Obit: Seelow, Arthur William (- 1977)

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Surnames: Seelow

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/18/1977

Seelow, Arthur William (- 15 August 1977)

A Neillsville native, Arthur William Seelow, 73, 1722 Chapman Ave., Beloit, died Monday morning, August 15, at Beloit Memorial Hospital following an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) morning at 10:30 at Rosman-Uehling-Kinzer, Cranston Rd. Chapel in Beloit, and a Requiem High Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church with Fr. John Urban, pastor, and Fr. Carmelo Fonseca of H. Matamoros Tamps., Mexico, officiating.

Friends could call from 4-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where the rosary was to be recited at 7 p.m.

A Beloit resident since 1942, William Seelow was born September 3, 1903, in Neillsville to William G. and Martha M. Ott Seelow. His marriage to the former Anna Elizabeth Casey took place June 9, 1930, in Nekoosa. He was employed at the Fairbanks and Morse company in Beloit for 28 years, retiring in 1970. He was a charter member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, where he served as an usher and was member of the former Holy Name Society. He was also a member of the Latin-American mission program and worked in the missions of Matamoros, Mexico, during Christmas of 1906.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include three sons, William J., Bremerton, Wa., Edward I., of Milwaukee and Arthur G., at home; three daughters, Mrs. Carl (Jean) Watson of Capron, Il.; and Mrs. Kathryn Elliott and Mrs. Claude (Lynnette) Ramquist, both of Beloit; and 18 grandchildren and one great-grandson. He is further survived by two brothers, Paul Seelow of Neillsville and Louis Seelow of Chaseburg: and by two sisters, Mrs. Herbert (Leona) Henning and Mrs. William (Velda) Hagen, both of Neillsville.

He was predeceased by his parents and four brothers, Edward, Herbert, Albert and Arnold.