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Jay B Seed

Birth	:	20 Aug 1894 Leon, Butler County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	9 Feb 1970 Leon, Butler County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Eastwood, Kalamazoo County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.3114014, -85.5681000
Description	:	Leon News, Thursday Feb 12, 1970 ________________ Funeral services for Jay B. Seed, 75, a lifetime resident of Leon, who died Monday, February 9, 1970 in Allen Memorial hospital, El Dorado, were held Thursday, February 12, in the Dietz-Pittman Funeral Home Colonial chapel, El Dorado. Rev. C. M. Nutter, staff member of the First United Methodist church, El Dorado, officiated, assisted by Rev. James Reed, pastor of the Leon United Methodist church, of which Mr. Seed was a member. Vocalists, Mrs. Paul Morris and Mrs. Harold Hammer, sang "Ivory Palaces" and "How Great Thou Art" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Harold... Read More	Leon News, Thursday Feb 12, 1970 ________________ Funeral services for Jay B. Seed, 75, a lifetime resident of Leon, who died Monday, February 9, 1970 in Allen Memorial hospital, El Dorado, were held Thursday, February 12, in the Dietz-Pittman Funeral Home Colonial chapel, El Dorado. Rev. C. M. Nutter, staff member of the First United Methodist church, El Dorado, officiated, assisted by Rev. James Reed, pastor of the Leon United Methodist church, of which Mr. Seed was a member. Vocalists, Mrs. Paul Morris and Mrs. Harold Hammer, sang "Ivory Palaces" and "How Great Thou Art" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Harold Jones. Casket bearers were Arthur Brown, Harold Jones, Harold G. Bailey, Cecil Humphries, Donald Johns, and Crayton Gardner. Serving as honorary bearers were Dr. Walter Westacott, A. L. Hammer, Robert Patterson, W. H. Guthrie, E. L. Hogue, M. J. Maclean, and Charles Horn. Burial was in the Leon cemetery, with Masonic rites conducted at graveside by Arley M. Kistler, orator. Mr. Seed was born in Leon on August 20, 1894, to Alexander and Eliza Hannon Seed. On May 3, 1922 he was married to Mercie Eckel in Wichita. Jay attended a pharmacy school in Wichita, and owned and operated a drug store in Leon. He also owned a similar store in Arkansas City. He retired in 1947. A 32nd Degree Mason, he was a member of Joppa Lodge No. 223, A.F.& A.M., Leon; the Wichita Consistory, Miolan Shrine, and Little Walnut Chapter 362, Order of the Eastern Star. he served several years on the Leon school board and city council. In 1955, Jay and Mercie organized the Leon Assembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls, and he was designated Rainbow Dad. His greatest happiness was found in his grandchildren and the work of the Masonic Lodge and the Rainbow Girls. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Col. Donald J. Seed, U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Geraldine) Horn, Saginaw, Michigan; a sister, Mrs. Ada Happel, Oxnard, California; and five grandchildren, Don Seed Jr., of San Francisco, California; Richard J. Seed of Bannon, Oregon; and John M. Seed of Dayton, Ohio; Patricia A. Horn of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Charlene L. Horn of Saginaw, Michigan. Mr. Seed was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.

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Where is Jay B Seed's memorial?
Jay B Seed's memorial is located at: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Eastwood, Kalamazoo County, USA.
When did Jay B Seed death?
Jay B Seed death on 9 Feb 1970 in Leon, Butler County, Kansas, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Jay B Seed's memorial?
Latitude: 42.3114014
Longitude: -85.5681000

Family Members:

Parent

Alexander Seed

(1853 - 1914)

Elizabeth Ann Hannon Seed

(1855 - 1915)

Spouse

Merele V Eckel Seed

(1903 - 2001)

Siblings

Clyde Lawrence Seed

(1889 - 1925)

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