Joyce Elaine Siddens

Joyce E. Siddens, 79, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Sunday, January 31, 2021 at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center. She was born April 1, 1941 in Waverly the daughter of Virgil Earl and Neva Nellie Fassett Steele.

Joyce graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1959; received her BA in Teaching from UNI in 1963 and Masters in Busines Education from UNI in 1969. She married Robert S. “Bob” Siddens June 5, 1971 at Jordan’s Grove Baptist Church in Jordan’s Grove, Iowa. He died September 27, 2018.

Joyce taught at East Buchanan High School in Winthrop and Gates Business College before teaching Business Education at Waterloo West and Central High Schools for 35 years retiring in 1999.

She is survived by her daughters, Kara Siddens of Cedar Falls and Erica Luebbers of Sumner; stepdaughters, Beth Siddens of Covallis‚ OR and JoEllen Siddens of Downers Grove‚ IL; stepsons, Todd Siddens of McKinney‚ TX and Scott Siddens of Oregon; 14 grandchildren: Sydney, Savannah, Sawyer, Breanne, Cody, Madison, Julian, Alexei, Eliot, Peri, Jeannie, Cameron, Grace, and Anna; 13 great grandchildren: Jordan, Kaylie, Becca, Tanner, Dylan, Henry, Genevieve, Layla, Sonia, Mateo, Celeste, Jude, and June; a brother-in-law, Don Leaman of Iowa City; and nieces, Ellen Stidham of Dyer‚ IN and Donna Aubrey of Plano‚ TX.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; and sister, Veral Leaman.