{"id":135892,"date":"2026-10-15T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/10\/15\/thomas-sievers\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-10-15T05:02:18","modified_gmt":"2029-04-02T05:02:18","slug":"thomas-sievers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/10\/15\/thomas-sievers\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Sievers"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Thomas John Sievers, 75, of Wolf Point died Oct. 10, 2026.<br \/>\n\t  Born on May 9, 1951, to Harry and Bernice Sievers,  he lived a life defined by hard work, generosity and, above all, an unwavering  love for his family.<br \/>\n\t  He married his high school sweetheart, Cheryl  Boysun, on Oct. 16, 1971. Together, they built a beautiful life centered on family, raising their daughters,  Melissa, Jill and Heidi. He was a devoted husband and an incredible dad to his girls. He showed his love through a lifetime of sacrifices, lessons, laughter  and always being there when they needed him.<br \/>\n\t  A hardworking farmer and talented carpenter, he took pride in everything he built, from his beautiful potato crops to the life he created for his family. He loved bird hunting with his dog, Vida, fishing, cattle  drives, ball games and rodeo. He was also his family&apos;s biggest sports fan, traveling countless miles to watch his children and grandchildren compete and cheering them on over the phone whenever he couldn&apos;t be there.<br \/>\n\t  His greatest pride and joy were his seven grandchildren.  He was much more than a grandfather; he was a second father, a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136122,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135892\/revisions\/136122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135892"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=135892"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=135892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}