Charles's obituary
CHARLES EPHRAIM SEELEY , 93, OF VALRICO , FL, WAS BORN JANUARY 7, 1931, IN CAMPBELL, NEW YORK, AND ENTERED INTO ETERNAL REST ON
MAY 29, 2024.
CHARLES (CHUCK) WAS A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE AMVETS POST
44, A POST FOUNDED BY HIM IN 1995.
HE ENTERED THE US NAVY AT THE AGE OF 17 IN 1946 AND SERVED OVER
20 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING AND THEN WENT ON TO WORK AT MCDILL AFB FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
CHUCK WAS AWARDED THE NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL (WITH COMBAT
V) - MERITORIUS ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1972.
CHARLES IS SURVIVED BY HIS SONS: STEPHEN (MONICA) SEELEY;
ROBERT (PATRICK) SEELEY; AND HIS DAUGHTERS: SHARLENE (WILLIAM) VANLANDEGHEM, DEBRA SEELEY, AND SHARON (JOHN) BUCCIARELLI.
HE IS SURVIVED BY NIECES _ AND
GRANDCHILDREN AND
GREAT-
GRANDCHILDREN, AND EXTENDED LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
CHUCK WAS VERY MUCH LOVED AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. HE WAS THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT IF IT WAS FREEZING AND YOU ASKED FOR SOMETHING TO KEEP WARM HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASK THAT MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE IN HIS NAME TO THE SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FIANCÉ / CARE GIVER NIKI SEELEY.
HE WAS PREDECEASED IN DEATH BY HIS SONS: RONALD SEELEY AND EDDIE SEELEY; HIS PARENTS: IRA AND KATHERINE (HEATH) SEELEY; HIS BROTHERS: WILLIAM (GEORGIE) SEELEY, LYNDON (ARIETTA) SEELEY, HERBERT SEELEY, ROBERT (MARIAN) SEELEY, JOSEPHINE (PHILIP) RUOCCO, DOROTHY SEELEY, AND EDITH (LEROY) WOOD; HIS WIVES:
JANET (WEATHERED), ETHEL (MERYL), EVELYN (GASS), MAXINE