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Virginia Catherine Seeley

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Gender: Female

Date of Birth: 1881

Date of Death: March 13, 1904

Birth Place: KY

Death Place: Los Angeles, CA

Virginia Catherine Seeley


Virginia Catherine Seeley was born in Kentucky in 1881 and died in Los Angeles on March 13, 1904. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Seeley. When quite young Catherine with her parents left Kentucky and came to Saticoy near which place she resided until the time of her death. Her memorial services were held at one o’clock Tuesday in the Congressional church at Saticoy and –unreadable — her remains were laid to rest in the — unreadable –cemetery in Santa Paula.

At the age of about ten years, she through an unfortunate accident was deprived of her eyesight, which misfortune she has borne most bravely and patiently. Being most ambitious to attain an education she entered the D. D. & B. Institution at Berkeley at the age of fifteen and there she made a brilliant record as a student, but on account of ill health was obliged at the end of five years to leave the institution with her course unfinished.

She was a lover of music, play the piano well and was the possessor of a sweet soprano voice.

In her death, her family and friends have lost a dear and loving one, whose place can never be filled, for in spite of her affliction, she was a most cheerful and unselfish, thinking only of the happiness of others. We rejoice that for her, darkness has now passed away. The light is shining and she sees, and may we not believe that in those beautiful fields of light she watches and waits for the loved ones left behind. Those left to mourn are a father, mother, three brothers, three sisters and friends innumerable. Now while all that is mortal of our darling Catherine lies in the cold embrace of the tomb and while we are left in deep mystery “Why this dear one should be singled out for the final summons,: the great busy work reckons not that one so good and beautiful has passed to the great beyond and while the great fortune wheel of time stops in its revolution and points the fatal finder at the strongest of the strong, the bravest of the brave, we are more and more convinced that the life of an individual is only one short span in the “bridge of sighs,” beyond which lies the great eternity. Gloomy enough would be life were it not for the fact that there is an immortal part which survives the grave and can never die.

“Oh! There’s a deathless name; a spirit
Which the smothering vault shall spurn
And like a steadfast plant, mourn and burn.”

Oxnard Courier, March 18, 1904 page 2

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