Funeral services for Lois L. Seelye, 85, Lisbon, were held May 26, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisbon. Rev. Norm Anderson officiated. Mrs. Seelye passed away on May 23, 2012 in Parkside Lutheran Home, Lisbon.
Lois L. Seelye, daughter of Walter and Audrey (Moellenkamp) Freeberg, was born March 28, 1927 in Lisbon. She attended Lisbon school. She worked at Lisbon Public School and at Lisbon Nursing Home.
She married Marvin N. Swanson Jan. 29, 1944. She later married Melvin (Bus) Seelye on Dec. 29, 1975 in Webster, SD. After her marriage to Bus, they lived near Elliott and in 1996 moved to Lisbon. He died Nov. 29, 2001.
She is survived by sons Marvin J. (Susan) Swanson, Lisbon, Marlowe (Karen) Swanson, Mechanicsville, PA, Larry (Kay) Swanson, Gwinner, David (Darcie) Swanson, Prineville, OR; daughters Cheryl (Wendell) Wolters, Lisbon, Marcia (John) Nefs, Danridge, TN; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; brothers Lawrence (Dorothy) Freeberg, Billings, MT, Leon (Jean) Freeberg, Lisbon; sister Sandra (Bob) Hill, Jamestown.
She was preceded in death by her husband Bus, brother Richard and sister Lorelle Maley.
Pallbearers for the funeral were Darrel Swanson, Brad Swanson, Jordan Swanson, Mark Wolters, Matthew Wolters, and Andrew Wolters.
Music was provided by organist Jan Hansen and soloist Elise Nylander.
Internment at Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon.
Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon, was in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Ransom County Gazette, (Lisbon, North Dakota), May 28, 2012
[Wife of Great-grandson of SGS # 2486 - Melvin Lawrence; Walter Eben; Ebenezer; Schubel/Shuble (# 2486); Justus (# 914); David; Justus; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel; Robert]
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