Elizabeth M. Seeley

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CANTON - ELIZABETH M. SEELEY, 83, MICHIGAN

CANTON - Elizabeth M. Seeley, 83, Hudson, Mich., formerly of the Butternut Ridge Road, Canton, widow of Merrill W. Seeley, died Tuesday at the home of her son, Merrill, in Hudson, with whom she had resided.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the O'Leary Funeral Home, with Rev. George Sndyer, Baptist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Crary Mills Cemetery at a later date.

Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Surviving are three sons, Wallace L., Farwell, Mich., Warren A., Canton, and Merrill R., Hudson; a daughter, Mrs. William (Donna) Kyle, Whitmore Lake, Mich., and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Three daughters, Viola LaSiege, Ogdensburg, Mrs. James (Ruth) Machie, Clare, Mich., and Mrs. Victor (Marlene) Gardner, Canton, died previously.

Born in East Syracuse May 15, 1905, a daughter of George and Elizabeth Ackerman Corlew, she attended East Syracuse schools.

She married Merrill W. Seeley in 1939, in Detroit, Mich.

The couple lived in Detroit after their marriage, where Mr. Seeley was associated with the Ford Motor Co. for 45 years.

They came to the Canton area in 1957 and operated a dairy farm on the Butternut Ridge Road for 15 years until retiring in 1970. Mr. Seeley, also a native of East Syracuse, died in June 1979, at the age of 81.

SEELEY - In Hudson, Mich., March 29, 1988, Elizabeth M. Seeley, 83, Hudson, Mich., formerly of the Butternut Ridge Road, Canton, widow of Merrill W. Seeley. Funeral, Saturday, 10 a.m., O'Leary Funeral Home, Canton. Burial in Crary Mills Cemetery at a later date.

Published in the Watertown Daily Times (NY) - March 31, 1988, Page: 24