Ronald Don Seeley
Personal
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 30, 1942
Date of Death: December 8, 2020
Birth Place: Moroni, UT
Death Place: Sandy, UT
Ronald Don Seeley
1942 – 2020
Our loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather Ronald Don Seeley returned to his heavenly home Tuesday December 8, 2020. He will be greatly missed.
He was born August 30, 1942 to Don and Fay Seeley in Moroni, Utah. He always said I was born in my Dads month and moms day.
In his youth, he became an Eagle Scout. He had a dog-named Spot that he loved very much. He loved to herd sheep with his grampa Seely. He also loved the many summers he spent working on his Uncle Burt’s farm in Mount Pleasant, Utah. This became his second home and second family. He liked anything to do with farming. He also liked to tinker with cars and any type of mechanical things.
Later in his youth, he served a mission for the LDS Church to the New York/Eastern States mission. On that mission, he met his sweetheart Patty Ann. He asked her to wait for him to finish his mission. She did and they later got married in the Salt Lake Temple November 20, 1964 by Thomas S. Monson. Shortly after that he joined the Utah Army National Guard where he proudly served our country his entire career. He retired as Command Sargent Major.
It wasn’t too long before their family began to grow. They were blessed with three girls- Wendy, Tracey and Jodi, who gave them plenty of “adventures.”
He loved camping with his family. He taught his girls how to fish, he was patient when they would throw rocks into the lake scaring all the fish away and taught us that it was okay to use leaves as toilet paper. His favorite place to camp was in the beautiful Uintah Mountains. He loved to travel, tell stores-especially stories about family genealogy and hunting with his dad and brothers. He was also a very good Artist. He loved model trains and building small scale layouts.
He was a good and faithful servant of the Lord. He served his entire life in the LDS Church in many different capacities. He was honest in all his dealings with his fellowmen. In his later years, he served a Service Mission for the church at Deseret Book. He never turned down an opportunity to serve. His most recent service was a temple worker in the Draper Temple. Serving in the Temple brought him such great joy. He was a perfect example of selfless love and always put others first. He always gave to others and we are honored to have had him in our lives. He was such a blessing.
Preceded in death by his parents Don & Fay Seeley.
He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years Pat. Daughters Wendy (Kelly) Love, Tracey (Rick) Call and Jodi Luck.
Grandchildren who he loved so much are Jorey (Hitomi) Love, Kasey Love, Kobey Love, Tricia (Brodey) Moon, Shelby Call, Ashley Call, Zach Luck, Cannon Luck, Kanyon Rasmussen.
Great grandchildren who were the apple of his eye are Triton Love, Maia Love, Kaito Love, Makenzley Rasmussen and Paisley Rasmussen. Also survived by Brother Brent (Sue) Seeley.
We didn’t have you nearly long enough but we treasured the time we had. You will be truly missed but you will be forever in our hearts.
We Love you Daddy!!!!
A public viewing for family and friends will be held Sunday December 13th 2020 from 6-8 at the Larkin Sunset Garden Mortuary located at 1950 E 10600th South in Sandy Utah. A private ceremony will be held Monday December 14, 2020 for immediate family members from 12-2 pm. Afterwards he will be laid to rest at Larkin Sunset Gardens in Sandy. Masks and social distancing will be required per COVID guidelines.
Published in The Salt Lake Tribune on December 12, 2020
[Great-grandson of SGS # 2337 – Donald Frank; Benjamin Frank; William Hazard; Justus Wellington; Justus Wellington( # 2337); Justus Azel (# 836); Justus William; Joseph; John; Benjamin; Nathaniel, Robert]
