Mary Jeane Seymour's Obituary
Our prayers for a peaceful passage were answered when the angels lifted Mary in her sleep early Sunday, November 19, 2006. In death, as in life, the indomitable courage and spirit that touched the lives of everyone she met supported her family and friends as she faced, in her words, Â"just another adventure on my journeyÂ".Born in San Diego, California, to Edward and Florence Pugh, her family eventually moved to Tacoma, Washington where she graduated from Lincoln High School and married her high school sweetheart, Wallace (Wally) Seymour. They had five children. Mary is preceded in death by her oldest son, Dan. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Wallace, her sister Betty Gjurash, daughter, Christine Seymour, sons, Ron and his wife Chelly, Tom and his wife, Carolyn, Larry and his wife, Jill, 10 grandchildren and one great grand child.When we think about mom and life she gave us all, we realize that she has NEVER ever let us down, or been disappointed in us, no matter what we did. That is an incredible legacy to leave her children. To follow in her footsteps means to be loving and generous to all we meet under all conditions. She has taught us well in her quiet example.Together mom and dad have shown us the beauty of a marriage where two people have stayed in love for more than 6 decades. That legacy may well be followed by their children and hopefully their grandchildren when they marry.Mary was a perpetual student of art and life. She took every kind of class imaginable from ceramics and decoupage, to shoe making and Chinese cooking. But she found her greatest passion in painting and multimedia work on paper. From oil painting, to water color to embossing multimedia collages, MaryÂ's art evolved as did her friendship with her fellow women artists, The Play Girls. These were women whose artistic spirits extended to how they lived in joy and harmony and lots of adventure. She was director of the Department of Fine Arts for the Western Washington Fair for more than 15 years.With her family she was room mother, Bluebird and Cub Scout leader and official score keeper (and once a player) for decades of basketball and baseball coached and played by Wally and the kids. She loved camping with family and friends.Mary and Wally recently moved to Willow Gardens Retirement home. The family would like to thank the managers at Willow Gardens and the Franciscan Hospice team that provided loving care for Mary so she could be home with Wally and her family for her last days.
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