Melvin W. Seeman

Blue Hill resident Melvin W. Seeman, 81, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday, December 19, 2009, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Hill with the Rev. Joshua Lowe officiating. Burial with military rites by A.L. Shirley Post # 176 will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Blue Hill. Visitation is 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Merten-Butler Mortuary in Blue Hill; and one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given to Trinity Lutheran Church. Melvin was born October 5, 1928, to William H. and Minnie J. (Siebrass) Seeman on a farm southeast of Blue Hill. He attended rural school District #63 and Trinity Lutheran Parochial School. He graduated from Blue Hill High school in 1945. He served in the Army from 1951-53, during the Korean war. He married Evelyn J. Brezina on June 5, 1955, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Hill, NE. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of which he had been active in the choir, former elder and former Sunday School Superintendent. He served on the Blue Hill Rural Fire Board and Webster County ASCS committee. He farmed his entire life and had also worked for the Assessor's office for a few years. Due to ill health, he resided at Blue Hill Care Center since February 8, 2008. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of Blue Hill, NE; four daughters, Pamela (David) Schimke of Phoenix, Az, Peggy (Lee) Orchard of Valparaiso, IN, Janet (Joel) Peterson of Rapid City, SD, and Melinda (Jahn) Grandstaff of Gretna, NE; three sisters, Dolores Keenen of Blue Hill, NE, LaVona (Winston) Henkel of Campbell, NE, and Marilyn (James) Layman of Omaha, NE and 12 grandchildren, Zachary, Adam, Ashley, Courtney and Erin Schimke, Alaina and Lauren Orchard, Eric, Brett and Melissa Peterson, and Kiley and Taylor Grandstaff. He was preceded in death by his parents.