It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Wayne D. Seifert of Cañon City, CO, who passed away on February 12th, 2023. Wayne was born July 4, 1953, in Cañon City, to Linley and Ruth (Stettler) Seifert. Wayne grew up in Westcliffe, and attended Custer County High School where he played many sports. Wayne worked at Colorado Refractories-BMI for over 25 years. He then worked at Holcim for 19 years, retiring in 2018. He loved working in the quarry and kept track of how many miles he drilled (1,490,965 ft, to be exact).
After he retired, he looked forward to helping his brother, Jerry, put up hay in Westcliffe, helping his friend, Rick, with mitigation jobs and catching up with his many friends. Wayne enjoyed flying, fishing, hunting, arrowhead hunting, col-lecting firewood, playing horseshoes and riding his four wheeler.
Wayne will be missed by his wife of 49 years, Sandra Kay (Pearce) Seifert; his daughters, Sarah (Kent) Cooper of Pueblo
and Elizabeth (Pierre) Gamache of Cañon City; six granddaughters, Marley, Kaitlyn, Abbey, Juliana, Lucy and Summer; his siblings, Jerry Seifert, Janie Schlosser, Joyce Thornal, Bonnie Jansen, Holly Giroux and Steve Seifert and numerous nieces and nephews.
Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, Jimmy, Jack and Kenny and one niece and nephew.
Services are pending and will be announced online at holtfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Update: A Memorial Service will be held Saturday April 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Custer County School located at 709 Main Street in Westcliffe, Colorado.
Services for Wayne’s sister-in-law, Mary Seifert will be held at the same time and location.