Michael J Moeller

Michael J. Moeller, 79 of Sioux City passed away on Friday, November 6, 2015 at a local care facility. Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Rev. Roger Linnan will officiate. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. Monday with the family present from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. and a vigil service at 7:00 P.M. Monday all at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Mike was born June 1, 1936 in Mason City, IA; to Arnold and Ruth (Anderson) Moeller. Mike grew up in Clear Lake, Iowa, and enjoyed sports and sailing. He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1954 and then from Iowa State University in May of 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Administration. He belonged to the Sigma Nu Fraternity and was a lifetime member of the Order of the Knoll and ISU Alumni Association, and received a Service Key Award from ISU. He was active in both the Mason City and Sioux City Cyclone Clubs. Mike married Beverly Duesenberg August 31, 1956 in Clear Lake. Mike started working at the First National Bank in Mason City in July of 1958, in the corporate training program of the Minneapolis-based Northwest Bancorporation. In 1972 he transferred to the company's bank in Sioux City, known as Northwestern National Bank (later Norwest) as Executive Vice President to spearhead the opening of the Norwest Downtown Financial Center. He was promoted to President and CEO of Norwest Bank of Sioux City in 1982. He retired from Norwest (now Wells Fargo) in 1999. In Sioux City, Mike was active in numerous community organizations including serving on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, President of the Board of Trustees of the Sioux City Art Center, President of the Siouxland Industrial Development Council, Chairman of the Siouxland Initiative II, Chairman of the Siouxland United Way Campaign in 1990, Corporate Chairman for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation's "Walk for the Cure", Treasurer of the Sioux City Public Library Foundation, Director and Chairman of the Marian Health Center Financial Committee, Trustee for Briar Cliff College, Board of the Catholic School Foundation, Diocesan Corporate Board and Trustee Board for the Priests' Pension Fund. Mike was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and served on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities. He and Beverly were awarded the Briar Cliff Medal of Honor in 1997. Mike was a member and past director of the Sioux City Country Club. He enjoyed golfing and made a hole-in-one at Imperial Golf Club of Naples, Florida, where he and Beverly wintered for several years. Survivors include his wife Beverly; 3 children: Ann Rickord and her husband Bill, John Moeller and his wife Amy, Richard Moeller and his wife Denise, all of Sioux City; 7 grandchildren: Brett and M. J. Rickord, Andrew and Michelle Moeller, Benjamin, Stephen and Maggie Moeller; a sister in law: Mary Moeller of Clear Lake, IA; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Pallbearers will be his grandchildren. Mike was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Steven A. Moeller and a grandson Joseph David Moeller. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you select a memorial of your choice.