Vernadel Seelye

March 14, 1907 – Jan. 1, 2002

Publication Date: January 5, 2002 – The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon

Vernadel Seelye died January 1, 2002 at the age of 94. Mrs. Seelye was born Vernadel Keith on March 14, 1907, in Spokane, WA. She graduated from the University of Washington. She was a secretary for North Pacific Grain Growers in Spokane in the early 1930s and later a homemaker. She moved in 1953 to Portland, OR, and was a 49 year member of Laurelhurst Presbyterian Church. In 1932 she married Winthrop Seelye. Survivors include her husband; son, Keith W.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Her son Norman L. died in 1999. [Provided by Keith W. Seelye]