THOMAS W. SEIBERT

Thomas Wilson Seibert, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1998, at Chateau Health Center.

He was born in Brazeau on April 23, 1903, son of Dr. Daniel Glenn Seibert and Ella Mae Wilkinson.

He was a deacon and elder in the Presbyterian Church and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau.

He attended Jackson elementary and high school and Southeast Missouri Normal School and College. He transferred to Washington University in St. Louis and graduated with a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering. In 1925, he was designated by Washington University as a member of Scarab, the honorary architectural society.

On Sept. 4, 1931, he married Dorothy Swartout. She survives.

He worked for E.B. Fay Consulting Engineer as an assistant engineer, with Wabash Railway as a detailer and assistant engineer, and then with the U.S. Engineers on a Mississippi River survey. He also worked with the City of St. Louis as a surveyor and civil engineer until December 1940 when he was called by the U.S. Engineer Corps as an engineer. He worked on East Coast fortification installations until 1951.

In his engineering career, Seibert made plans for the toll house on the now closed Chairn of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi River. He also did the structural design of the Jewel Box in Forest Park, after the city of St. Louis Parks Department directed him to design a "floral display house."

Seibert moved to Augusta, Ga., to work as head civil engineer with Patchen and Zimmerman, consulting engineers. He later worked with Zimmerman, Evans and Leopold as head chief engineer and resident engineer. While working in Georgia, he supervised development of the 700-bed University Hospital in Augusta.

He retired in June 1979 and moved to Cape Girardeau.

He held a life membership in the Engineers Club of St. Louis and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, and Excelsior Lodge 441 A.F. and A.M. in Jackson from 1924 until his death.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a sister, Irene Masterson of Columbia, Tenn.

A brother and sister preceded him in death.

Graveside funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, with the Rev. Brendan Dempsey officiating. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.