Dr Arvid Charles Sieber

Area Physician

And Loving Husband And Father

Arvid Charles Sieber, MD, 76, of Woodbury, beloved husband of Helen Curtis Sieber, died at Waterbury Hospital, March 25, after a brief illness. He was born in Jersey City, N.J., December 1, 1933, son of Charles Sieber and Paula (Neuberger) Sieber.

Besides his wife of nearly 50 years, his seven loving children, including Steven and wife, Claudia, of Newtown; 17 grandchildren; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews, survive him.

He attended Mount St Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he graduated from medical school in 1960. He served in the Air Force in Kansas City, Mo., and then started a general medical practice in his hometown of Hendersonville, N.C. He later served as a corporate medical doctor at Olin Corporation in Stamford and as a staff physician in the Emergency Department at Danbury Hospital. In 1978, he went into private practice in family medicine in Ridgefield, and remained there until his initial retirement in 1998. He later served as a staff physician at the Southbury Training School, where he completed his rewarding medical career in 2005.

He greatly cherished spending time with his family and friends, and also enjoyed gardening, and playing the piano and organ.

He was active at St Teresa’s Parish in Woodbury, and was recently professed into the secular Franciscan order.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 29. Burial followed in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Waterbury.

Donations in his memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford CT 06492, or americanheart.org; or Carolyn’s Place, 137 Grandview Avenue, Waterbury CT 06708-2508; or to a charity of one’s choice.

Online condolences may be made at munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.

The Newtown Bee        April 2, 2010