Howard Wesley SEELY

Howard W. Seely

Funeral for Howard W. Seely, a retired U.S. Navy engineering officer will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Fuiten Mortuary, Beaverton.

Mr. Seely died Saturday in his home in Southwest Portland. He was 78.

He was born in Woodburn. He joined the Navy in 1932 as a seaman apprentice and retired in 1957 as a lieutenant commander. He was a past state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of Beaverton VFW Post 4617. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth; son, Paul, Portland; daughter, Carol Richardson, Aloha; brother Lloyd, Albany; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Private entombment will be in Willamette National Cemetery.

Published in The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), Tuesday, April 12, 1988, page 7C

[Great-Great-Grandson of Bishop SGS # 3052 – Howard Wesley; Perry Wesley; Edwin Ruthvin; Lucius Alexander; Bishop (#3052); Stephen Bishop (#1323); John; John S; Obadiah; Obadiah; Obadiah]