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Word was received here today of the arrival in New York on Tuesday on the steamer bringing back American war heroes, of the body of Oren Seeley, a former resident of Fulton county, who died from the effects of being gassed in the last great offensive just prior to the signing of the Armistice.
The body, the first of any Fulton county men that made the supreme sacrifice in France in the war is expected to arrive here for burial in the very near future and the mother, Mrs. L. E. Seeley, of Spokane, Washington, is now at Leiters Ford awaiting the return. Funeral arrangements have not been made, pending word of shipment from New York but a funeral with full military honors accorded by the members of the Leroy C. Shelton Post American Legion, is being planned.
Oren Seeley was born January 4, 1896, at Woodhall, Ill., a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Seeley. He removed with his parents to Iowa at the age of five and later moved with his family to Aubbeenaubbee township, Fulton county, (Indiana) when 12 years of age.
He resided on the farm attending school at Leiters, where he graduated from the high school. When he reached the age of 21, he joined the U. S. army.
He served in the army for two years in Company M, 141st Infantry, 36th division. During this period he was on the Mexican border and was later sent to France where he served for seven months before dying from the effects of being gassed. Death occurred March 30, 1919, at Aube Banlay, France.
He is survived by the parents, a brother, and three sisters, Mrs. D. R Robinson, of Boston, Ind., who is here with her mother, and Mabel [Seeley] and Gertrude Seeley, of Spokane, Wash.
Published in the Rochester Sentinel, Friday, December 17, 1920
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