Kathleen McNicholas Seeley

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Kathleen McNicholas Seeley, 67, of Westfield, N.J., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., following an eight-year long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer.

Kathleen's Life Celebration and visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17, at Gray Funeral Directors, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield. Her funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at the Presbyterian Church in Westfield, where a reception will immediately follow in Westminster Hall.

Born in Jersey City, N.J., to the late Thomas and Catherine Frizzell McNicholas, Kathleen had been an executive secretary with Merrill Lynch in New York. She retired from her position at Merrill Lynch in order to care for her young son.

Kathleen is survived by her loving husband, Donald W. Seeley Sr.; her son, Donald W. Seeley Jr. and his wife, Abigail; grandson, Henry Aaron Seeley; granddaughter, Layla Kathleen Seeley; sisters, Mary Cassone and Nora McNicholas Petronico; nephew, Richard Cassone, and niece, Veronica Cassone McGowan.

Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Youth Commission of the Presbyterian Church in Westfield, Attn: Rev. Michael Samson.

Published in Star-Ledger on August 16, 2014