Marlene D. Seymour of Chester
Marlene D. Seymour, 89, of Chester, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Randolph County Care Center, in Sparta, Illinois.
She was born to the late Joseph A. and Beulah E. (nee Neace) Seymour on Aug. 30, 1932 in Chester.
She graduated from Chester High School in 1950 and was a long time Chesterite.
She was an executive secretary for Monsanto and General Electric Companies in St. Louis for her entire career.
Marlene was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Chester, and the Women's Missionary League. She served in the Chester Country Club and Women's Club, and on the Tourism Beautification Commission. Marlene belonged to the Randolph Historical Society and volunteered for the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
In 1999, she joined the Daughters of the American Revolution. She started at the Whiteside Station Chapter and went on to become a leader in Illinois DAR, serving in many positions including as organizer of the Liberty Bell of the West Chapter in Randolph County.
She was the State Vice Chair of Chapter Development and the Revitalization Commission, State Registrar, and she was State Chair of Volunteer Genealogists.
She was a member and Registrar of the National Society Daughters of the Union John A. Logan Chapter.
Marlene is survived by her brother David Seymour and sister-in-law Ann (Pomykal) Seymour of Denton, Texas; three nieces, Julie A. Eaton, Elizabeth M. Seymour and Kate VanAntwerp; and four nephews, Matthew D. Seymour, Jonathan D. Seymour, Parker Pomykal and Preston Pomykal; 11 great-nieces and great-nephews; and many friends.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Dwight, Dwain and Dale.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at St. John Lutheran Church in Chester, Illinois, officiated by the Rev. Justin Massey. Interment will follow at Ellis Grove City Cemetery in Ellis Grove, Illinois.
Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, at Pechacek Funeral Homes in Chester.
In lieu of flowers please forward memorials to: Liberty Bell of the West Chapter, NSDAR; the Chester Tourism Beautification Commission; the Randolph Historical Society or the Chester Public Library.
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