Thelma L. Milner, age 89 of Leesburg, died Friday, August 20, 2004 at
Highland District Hospital. She was
born December 12, 1914 in Washington Court House, Ohio, the daughter of the late
Charles Walter and Nora May Lowe Seyfang. She was a Charter Member and Past
President several times of the Colonial Garden Club in Greenfield, member of the
former Leesburg Business and Professional Women’s Club, she and Gladys Cherry
donated time and effort to annually landscape the Leesburg Friends Church, she
won numerous local, regional and state awards for floral arranging, and was
recognized in the Leesburg area as a talented artist.
She is survived by a step-daughter Marilyn Milner Geese and her husband
Clarence of Leesburg; step grandson Daniel Allen Geese, Sr. of Leesburg; two
step great grandsons, Daniel Allen Geese, Jr. of Leesburg and Jason C. Geese of
Columbus; brother Donald Seyfang and his wife Mary of Washington C.H.; special
niece Nancy Wisecup and her husband Byron of Hillsboro; special nephew Timothy
Seyfang and his wife Debbie of Columbus; several nieces and nephews; and several
great nieces and nephews. In
addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Harry A. Milner
in December of 1986; three brothers Harry, Tony and Charles Seyfang; one sister
Hazel McCoy; sister-in-law Marvene Seyfang; niece Delia Hall and nephew Marvin
Seyfang. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 23,
2004 at the Leesburg Friends Church. Pastor
John Fitzgerald will officiate. Burial
will follow in the Hardin’s Creek Cemetery at Bridges.
Visitation will be Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at
11:00 a.m. at the church. Donations
may be made to the Leesburg Friends Church Restoration Fund, P.O. Box 393,
Leesburg, Ohio 45135, of the charity of your choice.
The Turner Funeral Home, Leesburg is serving the family.
For more information or to sign our on-line register please visit www.turnerfuneralhomes.cc