1901 - 1995

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• Birth	26 Sep 1901	Cardston,Alberta,Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jan 1995	Corona,Riverside,California,USA
  Buried	Mesa,Maricopa,Arizona
  Person ID	I91173	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Orin Austin SEAGER, b. 14 Sep 1872, Fowler,Trumbull,Ohio,USA
  Mother	Mary ROBINSON, b. 27 May 1874, Logan,Cache,Utah,USA
  Family ID	F39698	Group Sheet
  Married	12 Apr 1980	Los Angles,Los Angeles,California,USA
  Family ID	F39717	Group Sheet
  Married	9 Jun 1926	Salt Lake City,Salt Lake,Utah,USA
  Family ID	F39718	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Cause of Death: Like his father, he died of pneumonia William Kennedy Seager was born and raised on his parent's homestead in Cardston, Canada until 1905 when the family moved to Tremonton, Utah. He graduated from the Bear RiverHigh School in Box Elder County. After high school he served a mission to the Central States. In 1926 he married Ivy Juanita Nielson in the Salt Lake City Temple. Ivy was from Fountain Green, Utah and was the daughter of James Louis Nielson and Clara Collard. Ken and Ivy had one girl and two boys. Ken initially worked as a bank book keeper and inspector for loans. He also was a shop keeperand salesman. After Ivy's death, he married Maurine Woodhead in 1980 in the Los Angeles Temple. Maurine was from Helper, Utah and was the daughter of Willard James Woodhead and Ruby May Stubbs. Ken was an active member of the LDS Church. He was Sunday School Superintendent twice. He was a High Priest Group Leader in Mesa for four years and taught classes in all the organizations. In 1977 he was made 1st councilor. Even thought Ken had large hands he was known fordoing beautiful needle work. William Kennedy Seager died at the age of 94 athis son's home in Corona, California. He has 10 grandchildren.

• Sources

  [S1667] FGR from W. Kennedy Robinson; SS Death Index; 1930 census for Fountain Green, Ut.; photo in possession of Kara S. Segalla. [S401] GEDCOM File : rachel_hill.ged, Kara Seager-Segalla (jpsegalla@msn.com), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:2916467&id=I0210), 4 Jul 2004.