Obituary of Peter Edmund Siebert

Lost but never forgotten; loved forever. On Monday June 8th 2020, Peter Edmund Siebert lost his 7.5 week battle with GBM. He fought bravely with his family fighting for him to have multiple doctors attempt to find something that would help. Predeceased by his father Edmund Anton Siebert in 1985, he can now enjoy a drink with his father once again, after 35 years. Peter is also recently predeceased by his step-father Rolf Seiffert. Peter is survived by his loving mother Margarete Siebert/Seiffert. Peter has left behind his wonderful wife Heather and three amazing adult children Karl, Krystal, and Kyle and his daughter-in-law Kendra. He departed for the heavens with his family by his side.Peter was able to enjoy almost 3 years of retirement after a 35 plus year career with Metropolitan Toronto/City of Toronto. He spent most of those years as a welder/metal artist creating some of the City of Toronto’s metal sculptures and topiaries, even winning the City awards in garden shows. His work has been seen all over the city, sometimes where you least expect it. Much of his topiaries have been displayed over the years in Allan Gardens while many of his metal sculptures, including his sunflowers, can still be seen around the City of Toronto. The old saying of “Jack of all trades, master of none” was not true for Peter; he was somehow able to master everything he attempted to do. “Pete, master of all trades” is more fitting. Over the years he has enjoyed working on cars, doing carpentry, plumbing, you name it; putting his dedication to perfection into everything he did. He was also very active in designing and building his family home, even doing some of the work himself. He was truly an imaginative, creative, artistic, and inventive person whose talents will be greatly missed. His saying is “a job half done is a job not done”, something he worked by all of the time. Every job he did had a safety oriented goal, whether it was to put tape over a freshly sharpened blade or to remove the sharp edges from one of his metal creations before it left the shop. His jobs were always well thought out, coming up with ways to create that no one else could think of. They were also well overbuilt to any standards.Pete was able to always tell if someone’s idea was going to work or not. He knew right away if it wasn’t going to work and he would always let you know with the same choice word. Peter’s own ideas were genius. Peter was often called upon to create custom made solutions for logistical or mechanical problems in which he had never seen. He frequently only had a description of the problem yet was always able to construct a clever one-of-a-kind solution. However, he did have the occasional “Metro Moment” a phrase he coined to describe having a ‘brain fart’.Referred to by some as ‘Mopar Pete’ for the fuel in his veins and his love for the Dodge, and his years of toying with cars, he was never able to get his own car back together. His 1967 GTX has been apart for over 40 years, one of his many projects he was unable to finish. The other major project he had on the go was building a boat house at the lake. The boathouse was scheduled for completion this year. The lake property has been an ongoing project that was left to him by his father, and sadly now it’s up to Peter’s children to finish it.The message handed down to his children was “you either work with you brain, or you work with your back”. Peter always worked very hard with his brain, it was his most powerful muscle, and to see it crushed by GBM was a cruel torture for a brilliant man. Legacy is not the things you leave behind. Legacy is the knowledge and strength you leave to your children to become stronger, better and more than yourself. With all the love invested in his children, they have all they need to continue and better Peter's legacy for his grandchildren. Grandchildren who sadly never got to meet their Opa. Peter's legacy will live on in stories and memories forever.A service will be held at Taylor Funeral Home in Newmarket by invite only due to social distancing restrictions. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 World Pandemic we are unable to give Peter the proper memorial he deserves and will plan a future Celebration of Life at a later date when all his family and friends can celebrate and grieve in his honour without social distancing.The Bereavement Authority of Ontario has sent direction that anyone attending a visitation, funeral andgraveside service must be wearing a mask. For the most current directives from the Bereavement Authority of Ontario, please visit their website:https://thebao.ca/registrars-directive-changes-to-funeral-and-visitation-attendance/