Virginia Reid Seely
VIRGINIA REID SEELY, daughter of BERTHA PATTERSON REID and EDWIN ELBERT SEELY, was born May 1, 1912 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California,100, 13 and died July 24, 1974 in Santa Clara County, California.250 She is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California.1220, 3868
Birth Announcements
Evening News, May 3, 19121228
BORN
SEELY—In San Jose, May 1, 1912, to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Seely, a daughter.
Obituaries
San Jose Mercury, July 26, 19743868
Rites Today For Retired Teacher
Funeral services will be held today for Virginia R. Seely, a retired Los Gatos teacher, who came from a long line of teachers.
Miss Seely, 62, died Wednesday in a convalescent home where she had been for the past year following a bad fall. She had been living with her mother, Mrs. Bertha R. Seely, at 140 Euclid Ave., Los Gatos.
Miss Seely's mother was a long-time principal of Saratoga Grammar School, with some 30 years teaching behind her when she retired in the 1940s. Of Mrs. Seely's 14 brothers and sisters seven were teachers.
Miss Seely taught elementary school for about 15 years in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Kern County and San Simeon. At one time she taught Indian children near Yosemite National Park. She retired in 1960.
She was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Los Gatos.
The teacher is survived by her mother, Mrs. Bertha Seely, and two brothers, Edwin E. Seely Jr. of Arizona and Donald R. Seely of Los Gatos.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. in Oak Hill Mortuary's Chapel of Roses. Interment will be in Oak Hill Memorial Park for burial.
Cemetery Pictures
Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| January 26, 19201149 | Castroville, Monterey, California |
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| April 4, 19301166 | Redwood City, San Mateo, California |
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| April 22, 19402546 | Salinas, Monterey, California |
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