PARSONS - Garrett J. "Gary" Seaton, 77, Parsons, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2003, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo.
He was born May 14, 1926, near Chapman, the son of Garrett A. and Esther Aspley Seaton.
He graduated from Dickinson Community High School in Chapman and Kansas State University, earning a degree in agronomy.
After serving in the U.S. Army, he went to Parsons in 1950 to work as a soil conservation agent. In 1952, he reentered military service in the U.S. Air Force, serving at the SAC headquarters in Omaha, Neb. During that time, he earned a degree in business administration.
He then began a life insurance business as an agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and eventually became a life member of the Million Dollar Roundtable, a certified life underwriter and a financial consultant. In 1960, he formed the Baumgardner-Seaton Insurance Agency, adding real estate in 1970.
He served many years as a director of the First National Bank of Parsons and became chairman of the board after it was purchased by TeamBank. He was actively involved in economic development organizations including Mid-American, Inc. and Jobs, Inc. He was a member of the Labette County Medical Center Foundation board of directors. He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, where he served as a lay leader. He was a past president of the Parsons Kiwanis Club.
On July 1, 1951, he married Norma Jean Peterson in Parsons. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Laura Seaton-Finn, Pomona, N.Y.; a sister, Virginia Jung, Torrance, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant brother and two other brothers, Kenneth and Arthur Seaton.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at the Wesley United Methodist Church, led by the Rev. Peggy Hillmon. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
He was born May 14, 1926, near Chapman, the son of Garrett A. and Esther Aspley Seaton.
He graduated from Dickinson Community High School in Chapman and Kansas State University, earning a degree in agronomy.
After serving in the U.S. Army, he went to Parsons in 1950 to work as a soil conservation agent. In 1952, he reentered military service in the U.S. Air Force, serving at the SAC headquarters in Omaha, Neb. During that time, he earned a degree in business administration.
He then began a life insurance business as an agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and eventually became a life member of the Million Dollar Roundtable, a certified life underwriter and a financial consultant. In 1960, he formed the Baumgardner-Seaton Insurance Agency, adding real estate in 1970.
He served many years as a director of the First National Bank of Parsons and became chairman of the board after it was purchased by TeamBank. He was actively involved in economic development organizations including Mid-American, Inc. and Jobs, Inc. He was a member of the Labette County Medical Center Foundation board of directors. He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, where he served as a lay leader. He was a past president of the Parsons Kiwanis Club.
On July 1, 1951, he married Norma Jean Peterson in Parsons. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Laura Seaton-Finn, Pomona, N.Y.; a sister, Virginia Jung, Torrance, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant brother and two other brothers, Kenneth and Arthur Seaton.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at the Wesley United Methodist Church, led by the Rev. Peggy Hillmon. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
PARSONS - Garrett J. "Gary" Seaton, 77, Parsons, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2003, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo.
He was born May 14, 1926, near Chapman, the son of Garrett A. and Esther Aspley Seaton.
He graduated from Dickinson Community High School in Chapman and Kansas State University, earning a degree in agronomy.
After serving in the U.S. Army, he went to Parsons in 1950 to work as a soil conservation agent. In 1952, he reentered military service in the U.S. Air Force, serving at the SAC headquarters in Omaha, Neb. During that time, he earned a degree in business administration.
He then began a life insurance business as an agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and eventually became a life member of the Million Dollar Roundtable, a certified life underwriter and a financial consultant. In 1960, he formed the Baumgardner-Seaton Insurance Agency, adding real estate in 1970.
He served many years as a director of the First National Bank of Parsons and became chairman of the board after it was purchased by TeamBank. He was actively involved in economic development organizations including Mid-American, Inc. and Jobs, Inc. He was a member of the Labette County Medical Center Foundation board of directors. He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, where he served as a lay leader. He was a past president of the Parsons Kiwanis Club.
On July 1, 1951, he married Norma Jean Peterson in Parsons. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Laura Seaton-Finn, Pomona, N.Y.; a sister, Virginia Jung, Torrance, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant brother and two other brothers, Kenneth and Arthur Seaton.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at the Wesley United Methodist Church, led by the Rev. Peggy Hillmon. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
He was born May 14, 1926, near Chapman, the son of Garrett A. and Esther Aspley Seaton.
He graduated from Dickinson Community High School in Chapman and Kansas State University, earning a degree in agronomy.
After serving in the U.S. Army, he went to Parsons in 1950 to work as a soil conservation agent. In 1952, he reentered military service in the U.S. Air Force, serving at the SAC headquarters in Omaha, Neb. During that time, he earned a degree in business administration.
He then began a life insurance business as an agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and eventually became a life member of the Million Dollar Roundtable, a certified life underwriter and a financial consultant. In 1960, he formed the Baumgardner-Seaton Insurance Agency, adding real estate in 1970.
He served many years as a director of the First National Bank of Parsons and became chairman of the board after it was purchased by TeamBank. He was actively involved in economic development organizations including Mid-American, Inc. and Jobs, Inc. He was a member of the Labette County Medical Center Foundation board of directors. He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, where he served as a lay leader. He was a past president of the Parsons Kiwanis Club.
On July 1, 1951, he married Norma Jean Peterson in Parsons. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Laura Seaton-Finn, Pomona, N.Y.; a sister, Virginia Jung, Torrance, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant brother and two other brothers, Kenneth and Arthur Seaton.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at the Wesley United Methodist Church, led by the Rev. Peggy Hillmon. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
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