and Jacob and her beloved great-grandchildren; Jocelyn, 
Ave, Brayden, Chloe, Lacey, ad Ellie. The family wishes to thank Monika's 
friends in the Amish Community who befriended her, especially Lavon and Darrel 
Chupp, who she loved as her own grandchildren.

Friends and family are encouraged to support Monika's family sharing memories on 
her tribute page at www.prayfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers the family asks you 
donate to your favorite charity who may need it most. The family is in the care 
of Pray Funeral Home.

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