JOHN A. SEIDLER, 71, 626 Sixth Avenue, a retired farm implement dealer, died Sunday at his home. He had been under treatment for a heart disease. A lifelong resident of Pottawattamie County, he ran the International Harvester Agency here for 25 years. He was a member of St. Francis Church, Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge and Moose Lodge.

Survivors include: widow, Elizabeth; daughter, Miss Beatrice of San Francisco, California; two sons, John P. of Council Bluffs and William of Omaha; brother, Frank of Council Bluffs; three sisters, Mrs. Kate Rains and Mrs. Adolph Klopping, both of Council Bluffs, Mrs. Jose Ferguson of Claresholm, Alberta, Canada; and two grandchildren.