MARJORIE SEATON MARSHALL - Key Persons

Bertha Slack was born November 30, 1888. Her parents were William Slack and Rhoda Ard Slack. We're not sure when Millettte was born, but it was in England. Millette was a "printer's devil." His father was a Christian Church minister. Rev. and Mrs. Osgood sent little gifts to Laverne and Dorothy; Mom especially remembers a necklace of Austrian crystal. Bertha and Millette were married about 1908-1909. Bertha and Millette divorced about 1914. There were no day-care centers then, so Millette put his two young daughters in an orphanage in Wichita. Mom remembers that they were not nice to the two little girls, but they didn't "break" their spirits -- Dorothy stubbornly resisted their discipline. In 1916 or so, Bertha married Mont Crystal Vaughn. The girls were pleased; indeed, they felt that "we" married Dad! Mr. Vaughn adopted the girls, so Dorothy became Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughn. They lived in Kingman, Kansas, where Mont built a house. He gave Bertha a tablecloth with a border of purple irises, it's still in good shape. LaVerne graduated from high school in Kingman. Dorothy dropped out during her sophomore year. Grandma had opened a "beanery" and Mom was a waitress. She was bored with school, and kept complaining about it. Finally, Grandma tired of hearing it, and made Mom stop school and help in the café. Mom regretted it fairly soon, but Grandma wouldn't let her go back.

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• Member of "CMM" Christian Music Ministries

Cindy Keeley was born and raised in Kansas City. She was raised in church by her mother, Barbara Kennemore, and from an early age her mother would encourage her to sing. As a young girl Cindy would sing at family reunions and Christian events. Her mother always told her, "God gave you your voice and you need to use it for Him." Cindy accepted Jesus as her personal savior at the age of 11. In her early teens Cindy along with two other girls formed a group called "The Sunshine Singers." They won first place in the Kansas City area Assemblies of God Christ's Ambassadors youth program. Cindy is a member of "CMM" Christian Music Ministries, and serves as secretary for them. She is also a member of Mo-Kan Gospel Music Association, and is President of that organization. She is also a member of "CGMA" Country Gospel Music Association. In 2008 she received the Central Division Acappella Artist of the Year with CGMA. Along with her busy activities with these organizations Cindy has her own personal ministry. Cindy's husband, Charles "Darrel" Keeley, supports her in her music ministry 100% and travels everywhere with her. Cindy along with her husband enjoy spending time with their five grown children and she adores being grandma to her nine precious grandkids. She just released her first CD last year and went into full time ministry January 1st of 2009. Cindy wants to continue serving her Lord in spreading His message through music and song. Her mission is to praise Jesus through her songs and win souls for Him. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High

Dorothy Elizabeth Seaton, 91, died April 1, 2004, at the District Hospital in Lyons, Kansas. She was born September 28, 1912, at Osage City, the daughter of Mont C. and Mae Slack Vaughn. A Lyons resident since 1931, she was a homemaker, owner of a machine quilting business and a Christian Book Store, both of Lyons. She belonged to the Assembly of God Church and was a former Sunday School teacher. On March 7, 1931, she married Walter H. Seaton at Hutchinson. He died April 1, 1982. Survivors include three sons, Carl, Leon, and Norman; two daughters, Marge Marshall and Pat Crawford; 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and seven great- great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, LaVerne Wille, a granddaughter, Dina Voutiritsas, and a daughter-in-law, Vernie Bast Seaton. Dorothy has three great-granddaughters named after her: Elizabeth Raeanne Crawford Tharp, Elizabeth "Libby" Rose Seaton, and Emma Elizabeth Pittman. Mrs. Seaton's funeral was held on Saturday, April 3, with the Reverends Leon Seaton and Kevin Butler presiding. She is buried beside Walter in the Lyons Cemetery.

Longtime Alaska resident Harriet Everard Brown, 88, died Feb. 8, 2005, at Providence Alaska Medical Center. [Note: cause of death was listed on the death certificate as natural causes due to cardio-respiratory failure and cancer.] A visitation was Friday at Evergreen Memorial Chapel. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m., with a visitation from 10 to 11 a.m., today (Feb. 12) at Anchorage Native Assembly, 11th Avenue and Ingra Street. The Rev. Eldon Hicks will officiate. She will be buried at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. Ms. Brown was born April 26, 1916, in Crookston, Minn., to Charles and Harriet Brown. She spent most of her childhood in Mt. Pleasant, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from Victoria Hospital School of Nursing, London, Canada, in 1946. Ms. Brown moved to Alaska on July 3, 1946. She came to Alaska as a missionary with the Assemblies of God. She ministered faithfully in Seward, Nome, St. Paul Island, Kotlik, Minto, Fort Yukon, Tok Junction, Nuiqsut, Hoonah, Yakutat, Kodiak, Cordova, Haines, Stebbins and other villages. "She loved the Native people of Alaska. She was more at home in the villages than she was in the city," her family said. She is survived by her son, Ron Brown of Anchorage; sister, Barbara Brown of Brampton, Ontario, Canada; brother, Richard Brown of Buffalo, N.Y.; six nephews and four nieces; 35 great-nephews and -nieces and five great-great-nephews and -nieces. She was preceded in death by her sister, Anna Brown, and her brothers, Davy Brown and Willard Brown. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Alaska District Council, Harriet Brown Memorial Fund, 1048 W. International Airport Road, Suite 101, Anchorage 99518

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Ralph Seaton October 2, 1888 Grace Seaton, March 26, 1897

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• Minister / Hutchinson, Kansas

Walter Hobart Seaton was born January 26, 1905 in Crane, Missouri. He was the last of six children: Byrdie, Ralph, Troy, Royce, Lonnie and Walter. Walter Hobart Seaton was born January 26, 1905, in Stone County, near Crane, Missouri, the youngest child of Martha Jane Caton Seaton and John Henry Calaway Seaton. He departed from this life on Thursday, April 1, 1982, in Lyons, Kansas, at the age of 77 years. Walter was married March 7, 1931, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughn. To this union were born five children: Walter Seaton was born again as a Christian in 1952, and was a member of the Lyons, Kansas, Assembly of God. He was a quiet man who was always willing to help others, and he will be greatly missed by his family and friends. One of Walter's favorite songs was "I Know Who Holds Tomorrow" by Ira Stanphill. He was singing it the night they wheeled him out of the recovery room when he lost his right hand in 1964.