Irma B. Seely

Irma B. Seely

Oct. 8, 1895 – April 27, 1991

WOODBURN – Irma B. Seely, 95, died Saturday in a Eugene nursing home.

She was born in Genoa, Neb., and moved to Woodburn in 1910. She attended business college and was a legal secretary before marrying Percy H. Seely on Oct. 17, 1917, in Salem. She and her husband farmed for 50 years. He died in 1974.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Chapter J. P.E.O., and Daughters of the Nile.

Survivors include her son, Gordon of Woodburn; daughter, Marjorie Pierce of Eugene; sister, Minnie Olson of Riverside, Calif.; four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Ritualistic services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cornwell mortuary. Vault interment will be in Belle Passi Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the church memorial fund or Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Portland.

Published in The Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon), Monday, April 29, 1991, page 2B

[Wife of Great Grandson of Bishop SGS # 3052 – Percy Herbert; Edwin Ruthvin; Lucius Alexander; Bishop (#3052); Stephen Bishop (#1323); John; John S; Obadiah; Obadiah; Obadiah]