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William J Seitz

Male 1933 - 2002  (69 years)


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  • Name William J Seitz 
    Born 21 May 1933  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Nov 2002  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6185  Rossville
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2018 

    Father Bernard Seitz 
    Mother Lena Pageler Seitz 
    Family ID F4913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice E Otting Seitz,   b. 9 May 1932, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 2021, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 26 Apr 1959  Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James E Seitz  [Adopted]
     2. Janet Seitz Valentine  [Adopted]
     3. Joseph R (Joe) Seitz,   d. 7 Jan 1989  [Adopted]
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2022 17:34:57 
    Family ID F7174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Apr 1959 - Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Seitz, William J.
    Obituary- Seitz, William J.
    Bill Seitz
    ST. MARYS—William J. “Bill” Seitz, 69, St.
    Marys, died Wednesday, Nov. 6,2002, at his home.

    Mr. Seitz was a telecommunications engineer
    and retired from ConTel Telephone Co. in 1991. He also was an antique clock repairman and operated a shop in his home for the past 25 years. He worked for Charlie Sharp’s gas station and the Farmer’s Union Co-op service station while he was in high school, and later for its oil and seed corn plant before joining the Army. He served in the Army as an anti-air artillery specialist from 1951 to 1953.

    He was born May 21,1933, on a farm near St. Marys, to Bernard and Lena Pageler Seitz. He graduated from St, Marys High School in 1951.

    Mr. Seitz was a member of Immaculate Concep¬tion Catholic Church, a 50-year member and a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 657. He was past post commander of Hoy-Heim Post No. 178 of the American Legion and a member of St. Marys Historical Society.

    He married Alice Otting on April 26,1959. She survives.

    Other survivors include a son, James Seitz, Wichita; a daughter, Janet Valentine, Cincinnati; two sisters, Mary K. Denton, St. Marys, and Joan Marie Sebring, Topeka; a brother, Albert J. Seitz, Ottawa; and two grandsons.

    Mr. Seitz was preceded in death by a son, Joseph R. Seitz, on Jan. 7,1989.

    Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. Mr. Seitz will lie in state from 2 to 5 p.m. today at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys and after 6:30 p.m. at the church. A rosary recited at 7 p.m. today at the church will be followed by visitation.

    Contributions may be made to Midland Hospice or Catholic Education and sent in care of the funeral home.