Seale obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Seale, Francis Marion    13 Nov 2001    Dec, 2001    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  11/13/2001
SEALE, FRANCIS MARION 

Francis Marion Seale, 81, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001, at his home. He was a 
native of Lumberton, Miss. He was a retired major of the Army Reserve with 20 
years of service and was a member of the Army Air Corps serving in the Pacific 
Theater of World War II. He was the squadron commander of the 380th Bomb 
Group from 1943 until 1944 and a member of the Royal Australian Air Corps. 
He was the owner and president of Oliver-Treated Products. Active in civic 
organizations, he was a charter member and president of the Exchange Club 
of Hammond, national director of the Exchange Club, vice president of Central 
American Wood Preserves, member of the Hammond Industry Board, a former 
Lion's Club member, former president of the Hammond Executive Club, past 
president of the Army & Navy Club in New Orleans and an active supporter of 
the Istrouma Area Boy Scouts. He survived by his wife, Armida Seale of Hammond; 
two daughters, Francine Seale Dodson of Denham Springs, and Hazel Evelyn Seale 
of Mandeville; one son, Vaughn Seale of Hammond; two stepdaughters, Hillevi 
Zambo of Texas, and Sandra Duvic of Hammond; two stepsons, Alfredo Arcia of 
Arkansas, and Ramiro Arcia of Franklinton; seven grandchildren; and 10 step-
grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Hazel Seale; one 
brother, Douglas Seale; and one sister, Jean Forte. The funeral was today at 
Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery, Hammond. In lieu 
of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice. Geisler Funeral Home, Hammond, 
was in charge. 

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