Leona Lydia Hafenstein Seele

1909 - 1995  (86 years)

• Name	Leona Lydia Hafenstein Seele
  Born	29 Sep 1909	Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Sep 1995	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Buried	2 Oct 1995	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I195	Rossville
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Gustave Carl Hafenstein,   b. 1880, Germany ,   d. 12 Jun 1930, Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Louise Sophia Laging Hafenstein,   b. 17 Nov 1881, Wells Creek, Wabaunsee County, Kansas ,   d. 15 Feb 1967  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George J Seele,   b. 3 May 1908, Belvue, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 3 May 2007, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 99 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1929
  Children	+ 1. Diann L Seele Wells Northup,   b. 21 Sep 1945, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 25 Jun 2014, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 68 years) + 2. Leroy Seele   3. Larry Seele + 4. Marcella Seele Lundin   5. Lloyd Seele   6. Melvin Seele   7. Ivan Seele   8. Thomas Seele   9. Karen Seele Fauerbach Olson
  Documents		Anniversary- Seele, George and Leona Leona and George Seele celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary December 5, 1994. Mrs. Seele is a resident of St. Marys Manor and George is one of the most devoted of the volunteers.
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2018 08:50:06
  Family ID	F80	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 2 Oct 1995 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Seele, Leona Leona L. Seele St. Marys - Leona L. Seele, 86, St. Marys, died Friday, Sept. 29, 1995, at a St. Marys nursing home. Mrs. Seele owned and operated the Home Cafe in St. Marys and had worked for the St. Marys Manor. She was born Sept. 29, 1909, at the Kinsley Creek Community near Alma, the daughter of Augusta and Louise Laging Hafenstein. Mrs. Seele was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys and the Kaw Social Club. She married George Seele on Dec. 5, 1929, in St. Marys. He survives. Other survivors include four sons, Melvin Seele, Belvue, Ivan Seele, Paxico, Leroy Seele, in Texas, and Tom Seele, St. Marys; three daughters, Marcella Lundin, Delia, Diann Northup, Wamego, and Karen Fauerbach, St. Marys; a sister, Iva Abbot, Texas; a brother, Arnold Hafenstein, Alma; 28 grandchildren; and 47 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Seele was preceded in death by two sons, Larry Seele and Lloyd Seele, a grandson and three great- granddaughters. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery in St. Marys. Mrs. Seele will lie in state after 2 p.m. Sunday at the Piper-Verschelden Fu¬neral Home in St. Marys, where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Contributions may be made to the Leona L. Seele Memorial Fund and sent in care of the funeral home. Leona L. Seele ST. MARYS — Leona L. Seele, 86, St. Marys, died Friday, Sept. 29, 1995, at a St. Marys nursing home. She was born Sept. 29, 1909, at the Henry's Creek Community near Alma, the daughter of Gustave and Louise Laging Hafenstein. She was reared in the Kinsley Creek Community. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery in St. Marys. Mrs. Seele will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys, where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Contributions may be made to the Leona L. Seele Memorial Fund and sent in care of the funeral home.