Audrey Seekell

Family/Spouse: Joel Saint. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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LCDR Warren W. Seekell, USN (Ret.), 83, Narragansett, passed away Saturday. He was the husband of Ruth (Williams) Seekell for sixty-three years.
Born in Hyannis, MA, he was the son of the late George B. and Jessie E. (Pierce) Seekell of Taunton, MA.
LCDR Seekell enlisted in the Navy Combat Air Crew training program in December 1944. After promotions to Chief Petty Officer, he was commissioned an Ensign and retired as LCDR in 1974. He was a specialist in Air Anti-Submarine Warfare and Air Intelligence. After military retirement, CDR Seekell attended URI, graduating in 1979 with a degree in music. He was organist and choir director at Calvary Bible Church, Narragansett for many years and taught piano privately.
In addition to his wife, he leaves five children, Carolyn Cunningham, Wayne, Roger, Audrey Saint and Philip; twenty?three grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren.
The funeral was held Friday in Calvary Bible Church, 3 Narragansett. Burial with military honors followed in the RI Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter.

Warren married Ruth Palmer Williams in 1947. Ruth was born on 25 Apr 1926 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jul 2015 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ruth Palmer (Williams) Seekell died peacefully at South County Hospital in South Kingstown, RI on July 22, 2015 at the age of 89. She was the beloved wife of the late LCDR Warren W. Seekell.
Ruth is survived by her three sons and their wives: Wayne and Pam Seekell, Charlestown, RI; Roger and Paula Seekell, Louisville, KY; and Philip and Mary Seekell, Goffstown, NH; and two daughters and their husbands: Audrey and Joel Saint, Denver, PA and Carolyn and Thom Cunningham, Edinborough, Scotland. Also surviving are two sisters, Lucille Bowie of Durham, ME and Ramona Adler of Raynham, MA, plus nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased in death by a grandson, Timothy Cunningham, and great-grandson, Andrew Colby.
Ruth was born on April 25, 1926 in Taunton, MA to Charles and Florence Williams.
Ruth graduated from Taunton High School in 1944. She married her childhood sweetheart in 1947, and they celebrated 63 years together before Warren?s death in 2010. A devoted wife and homemaker, Ruth supported her career Navy husband through several moves and deployments.
In addition to her five children, Ruth was proud of her 23 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.
A private family burial will take place in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 22 at 2:00PM at Perryville Bible Church, 220 Moonstone Beach Road, Perryville, RI, with a reception to follow. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Ruth?s life.

George married Jessie Evelyn Pierce in 1926 in Cambridge, Massachussetes, USA. Jessie was born on 26 Apr 1904 in Massachusetts, USA; died in Sep 1985; was buried in South Wellfleet Cemetery, South Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Jennie May Phillips on 11 Jan 1888 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. Jennie was born in Jan 1866 in Danville, Vermont, USA; died in 1937 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]