Allard Al Loraine Seelye, 90, passed away on Friday, July 16, 2010, at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell. He was born on Feb. 28, 1920, in Watford City, N.D., to George Eugene and May Oretta (Johnson) Seelye, in the old hotel where his grandmother ran a maternity home. Al had three brothers, Dale, Donald and Jack. In 1929 his folks moved to the Dixon farm near Tioga, N.D., and he went to school there, graduating in 1938. He later wrote a book called, The Dixon Farm, to document and share the exciting experiences he had growing up there. Al later went to San Diego and worked two years to the day, helping build B24 airplanes at Consolidated Aircraft Co., during World War II. Then the Navy caught up with him and he attended boot camp in Farragut, Idaho, followed by two years in the world s largest ammunition depot at Hawthorne, Nev. This is where he met Doris Barlow and they dated for one year before he went overseas. Al was stationed in the Philippines aboard ship for one year and following his discharge from the Navy, he and Doris were married June 9, 1946, in Hawthorne. The couple moved to Seattle where Al took a two-and-a-half year course in electronics at Edison VoTech. Al then worked for Gambles in Kalispell doing their electrical repair work. He later worked for the Montana State Highway Department as their two-way radio man until his retirement; and he enjoyed every day of it. Following retirement, Al and his fishing buddy, Hank Dawson, fished all the rivers and lakes in the Flathead. He also started playing the fiddle and was a member of the Fiddling Friends, often accompanied by his wife, Doris, on her guitar. Al was a faithful member of the Central Bible Church in Kalispell and, as one of the workmen when the original facility was built, often claimed he pounded in almost every nail in the building. They have enjoyed many years of camping and fishing, traveling south in the winters, and fiddling for local nursing homes. Al was preceded in death by his parents, and all three brothers. He is survived by his wife, Doris, of Kalispell; two daughters, Sharon Skillman and husband, John, of Lustre, and Melody Nickel and husband, Dan, of Limrick, Ireland; one son, Tim Seelye, and wife, Melodee, of Kalispell; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Al will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 22, at Central Bible Church with Pastor Ron Youde officiating. Burial will precede the services at the church and will be at 10 a.m. at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Johnson - Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for Al s family. You are invited to go to www.jgfuneralhome.com to offer condolences and sign Al s guest book.
Published in the Daily Inter Lake, (Montana) Monday July 19, 2010
[Great-great-grandson of SGS # 2486 - Allard Lorraine; George Eugene; Charles Eugene; Ebenezer; Schubel/Shuble (#2486); Justus (#914); David; Justus; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel; Robert]
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