Individual Details
Fred SEYMOUR
(18 MAY 1904 - 26 NOV 1988)
Events
| Birth | 18 MAY 1904 | Rantoul, Franklin Co., KS | |||
| Marriage | 4 AUG 1931 | Linn, Washington Co., KS - Bernice V. WHIPKEY/WHISPKEY | |||
| Death | 26 NOV 1988 | Washington, Washington Co., KS |  |  | |
| Burial | 28 NOV 1988 | Washington Cem., Washington, Washington Co., KS | | ||
| Religion | a Methodist |
Families
| Spouse | Bernice V. WHIPKEY/WHISPKEY (1906 - 1986) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | James Owen SEYMOUR (1855 - 1944) |
| Mother | Catherine Charlotta "Bird" WILSON (1863 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Quincy Russell SEYMOUR (1889 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Edgar Wilson SEYMOUR (1890 - 1918) |
| Sibling | James Owen SEYMOUR II (1893 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Charlotta SEYMOUR (1895 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Benjamin McCune "Mac" SEYMOUR (1897 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Harriet Urith SEYMOUR (1899 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Fannie SEYMOUR (1901 - 1992) |
Notes
Death
Notes for FRED SEYMOUR:
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Taken from a funeral card
A SERVICE FOR THE
CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF
FRED SEYMOUR
Linn United Methodist Church
Linn, Kansas
Fred SEYMOUR, 84, formerly of Junction City and Linn, died Saturday morning, November 26, 1988, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.
Mr. SEYMOUR was a teacher, coach, and administrator in Kansas schools for over forty years. He graduated from Rantoul High School, received a B.S. degree from Ottawa University in 1928 and a master's degree from the University of Wyoming in 1938. He began his teaching career in the Franklin County Schools of Peoria and Rantoul, followed by positions at Clements, Bancroft and Frankfort. He was principal at Haddam High School and superintendent of schools at Clifton, Hanover, and Munden. He taught at Palmer and Victory and was Superintendent of Schools in Washington County. He finished his teaching career at Morris Hill School of the Junction City school system. He was engaged in farming in Washington County for many years; he and Bernice were the recipients of the Banker's Soil Conservation Award in 1977.
He was born at Rantoul, in Franklin County May 18, 1904, the youngest of eight children of James Owen and Bird Wilson SEYMOUR, a Franklin County pioneer family. He was married to Bernice WHIPKEY August 4, 1931 at Linn. She died October 12, 1986.
Mr. SEYMOUR was a member of the First United Methodist Church at Junction City, the Masonic Lodge at Washington, the Isis Shrine at Salina, the Order of the Eastern Star of Washington, the Geary County Historical Society, the Washington County Historical Society, the American Association of Retired Persons, Junction City Retired Teachers Association, the Kansas Retired Teachers Association and the Ottawa University Alumni Association.
He treasured his Kansas pioneer heritage and often said that he felt privileged to have spent his professional life working with what he deemed Kansas' most important resources: its children and its soil. He and Bernice traveled widely throughout the United States and other countries, and enjoyed a wide circle of friends through those travels and their teaching careers. They spent the winter season in Texas the past number of years where they were enthusiastic participants in the activities of the McAllen Mobile Park and St. Mark's United Methodist Church.
He is survived by a son, Fred R. SEYMOUR of Brookins, South Dakota; a daughter, Ann UKENA, Topeka, and Alexander SEYMOUR and Adrian SEYMOUR of Brookings, South Dakota. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers: Quincy Russell, Egar Wilson, James Owen, Benjamin McCune; and two sisters: Charlotta STRATTON and Harriet SEYMOUR.
A service at 1:30p.m. Monday at the Linn United Methodist Church followed by burial at the Washington City Cemetery at 11:30 A.M. Memorial contributions may be made to the Washington County 4-H Booster Club (Scholarship Fund) and may be sent in care of Ward's Funeral Home, Washington, Kansas 66968.
Endnotes
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