Edward R. Segee, age 97, of Poplar Street, Danville, PA, formerly of Emporium, passed awaySaturday, August 4, 2012, in his home.
Born June 14, 1915, in Emporium, he was the son of John and Goldie Prentiss Segee. In 1935, inEmporium, he married Kathryn Neidlinger who died in 1995. He is survived bytheir two children, Beverly A. Segee of Durham, NC, and John E. Segee, and wife Joyce, of Mebane, NC;three grandchildren, Kathy Palmer and husband, John;Patricia Medlock, and husband Scott; and JohnnySegee; and three great granddaughters.
On July 11, 1998, in Durham,Ed married Patricia F. Stallings who survives. Ed has been a loving friend toPatricia’s children, Welthy Silva and husband, Rogerio, Bethany Stallingsand partner, Eliana, and Harry Stallings, III, and wife, Mary Carter, and toPatricia’s three grandchildren. He also cherished his two godchildren.
Ed was predeceased by his brother, Jim, and sister, Ethel.
Ed was a 1933 graduate of EmporiumHigh School, where heenjoyed sports, playing basketball and baseball. Upon graduation, he was hiredby Sylvania with the understanding that inaddition to his mail room duties, he would join Sylvania’s baseball team. He continuedhis love of sports, playing golf weekly until the age of 92.
While employed by Sylvaniain Emporium, he embarked on a career in accounting. He later continued inaccounting with Holgate Toy and retired in 1978, as president of Globe Tool andEngineering in Dayton, OH.
Ed was a former member of the First Presbyterian Church in Emporiumwhere he served as an elder. While living away from Emporium, he served invarious capacities in other Presbyterian churches.
Visitations will be private.
Funeral and Committal Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in theFirst Presbyterian Church, Emporium, with the Rev. Philip Sanders, pastor,officiating. Burial will be in NewtonCemetery, Emporium.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Barbara Moscato BrownMemorial Library, 27 West Fourth Street, Emporium, PA 15834or The Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20037
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