LAKE WALES – Mr. Charles R. Seely, 87, died on Friday, 8/23/13, of heart failure. Service will be private. Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Wales.
Published in the Ledger (FL) from August 29 to August 30, 2013
LAKE WALES, FL: Mr. Charles R. Seely, 87, of Lake Wales, Florida died on Friday, August 23, 2013, at Savannah Court of Lake Wales.
He was born on August 26, 1925 in Moscow, Idaho to Theodore and Charlotte Seely and raised in Trumansburg, New York. His career as a financial account manager for the National Cash Register Company moved him and his family to a number of places: Mansfield, Ohio; Altoona, Pennsylvania; New Castle, Pennsylvania; Bethel Park, Pennsylvania; and, Marion, Ohio. In 1984 he retired to Lake Wales, Florida.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran who served in the Second World War, a longtime member of the Kiwanis Club of Lake Wales, a 32nd degree Mason, and served as a deacon, a ruling elder, and member of the choir at Hope Presbyterian Church in Winter Haven.
Chuck is survived by his daughter Constance Butler of Cambridge, Ohio; son, the Rev. Michael Seely of Vienna, West Virginia; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; sisters Anne DeFransisco and Charlotte Daniel; and brothers James, Ted, Tom, and Fred. He was preceded in death by his wife Phyllis in 2012.
A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Memorials of remembrance may be made to Hope Presbyterian Church 2110 Cypress Gardens Boulevard, Winter Haven, FL 33884.
Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Wales, Florida (863) 676-1431.
Published in the The Marion Star (OH) on August 30, 2013
[Great-great-grandson of SGS # 1948 – Charles R.; Theodore; Charles Ray; James Charles; Hiram (# 1948); Daniel (#609); Hezekiah; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert]
