Shirley Jean Seymour

Shirley Jean Seymour, age 97 of Cleveland Georgia passed away peacefully on Monday May 30th, 2022 at Laurel Lodge Assisted Living in Cleveland Georgia. Shirley was born on September 27, 1924 in Hudson, New York to the late Roy William Wade and Blanche Bickford Wade. Shirley graduated from Gardiner High School in 1942, in Gardiner Maine and was awarded a scholarship to study Mathematics. She went to work for the Veterans Administration during and after WW II as a Legal Clerk and Stenographer in Togus Maine and later in Boston Massachusetts. Shirley married her husband John Seymour of Chatham New York, at the Highland Methodist Church in Gardiner Maine on January 16th, 1949. They then settled in Chatham New York where they raised their family. Later they moved to Massachusetts, Virginia, Florida, Delaware and Palmyra Pennsylvania. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. They were married for 58 years until John’s passing in 2007. After which Shirley moved to Alpharetta Georgia and later to Cleveland Georgia to be closer to her family. Along with her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, John Seymour Sr. and her daughter Helene S. Shorten of Hershey Pennsylvania. Shirley is survived by her son John Seymour Jr and his wife Kathleen Seymour of Cleveland Georgia, as well as five grandsons, Michael Seymour of Wisconsin, Mathew Seymour of Georgia, Brian Seymour of North Carolina, Kevin Seymour of Colorado, and Kevin Shorten Jr. of Pennsylvania. Along with seven great grandchildren, Ryan Seymour, Logan Seymour, Jordan Seymour, Samuel Seymour, Maxwell Seymour, Eleanor Seymour and Benjamin Seymour. And her nephew David Wade of Maine, niece Donna Deutsch of New Jersey, niece Nancy Clark of New Hampshire and niece Debbie Gentis of Oklahoma. No public services are scheduled. Funeral services and burial will take place in the Chatham Rural Cemetery in Chatham New York, on June 28th with a service at the gravesite. To share a memory or leave a condolence please visit. www.barrettfh.com Barrett Funeral Home of Cleveland GA 706-865-3101