Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Seidl, Theodore December 9, 2015
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Dec 10, 2015 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE
Theodore Seidl
August 11, 1923 - December 9, 2015
Mr. Theodore “Ted” Seidl, 92, of Ruth, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 
at his residence under hospice care with his loving family by his side.  He was 
born on August 11, 1923, in Ruth, to the late Peter and Katherine (Poell) 
Seidl. He married Carla A. Feldt on July 10, 1948, at Sts. Peter & Paul 
Catholic Church in Ruth. She preceded him in death on Oct. 27, 2013.  Ted was a 
graduate of the Pumpkin Center Country School.  He spent two years in the 
Merchant Marines working on submarines in San Francisco and sailing the Great 
Lakes.  Ted was a lifelong farmer in Sherman Township where he was proud of 
many firsts.  He was the first to have tiled land, the first to put up a pole 
barn for his cattle and was the first to use the surge touchless milking system 
on his farm.  Ted also built his own house and farm buildings.  He was a County 
Bean Commissioner and a Premier sugar beet grower.  He was a parishioner at 
Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church of Holy Apostle Parish in Ruth where he 
served as an usher.  Ted was one of the charter members of the Ruth Knights of 
Columbus Council #3823 in 1954.  He was a fourth degree member of the Knights 
of Columbus Bishop Babcock Assembly #0487 of Bad Axe.  Ted loved to travel 
throughout the United States with his wife.  He enjoyed Tiger baseball, 
woodworking and various card games.

Ted is survived by six daughters, Rustina “Rusty” Bourell, of Ruth, Beth (Mark) 
Williams, of Williamsburg, Kerri Hartfield, of Redford, Vicki Seidl, of Grand 
Rapids, Trudi Seidl and Denise Seidl, both of Livonia; three sons: Peter 
(Kathleen), of Royal Oak, Wayne (Dawn), of Remus, Lester (Margaret), of 
Rochester Hills; 21 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, 
Katherine Seidl, of Oxford; three sisters-in-law, Annabell Seidl, of Ruth, 
Marie Seidl, of Huntington Woods, Muriel Prusinski, of Grand Rapids.  

He was preceded in death by three sons, Steven, Roy and Phillip Seidl; one 
daughter-in-law, Lynn Seidl, one son-in-law, Joseph Bourell; eight brothers, 
Frank, Andrew, Leo, Paul, John “Jack”, George, Anthony and Joseph Seidl; two 
sisters, Mary Edwards and Elizabeth Forton.

Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at Sts. Peter & Paul 
Catholic Church of Holy Apostle Parish in Ruth. Rev. Peter Nwokoye, pastor will 
officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral 
Home in Ubly and from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Saturday at Sts. 
Peter & Paul Church.  There will be a parish vigil service 4 p.m. Friday 
afternoon and the Knights of Columbus will recite the rosary Friday evening at 
7 p.m. Both services will be at the funeral home.
Memorials have been requested to Holy Apostle Parish or the Ruth Knights of 
Columbus Council #3823.  Published Dec 10, 2015 HURON DAILY TRIBUNE


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