Mercedes J. "Mickey" Seiple, 95, of Palmer Township, formerly of Phillipsburg, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 in Manorcare - Easton. Born October 11, 1921, in Phillipsburg, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Jacqueline (Albanese) Bulgheroni. Her first husband, Alfred J. Hughes, died in 1961 and her second husband, Orville Seiple, died in 2000.
Mickey worked as a registered nurse, retiring from Warren Hospital. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1939 and Easton Hospital School of Nursing in 1942. Mickey was the first nurse from the Red Cross student reserve group at Easton Hospital to receive full membership as a Red Cross nurse and the first to enter government service. She served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps during World War II.
Surviving are two daughters, Freda Kephart and her husband Jerry of Winnsboro, SC and Jackie Seiple of Palmer Township; a sister, Adele Felver of Phillipsburg; a granddaughter Michelle Webb and her husband Bill of Palmer Township and two great-grandchildren, Corey and Katrina Webb. In addition to her first and second husband, Alfred and Orville, she was predeceased by a grandson, Jeff Kephart, who died in 2014.
Services will be held at 11am Thursday in the Strunk Funeral Home, Inc., 2101 Northampton Street, Wilson Borough. Call Thursday 10-11am in the funeral home. Burial will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine.
Published in The Express Times from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2017
Mickey worked as a registered nurse, retiring from Warren Hospital. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1939 and Easton Hospital School of Nursing in 1942. Mickey was the first nurse from the Red Cross student reserve group at Easton Hospital to receive full membership as a Red Cross nurse and the first to enter government service. She served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps during World War II.
Surviving are two daughters, Freda Kephart and her husband Jerry of Winnsboro, SC and Jackie Seiple of Palmer Township; a sister, Adele Felver of Phillipsburg; a granddaughter Michelle Webb and her husband Bill of Palmer Township and two great-grandchildren, Corey and Katrina Webb. In addition to her first and second husband, Alfred and Orville, she was predeceased by a grandson, Jeff Kephart, who died in 2014.
Services will be held at 11am Thursday in the Strunk Funeral Home, Inc., 2101 Northampton Street, Wilson Borough. Call Thursday 10-11am in the funeral home. Burial will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine.
Published in The Express Times from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2017
Mercedes J. "Mickey" Seiple, 95, of Palmer Township, formerly of Phillipsburg, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 in Manorcare - Easton. Born October 11, 1921, in Phillipsburg, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Jacqueline (Albanese) Bulgheroni. Her first husband, Alfred J. Hughes, died in 1961 and her second husband, Orville Seiple, died in 2000.
Mickey worked as a registered nurse, retiring from Warren Hospital. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1939 and Easton Hospital School of Nursing in 1942. Mickey was the first nurse from the Red Cross student reserve group at Easton Hospital to receive full membership as a Red Cross nurse and the first to enter government service. She served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps during World War II.
Surviving are two daughters, Freda Kephart and her husband Jerry of Winnsboro, SC and Jackie Seiple of Palmer Township; a sister, Adele Felver of Phillipsburg; a granddaughter Michelle Webb and her husband Bill of Palmer Township and two great-grandchildren, Corey and Katrina Webb. In addition to her first and second husband, Alfred and Orville, she was predeceased by a grandson, Jeff Kephart, who died in 2014.
Services will be held at 11am Thursday in the Strunk Funeral Home, Inc., 2101 Northampton Street, Wilson Borough. Call Thursday 10-11am in the funeral home. Burial will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine.
Published in The Express Times from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2017
Mickey worked as a registered nurse, retiring from Warren Hospital. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1939 and Easton Hospital School of Nursing in 1942. Mickey was the first nurse from the Red Cross student reserve group at Easton Hospital to receive full membership as a Red Cross nurse and the first to enter government service. She served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps during World War II.
Surviving are two daughters, Freda Kephart and her husband Jerry of Winnsboro, SC and Jackie Seiple of Palmer Township; a sister, Adele Felver of Phillipsburg; a granddaughter Michelle Webb and her husband Bill of Palmer Township and two great-grandchildren, Corey and Katrina Webb. In addition to her first and second husband, Alfred and Orville, she was predeceased by a grandson, Jeff Kephart, who died in 2014.
Services will be held at 11am Thursday in the Strunk Funeral Home, Inc., 2101 Northampton Street, Wilson Borough. Call Thursday 10-11am in the funeral home. Burial will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine.
Published in The Express Times from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2017
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