Seiler, Dorothy Mae
SEILER, MICHE, MERCHANT, GOETZ, HULL, WILLIS
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Date: 12/27/2008 at 08:09:05
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SAVANNA, Ill. — Dorothy Mae Seiler, age 86, of Savanna, Illinois, died Friday, December 12, 2008, at Big Meadows Nursing Facility in Savanna. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Savanna with the Reverend Larry Thomson officiating. Burial will be in the Lanark Cemetery, Lanark, Illinois. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 15, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church in Savanna. A memorial fund has been established in Dorothy’s memory. Online condolences and memorial tributes may be sent to the family at www.lawjonesfuneral.com. Dorothy was born July 27, 1922, in Elroy, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Frank and Edna Erna (Miche) Merchant. She graduated from Freeport High School. Dorothy married Howard Duane Seiler on May 17, 1947, in Decorah, Iowa. Howard passed away January 3, 1978, in Clinton, Iowa. She worked for the Savanna Army Depot, Savanna Garment Factory, Clinton Engines in Maquoketa, Iowa, Sabula Speaker Factory in Sabula in Sabula, Iowa, and later worked for the Eaton Corporation as a line worker. Dorothy was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Savanna. She enjoyed crocheting, flowers, gardening and being with her grandchildren. Most importantly she loved her church and her family. Dorothy will be dearly missed by her son, Vernon (Nancy) Seiler of Elkhorn, Wisconsin; daughter-in-law, Selene Seiler of Byron, Illinois; two daughters, Sandra (Freddy) Goetz of Savanna, Kathy (Bob) Hull of Olney, Illinois; nine grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Howard; son, Roger; great-granddaughter, Hannah Willis; two brothers and three sisters.Death date: Dec. 12, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 12/15/2008 - 12/17/2008
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