Larned – Beatrice (Bea) Faye Seba, long time resident of Larned and Pawnee Co., died June 18, 2015 at Via Christi Village in Hays, KS.
Bea was born to Abram and Alyce Amber (Stewart) Amrine on Sept. 18, 1925 in Kinsley, KS. On Aug. 11, 1943 she married Leonard Loyd Seba. He died July 21, 1998.
Bea attended Kinsley schools until, as a young girl, the family moved to a farm south of Garfield and later into the city of Garfield. She then attended Garfield Schools and graduated in 1943. She worked for the United States Postal Service for many years retiring as Postmistress at Belpre, KS in 1983. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Larned, United Methodist Women, St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary, Garfield Legion Auxiliary, Jolly Circle card club and the DOC campers.
Bea was a kind and loving person who dearly loved her family, most particularly her grandchildren and great-grand children. She was an excellent seamstress, making many of her own clothes.
Bea was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Leonard, sisters Claribel Pulliam, Ruth Kirchgassner, Darlene Amrine, and Margaret Corinne Ingrum, and brother Abram Amrine Jr.
She is survived by two sons. Leonard Eugene (Gene) Seba and wife Jan of Victoria, KS and Larry R. Seba and wife Betty of Pueblo West, CO. Four grandchildren, Brian Seba and wife Jacie and their children Katelyn and Macy of Belle Plaine, KS. Rita Baxa and husband Lawrence and their children Kaleb and Isaac of Ingalls, KS, Amber Seba-Seggerman and husband Rob of Chicago, IL. and Brooke Roberts and Husband Chris and their children Cole, Cade, and Emory of Colorado Springs, CO. Also surviving are brother in law Victor Ingrum of Branson, MO and sister-in-law Marjorie Seba of Garden City, KS. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Beckwith Mortuary, Larned with Rev. Bethann Black presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Beckwith Mortuary. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned.
Memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church, Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary, or the Garfield American Legion Auxiliary in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Condolences may be left for the family at www.beckwithmortuary.com.
