OBITUARIES:
(published
7/15/10)
Barbara A.
Seward
Barbara A.
Seward died July 11, 2010, at her home in Oak Brook.
Ms. Seward, 74, was born June 15, 1936, in Newark, N.J.
She is survived by her companion, Bob Boyer; her children, Linda
(Larry) Griffin and Robert (Elizabeth) Seward; her
grandchildren, Madison and Autumn Seward; and her sister,
Janet Bearden.
Services were held Wednesday, July 14, at Gibbons Elliston Funeral
Home in Hinsdale.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Tree House Human
Society, 1629 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 (online at
treehouseanimals.org) or American Diabetes Association, 30
N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2015, Chicago, IL 60602.
Pauline
Lucienne Audette Wagner
Pauline
“Polly” Lucienne Audette Wagner of Kingston, Tenn., died
July 10, 2010, following a brief illness.
Mrs. Wagner, 85, was born Jan. 8, 1925 in Lebanon, N.H., to Oscar
Lucian and Adrienne Demers Audette.
She married Theodore Franklin Wagner April 20, 1950. They were
happily married for almost 50 years before his passing in
1995.
The oldest of eight children, she excelled as a student and an
athlete. She achieved perfect attendance and her school’s
highest grade point average and played field hockey and
basketball throughout her school career.
After graduating from Lebanon High School, she went to work in
Washington, D.C., as a secretary for the Department of
Veterans Affairs. Taking advantage of an opportunity to work
overseas for the Department of the Army, she moved to Italy
where she met her husband, Ted, who was stationed in Germany
after the war. They returned to the states and were married
in East Chicago, Ind. This became the couple’s first home,
where she worked for Standard Oil Co. In 1954, they moved to
Oak Ridge where she worked for the Atomic Energy Commission
and served as a Brownie Girl Scout leader. A year later they
moved to Kingston, which became their permanent home.
Her service to the community included serving on the Tanasi Girl
Scout Board (she was a Girl Scout troop leader for 16
years), presiding over the Kingston Elementary PTA and
chaperoning Roane County High School band trips. She chaired
the United Way campaign and was a member of the Library
Foundation, Friends of the Library, Kingston Women’s Club,
Republican Women and Beta Sigma Phi. Mrs. Wagner also was
active in the Christian Science church where she served as
Reader, Sunday School teacher, and librarian. She was a
weekly volunteer at the Kingston Library, and she was very
proud to be an Honorary Rotarian. She was elected a Paul
Harris Fellow by Rotary International and was awarded the
“Thanks” badge by Tanasi Girl Scout Council.
She and her husband enjoyed traveling the world, GOP politics,
their children and grandchildren and each other. Polly was a
voracious reader and her crossword puzzle skills were
unrivaled.
Mrs. Wagner is survived by her daughters, Karen (Roger) Hudson of
Murfreesboro, Tenn. and Annette (Chad) Burlet of Hinsdale;
her son, Ted (Diane) Wagner Jr. of Franklin, Tenn.; her
seven grandchildren, Melissa, Daniel and Sarah Hudson and
Chris, Katrina, Julianna and Tommy Burlet; her sisters,
Evelyn Morse of Lebanon, N.H. and Annette (Bob) Jordan of
Enfield, N.H.; her brothers, Ed Audette and Louis (Marjorie)
Audette of Lebanon, N.H. and Oscar (Lillian) Audette Jr. of
Meriden, N.H.; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.
The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, July
17, at
A funeral service will he held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 17, at
Kyker Funeral Home, 350 W. Race St., Kingston, Tenn. A
funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Burial will follow immediately afterward at Roane Memorial Gardens
in Rockwood, Tenn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Kingston Public
Library Book Fund, 1004 Bradford Way, Kingston, TN, 37763;
the Kingston Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellowship Scholarship,
1111 Dogwood Drive, Kingston, TN 37763; Christian Science
Society of Oak Ridge, 167 Manhattan Ave., Oak Ridge, TN
37830; or the Tanasi Girl Scout Council, 1567 Downtown West
Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37919.
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