Theo Christiana (Klaseen) Sieg
Marriages
Ron Sieg
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6A - September 22, 2022
With quilt fat quarters
on the ironing board and
beef broth bubbling on the
stove, Theo Sieg left us
suddenly, on Sunday, Sept.
18, 2022, in San Rafael, CA.
Born on “Tuolumne Cooperative Farm” in Modesto,
she attended North Davis Elementary, Buckeye
Elementary, Central Valley High, Shasta High, and
Humboldt State College. Theo lived in Davis, Redding,
Arcata, Paris, Bangkok, San Francisco, Mendocino,
and San Rafael.
In addition, for two years, she lived and traveled in
a converted school bus, driving throughout America,
where she homeschooled her two spunky children and
gave advice and support to her creative photographer
husband, Ron.
Theo worked as a lifeguard, camp counselor, Busvan
clerk, Thai restaurant hostess, daffodil picker, ESL
teacher, VRBO host, cab driver, and finally as dispatcher
for DeSoto and then Flywheel Cab Company. If you
got a ride in the last 10 years, you probably talked to
Theo. She loved “working the phones,” helping people
in need get critical transportation while being sure
that her diverse group of cab drivers were able to take
as many calls as possible. She loved and was adept at
picking up new words from the languages of her drivers
and customers. Her cab passengers recognized her by
the colorful silk flowers in her hair and the interest she
showed in each of them. She was a gold mine of service
to her customers.
Her joys included: finding beautiful fabrics to sew yet
more pillow cases, raising epiphyllums, reading fantasy
science fiction, (Robin McKinley and Patricia Briggs),
and cooking a good pot of beans or pork roast. She
treasured time with her adventuresome children and
daughter-in-law. She was an avid newspaper reader and
puzzle page solver. Her intellect was vast.
Theo is preceded in death by her mother and father,
Vi and Ted Klaseen, her mother-in-law Katie Sieg, and
her nephew Anders Prokop. Leaving to mourn her are
husband, Ron Sieg; son, Toby Sieg and her new joy,
her daughter-in-law, Nadia Mendez; all of San Rafael,
California; as well as her daughter, Stina Sieg, Western
Slope Colorado Public Radio reporter, Grand Junction,
Colorado. She is also survived by brothers; Sven
Klaseen, and Nels Klaseen, and sister Elin Klaseen
(Bob) all of of Redding; and sister, Joanna K. Pace
(Clay,) of El Cerrito; as well as her niblings, Ruth Pace of
Pittsburgh, PA; Ingmar (Andrea) Prokop of Bellingham,
WA; and Sofia Prokop (Bobby) of Hood River, OR, and
cousins in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado,
and Sweden.
Theo’s outdoor Celebration of Life is at 1 p.m. on
Saturday, Sept. 24. Contact joannapace4@gmail.com
or (510) 860-3696 for details. No one leaves without
an epi! Remember Theo when you buy a book at Dark
Carnival Bookstore, or a hank of fabric at Bay Quilts,
or send a memorial gift to San Francisco Epiphyllum
Society, 2520 Crestmoor Drive, San Bruno, CA, 94066.
