Sarah E. Hays-Siegler, age 89, of Mauston, formerly of Arkdale/Necedah passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at the Fair View Nursing Home in Mauston, Wisconsin.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the Roseberry's Funeral Home in Friendship, Wisconsin. Father Eric Berns will officiate. Interment will be at the Monroe Center Cemetery, Town of Monroe, Adams County, Wisconsin.

Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at Roseberry's Funeral Home.

Sarah was born April 10, 1920 in Town of Monroe, Adams County, Wisconsin, to Ole and Olga (Martin) Carlson. She married Clifford A. Hays on August 21, 1937 in Elkader, Iowa. This marriage was blessed with two sons, Harry and Dwaine. Together they owned a grocery store in Friendship and the Dry Cleaners in Adams. Sarah and Clifford lived on their farm in Arkdale for many years. She worked at F.D. Farnum Company and Totem Liquor in Necedah. Clifford passed away on June7, 1985.

Sarah married her second husband George M. Siegler on May 3, 1986. He passed away on August 16, 1998.

She lived at Terrace Heights Assisted Living in Mauston and also at The Fairview Nursing Home for the past few years in Mauston.

She was preceded in death by her parents,  Ole & Olga Carlson; husband,  Clifford Hays; second husband, George Siegler; brother, Emil (Mary) Carlson; and sister, Caroline (Jim) Lockerbie.