Arvella Coriell Sirman, loved her family
Arvella “Buddy” Coriell Sirman, 96, peacefully left her family and friends Wednesday, April 6, 2022, to go home and meet all her loved ones in heaven.
She was born April 10, 1925, in Carlton, Ore., to Charles Elmer Coriell and Edna Pearl Johnson Coriell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Linwood J. Sirman; and a grandson, Tyler Givans.
Buddy is survived by her three children, Gail (Merrill) Rogers, Karen Revel and Dennis (Savannah) Sirman. She also has five grandchildren, Julie Abbott (Dave Valeski), Brian (Tango) Rogers, Mark (Andrew Lower) Revel, Tara (Dusty) Waggoner and Kelly (Cy) Clendaniel. Also surviving are 12 great-grandchildren, Kailee Abbott, Gunnar Abbott, Zachary Givans, Hayden Rogers, Kenley Rogers, Austin Revel, Zachary Revel, Jacob Jones, Brooke Inman, Arianna Waggoner, Coen Clendaniel and Corban Clendaniel; as well as one great-great-granddaughter, Karsyn Long. Buddy also leaves behind many nieces and nephews, and her longtime friend, Ernest Davis.
Buddy grew up in Idaho. After her school career at Moscow High School, she was working in Spokane, Wash., usually coming home on weekends by train. On one of those train rides, she met her future husband Linwood Sirman. He was stationed at Fort Lewis in the Army. He invited her to have Thanksgiving dinner with him at the base, and they were married Dec. 1, 1944. Soon after they were married, the Army transferred him to another base in Alabama. There was no housing there for married couples, so he put her on a train, and she met her new in-laws at the Wilmington Train Station. She lived with them until his Army discharge.
She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary at Post 28, Millsboro. She worked for Acme Markets in Georgetown for 20-plus years.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692, or to American Legion Post 28, 31768 Legion Road, Millsboro, DE 19966.
A funeral service will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, at Watson Funeral Home, 211 S. Washington St., Millsboro, where friends may call from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for viewing and visitation. Interment will follow at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Electronic condolences via watsonfh.com.
