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Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader
1919 - Jan. 21, p. 10

MRS. F. S. NEWELL

Funeral of Mrs. F. S. Newell, who died at Amenia, N. Dak. Saturday, Jan. 18, will be held from the residence, 537 Broadway at 3 o'clock this afternoon.  Rev. Leonard Parr officiating.  Interment at Forst Hill cemetery.



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Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader
1919 - Jan. 21, p. 10

BENJAMIN GRAVES

Benjamin Graves died at 11 p.m. Sunday night at the home of his son, M. D. Graves, 616 Union street.  He was 82 years old.  The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the residence.  Interment will be at Lakeview cemetery.  The Rev. W. W. Moore will officiate.



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Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader
1919 - Jan. 21, p. 10

MELVIN LARSON

The funeral of Melvin Larson, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton L. Larson, 434 (F.....) street, who died Saturday of injuries sustained when he was crushed under a motor truck, will be held tomorrow afternoon with services at the home at 2:30, Rev. P. R. Syrdal officiating.  Interment will be in Norwegian Lutheran cemetery.



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Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader
1919 - Jan. 21, p. 10

MRS. JENNIE MOORE

The death of Mrs. Jennie Moore occurred at St. Paul, Monday morning, Jan. 20.  She is survived by a son, Frank C. Moore, of this city and a brother, Frank Cleveland, of Bozeman, Montana.  The funeral services will be held at Lenmark's undertaking parlors at 2 p.m. Wednesday.  Interment will be at Lakeview cemetery



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Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader
24 May 1916, Wednesday

MADELYNNE DONNA BRECK

Madelynne Donna Breck, the eight months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Breck, died at the house of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Laybourne, 613 South River street, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock of whooping cough.  Funeral will be private.  The family requests that no flowers be sent.



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SON SAYS MASS AT FUNERAL OF MRS. W. SEEMAN
(May 10, 1934, The Eau Claire Leader)

With her son, the Rev. Lester Seeman of Washington, D. S., performing the last sad rites at both the church and at the grave, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Seeman, wife of Dr. W. O. Seeman, 429 Hudson street, was laid at rest at St. Patrick's cemetery yesterday morning.

The funeral mass was sung at St. Patrick's church, and was attended by a large concourse of people  Between 25 and 30 out-of-town priests were also present.

Father Seeman was celebrant of the mass, and was assisted by the Rev. Father Leuther, La Corsse, of St. Aquinas high school there, as deacon; the Rev. Leo Hirt, La Crosse, chancellor of the diocese of La Crosse, as sub-deacon; and the Rev. John Pittz, Middlel Ridge, Wis., former assistant pastor at St. Patrick's, as master of ceremonies.

Pall bearers were Marshall Cousins, Madison; J. A. Stilp, Chicago; Arthur Jarvis, J. C. Fennessey, E. E. Fleming and J. J. Kelley.

Besides the officiating clergyment the other pirests attending  the  funeral mass were Fathers Orthen and King of the Sacred Heart church, Schabel, chaplain at the Sacred Heart church; Daul, of Eau Galle; Ambrose McDonald, Duffy and Singleton, the last two former assistants at St. Patrick's; McGurk, Thome and Manning, of Chippewa Falls; Dowd, Deeny and Weller of St. Patrick's; Kasper, Alttona; Plecity, LaCrosse; and Kaluza, retired, former chaplain at the Sacred Heart hospital.



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(In the Classifieds, under Death Notices)

Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader, May 8, 1934

Seemann, (Mrs. W. O.) 58, died at her home, 429 Hudson street, early this morning after a lingering illness.  Mrs. Seemann was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and had been a resident of Eau Claire since 1898.  Surviving are her husband, Dr. W. O. Seemann; a daughter, Mary Elizabeth of this city, and a son, Rev. Fr. Lester Seeman of Washington, D.C.  Friends may call at Fleming's parlors after 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  Members of the family request that flowers be omitted.  Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning from Fleming's and at 9;30 o'clock from St. Patrick's church.



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DR. W. O. SEEMAN, LA CROSSE, DIES; FORMERLY HERE
Funeral Monday From St. Patrick's
(Nov. 11, 1945, Eau Claire Leader)

Dr. William Otto Seeman, 73, who practiced medicine in Eau Claire for more than forty years, died Friday in a hospital at La Crosse where he had been living the past five years, according to work received here.

The body will be brought to Eau Claire for burial.  The funeral will be held Monday morning at 9"45 from the Eau Claire funeral home, and at 10 o'clock from St. Patrick's church, with a solemn requiem mass at which the Rev. Lester W. Seeman, of La Crosse, son of the deceased, will be the celebrant.  Interment will be at St. Patrick's cemetery.

Rosary devotions will be held tonight at 8:30 at the Eau Claire funeral home.

Dr. Seeman is survived by a son, Father Seaman, a daughter, Mrs. F. E. McGough, of Rice Lake, and a brother, Dr. Carl A. Seeman, of Tulare, S.D., also five grandchildren.  His wife, an infant son and a brother preceded him in death.

Dr. Seeman was born near Lyons, Ia., August 6, 1870, and was a graduate of the school of medicine at the University of Iowa.  After one year in practice with a brother, Dr. Fred Seeman, no dec'd, in Dubuque, and following his marriage to Elizabeth Ann Weis, in 1899, came to Eau Claire and begun the practice of medicine here.  He continued to practice here for forty years, retiring on account of failing health.  During World War I he served as a medicine officer in the U. S. army, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.




                                                        
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