Sigmund "Sig" Maika passed away peacefully on July 2, 2021 at Froedert South Hospital.  He was born in Wimber, Germany to Edmund and Walentina Maika.  At the age of 10, Sig immigrated with his mother to the United States after the passing of his father.  On September 4, 1962, he proudly became a United States citizen.  Sig enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1965, and was deployed to the Vietnam War in l967 with the 101st Airborne Division until his honorable discharge in 1968 as a rank of Sergeant.

On February 28, 1969, he married Colleen McNeil.  Survivors include his wife and their three children, Sigmund, Jr., Todd, and Kimberly Agpasa, and his eight grandchildren.

Sig worked for Sears and then Magid Glove and Safety Manufacturing Company where he was the VIce President of Sales, retiring in 2009.

Family and friends are invited for a celebration of Sig's life on Sunday, August 1, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the VFW, 6618-39 Avenue with military honors at 2 p.m.