Sid Wasem gave Shirley Derscheid Miller an old (he claimed 125 years) dresser made of black walnut, shortly after Leah Miller was born. He wanted it to stay in the family. Shirley had it refinished and gave it to Leah for her 20th birthday.

OBITUARY-SIDNEY WASEM DIES MONDAY AT DESMET.
Sidney Wasem, 70 died Monday morning Nov 26 at the Memorial Hospital in DeSmet following a short illness.
Wasem, born in 1886, Fort Dodge, IA, to Minnie and George Wasem, came to South Dakota when a small boy and spent the rest of his life in Osceola and surrounding communities. He was never married.
Survivors include two nieces, Mrs Doris Griggs, Alpena, and Mrs Ione Boice, Eugene, OR, and one step brother, Marcus Houghton. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Albert, and one step brother, Merle Houghton.
Wasem was a member of the Methodist Church, the REA band and the Masonic Lodge in Iroquois.
Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Hoevet Funeral Home, Iroquois, are incomplete