Lela M. Seely

Lela M. Seely, 60, died Tuesday at her home at 1398 Charnelton St. She was born March 30, 1888, in Pineville, Mo., and was married to James A. Seely Sept 4, 1911 at Neosho, Mo. A resident of Eugene the past 35 years, she was a member of the Methodist Church and of the Philathean Circle of WSCS.

Surviving are her widower; a son, Samuel E., of Cheyenne, Wyo.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Strayer, Portland, and Mrs. Eleanor Warren, Eugene; two grandchildren, Jackie Strayer and Tom Warren; her mother, Mary A. Prater, Joplin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. T.R. Fugate, Joplin and Mrs. James Vaughn, Huntington, Ind.; three brothers Rolla C. Prater, Ogden, Utah, Guy of Joplin, and Luther, of Huntington.

Services will be announced from Simon Mortuary.

Published in the Register Guard, (Eugene, Oregon), Tuesday, May 4, 1948, page 3