Services for former Anchorage resident Helen Seeley, 75, will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Seattle.
She died Nov. 22, at Swedish Hospital in Seattle.
Born Aug. 22, 1912, in Seattle, she moved to Alaska in 1916 with her parents, pioneers Ann and Ray Larson.
Her father bought one of the first commercial lots in Anchorage and established a glass and hardware store located at the present day site of the downtown district courthouse.
She attended school in Anchorage, except for the last three years of high school when she went to Holy Names Academy in Seattle. She also attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She was remembered in Evangeline Atwood’s book “Alaska USA” as the first queen in the university’s Queen of the May pageant.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Lawlor Seeley, in 1974. Dr. Seeley was the second dentist to practice in Anchorage.
Mrs. Seeley moved to Seattle in 1954.
She leaves her four daughters, Joanne Hodel and Theresa Waldock, both of Anchorage, Marilyn Hasenoehrl of Bellevue, Wash., and Yvonne Everett of Moraga, Calif.; three sons, James, of Anchorage, John, of Olympia, Wash., and David, of Moraga, Calif.; and 23 grandchildren.
Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Burial will be at Calvary Memorial Park in Seattle.
Memorials should be direct to the Brother Francis Shelter.
Published in the Anchorage Daily News (AK) – November 28, 1987, Page: B2
Helen Marie SEELEY. Widow of Lawlor J. Seeley. Beloved mother of Joanne M. Hodel and Jim Seeley, both Anchorage, Alaska; John Seeley, Olympia; David Seeley, Moraga, Calif.; Marilyn Hasenoehrl, Bellevue; Yvonne Everett, Moraga, Claif. and Theresa Waldock, Anchorage. Grandmother of John, Chris, Jennifer, Karen, Michelle and Megan Hodel, of Anchorage; Brad and Todd Seeley and Laura VanDyke, of Anchorage; Ted, Chris and Caroline Seeley, of Olympia; Allison, Caitlin and Madeline Seeley, of Moraga; Kelly, Kevin, Kathleen and Max Hasenoehrl, of Bellevue; Eric and Nicole Bigas, Moraga; Michael and Courtney Waldock, of Anchorage. Cousin of William ”Bud” Prueher, Seattle. Member of Elizabeth Gerbel Circle of Association for Catholic Childhood and a member of a pioneer Alaska family. Rosary Sunday,
7:30 p.m., Mass of Christian Burial Monday
10 a.m., both Our Lady of Fatima Church. Interment, Calvary. Remembrances may be made to Catholic Childhood Assn.
HOFFNER-FISHER and HARVEY
Published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) – November 28, 1987, Page: B2
