Funeral services for Marian Seaman are scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at Whitaker-Eads Funeral Home in Trenton. Burial will be at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 at the Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield.
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Mrs. Seaman, an 88-year-old resident of Trenton, died at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 at Sunnyview Nursing Home in Trenton.
Mrs. Seaman was born on Jan. 9, 1924 in Trenton to Howard Thomas and Bessie Brees Wilson. She was married on Nov. 7, 1942 in Gretna, LA to Daniel L. Seaman, who preceded her in death in 1990. After their marriage, she started work with the Federal Reserve in New Orleans, issuing checks for Idle Tire Program. In 1966 she started a 22-year carrier with the Department of Defense, working at the Olathe Naval Air Station in Olathe, KS, the Richards Gebauer Air Force Base, the Air Force Communications Service, the Scott Air Force Base and the Defense Investigative Service, where she retired as a special agent in 1988. She moved back to Trenton in January 1991.
Mrs. Seaman was a member of the Trenton First Christian Church as well as Beta Sigma Phi, Heritage Club, the Christian Woman’s Fellowship, DAR and the Grundy County Historical Society. Playing cards with family and the bridge clubs was one of her favorite hobbies.
Surviving relatives include her sons, Dan Seaman and his wife, Maribeth of Branson Westand Mark Seaman and his wife, Regina of Springfield; four sisters, Marcaline Brown of Albany, Madeline Collins of Clark, Mildred Pendlay of Trenton and Maxine Pennell; of Trenton; a granddaughter, Suzanne Anglum and her husband, Mike; and a great-grandson, Alec Anglum.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Joel Richard Seaman; and a sister, Martha Kidd.
Memorial donations are suggested to the Rehabilitation Services for the Blind and mailed to the funeral home or PO Box 2320, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
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