SEAMANS, Charles Wilmer 1927-2015

SEAMANS, MCGLAUGHLIN, REGENOLD

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 8/19/2016 at 15:49:00

Obituary for Charles Wilmer Seamans

Charles Wilmer Seamans, age 88, of Fredericksburg, Iowa, went home Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Linn Haven Rehab and Healthcare in New Hampton, Iowa.

Celebration of life service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Fredericksburg with Rev. Mike Christie presiding. Joshua Seamans will be the urn bearer.

Friends may greet the family two hours prior to the service at the church on Saturday.

A private family burial will take place at a later date.

Charles Wilmer Seamans was born November 18, 1927 in Buchannan County, Iowa, the son of Wilmer and Elsie B. (McGlaughlin) Seamans. Charles attended country schools in the Littleton area growing up. After his schooling he started to help his brothers on their farms. He was a hard worker from the start.

At age 18 he started his own trucking business. He continued to farm until he entered the United States Army in 1952. While he was in active duty he courted the love of his life, Kathleen Regenold. The couple later married on July 19, 1952 at the First Presbyterian Church in Waterloo. To this union five children were born.

Charles and Kathleen made their home in Black Hawk County after they were married and started to farm. In 1957 they moved to Lawler where they continued to farm before making Fredericksburg their home in 1962. Charles farmed in the Fredericksburg area until his health would no longer allow him to. In 1974 he began Seamans’ Trucking Inc. He trucked for 13 years before retiring and eventually selling the business.

Charles was known to work hard and play hard. His faith in God got him through life's challenges. He enjoyed life to the fullest and did everything whole hearted. He enjoyed traveling with his family. Charles and Kathleen were snowbird for 28 years making their home for the winter in Avon Park, Florida. Along with traveling he enjoyed camping, square dancing, and fishing trips to Canada.

Charles is survived by his wife of 63 years Kathleen of Fredericksburg, Iowa; one son, Lawrence (Patty) Seamans of Ionia, Iowa; one daughter, Mary (Tim) Wiltgen of Fredericksburg, Iowa, one daughter-through-love LeAnn (Tim) Baldwin of Nashua, Iowa; nine grandchildren, Joshua (Laura) Seamans of Solon, Iowa, Nathan (Kim) Seamans of Ionia, Iowa, Laura (Nate) Folkerts of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Katie (Phillip) Bormann of Dubuque, Iowa, Erin Baldwin of Manchester, Iowa, David (Kaitlyn) Oswald of New Hampton, Iowa, Megan (Kristofer) Anderson of Becker, Minnesota, Bryan (Chloe) Baldwin of Manchester, Iowa, Daniel (Anna) Oswald of States Center, Iowa; sixteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Lowell Seamans of Waterloo, Iowa; two sisters Becky VanDaele of Independence, Iowa, Ruth Meade of Waterloo, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by one son, Charles Seamans Jr; two daughters, Judith Seamans, Janette Seamans; one son-in-law Michael Oswald; three brothers, Marcen Seamans, Gordon Seamans, Roland Seamans; two sisters Luella Stoneman and Naomi Boyce.

Source: Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home