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Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Obits From The Oak Ridger 26 Mar 2001
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:48:22 EST


>From The Oak Ridger 26 mar 2001 - Part 2

ELAINE GROPPE STOETZEL, 78, of Oak Ridge, died Friday, March 23, 2001, at
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mrs. Stoetzel worked as a registered nurse at several area hospitals
including the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies and St. Mary's hospital
in Knoxville until retiring in 1980. After retiring, she owned and operated
Main Street Ceramics in Oliver Springs for several years.
A longtime member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, she enjoyed her volunteer
work at the church and her special friends at the White Elephant thrift
store.
The daughter of Albert and Clara Koester Groppe, she was born July 5, 1922,
in Dubuque, Iowa.
She married Frank Clarence Stoetzel on May 16, 1944, in Milwaukee, Wis., and
the couple returned to Dubuque in 1945 where they started their family. They
moved to Oak Ridge in 1953 with six of their children. They had been married
for 56 years when Frank Stoetzel died on July 13, 2000.
Mrs. Stoetzel is survived by her children and their spouses, Jim Stoetzel
(Vickie Bradford Stoetzel) of Saudi Arabia; David Stoetzel (Sara Thursby
Stoetzel); and Kathy Reynolds (Eric Reynolds), all of Oak Ridge; Robert "Bob"
Stoetzel (Teresa Scott Stoetzel) of Woodbury; Marlene Mayton (J.D. Mayton) of
Sunbright; Dan Stoetzel, and Mary Brooks (Jeff Brooks), all of Knoxville;
Judi Seeley (Phil Seeley) of Jupiter, Fla.; Geri Alberson (Michael Alberson)
of Kingston; and Michael Stoetzel (Kathy Surprise Stoetzel) of Murfreesboro.
She is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Shirley
Groppe of Oak Ridge; a sister-in-law, Ruth Stoetzel Kornell and two
brothers-in-law and their spouses, George (Joanne) Stoetzel and Harry (Terry)
Stoetzel, all of Wisconsin; 21 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, 12
step-grandchildren, six step-great-grandchildren and by many nieces, nephews
and other relatives.
Carmella Nehls of Dubuque was considered a special friend.
In addition to her husband and parents, three infant sons, a grandson, Jimmy
Stoetzel, a son-in-law, Benny Christopher, and a daughter-in-law, Charlotte
Cumbie Stoetzel, died earlier.
A funeral Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, at St. Mary's
Catholic Church with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating.
Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Mrs. Stoetzel's grandsons will
serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, March 26, at Weatherford
Mortuary. A Rosary will be said at 8 p.m.
The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations to St.
Mary's Catholic Church or St. Mary's School, 323 Vermont Ave., Oak Ridge, TN
37830.

WILLIAM REID CONOVER III, 68, of Tacora Hills, Clinton, died Saturday
morning, March 24, 2001, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mr. Conover was born April 17, 1932, in Freehold, N.J., the son of Lillian
Treat and William Reid Conover Sr., who are deceased. He was a graduate of
the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., with a bachelor of science degree in
chemistry and a minor in math. He was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity.
He came to Oak Ridge in 1962 to work at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies in cancer research. He retired from the University of Tennessee,
where he worked as a research chemist,
Mr. Conover is survived by his wife, Anna Queener Conover; his son, Douglas
Reid Conover of Clinton; his daughter, Anna Lisa Conover of Oak Ridge; his
brothers-in-law, Herman R. Queener and his wife, Ellen, of Oak Ridge and Dr.
Jack D. Queener and his wife, Fern, of Knoxville; his nephew, David A.
Queener and his wife, Helen, of Kingsport; and his aunt, Claire Colline and
her husband, Nick, of Manasquan, N.J.
The funeral will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in the chapel of
Weatherford Mortuary with the Rev. Boyd Carter officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, at Jacksboro
Cemetery, Jacksboro.
The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations to the Oak
Ridge Humane Society, 1345 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Suite 366, Oak Ridge, TN
37830; or to Knox Area Rescue Ministries, P.O. Box 3352, Knoxville, TN
37927-3352.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary.

RUTH VAN VLIET SEYFRIED, 88, of Oak Ridge, died Saturday morning, March 24,
2001, at her home of leukemia.
Mrs. Seyfried had been a resident of Oak Ridge for almost 57 years. Born
Christmas Day, 1912, in New York City, she was raised in Demarest, N.J., one
of eight children of James and Isabel Regina Van Vliet, all now deceased.
She moved to Oak Ridge July 4, 1944, to join her husband, Max Paul Seyfried,
who had arrived in Oak Ridge earlier. A chemical engineer, he was a pioneer
in nuclear technology and worked for Union Carbide Nuclear Division at the
former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. He died in 1969.
Mrs. Seyfried's family said that throughout her life, she was known for her
loving spirit, sense of humor and devotion to her family of four children,
their spouses, her 10 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and many friends.
To children of both family and friends, she was known simply as "GiGi",
always showing love and being loved in return.
Mrs. Seyfried loved to cook and often had family and friends in her home. Her
family said holidays were especially happy times for her, particularly
Christmas, when she prepared countless fruitcakes, cookies and other seasonal
favorites. She also preferred a real tree, normally a balsam or spruce, and
traditional decorations like those she enjoyed in childhood.
She had a high level of energy and many marveled at her unselfish nature,
always thinking of others first. "She may have been 88 but she acted like she
was 60," the family quoted one doctor as saying in her last days.
Mrs. Seyfried is survived by her son, Robert E. Seyfried and his wife, Joyce,
of Oak Ridge; and three daughters, Maxine Conner and her husband, Harry,
Linda Haffey and her husband, John, and Brenda Griffith and her husband,
Scotty, all of Oak Ridge.
She is also survived by her grandchildren, Scott Seyfried and his wife,
Nancy, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., Michael Seyfried and his wife, Lori, of
Marietta, Ga., Michelle Street and her husband, Mike, of Decatur, Ala., Carol
Hetzel and her husband, David, Kristen Tobler and her husband, Eric, Brittany
Norvell and Ashley Griffith, all of Oak Ridge, Sharon Mulkey and her husband,
Mark, of Kennesaw, Ga., and Karen Prozny and her husband, John, of Newnan,
Ga..
Also surviving are her great-grandchildren, Kelsey and Carly Seyfried of
Pembroke Pines, Jay, Drew and Cole Seyfried, all of Marietta, Eli and Carrie
Street, both of Decatur, Ala., Ashley Hetzel, and Haley, Caroline and Hannah
Tobler, all of Oak Ridge, and John, Elizabeth and Matthew Mulkey, all of
Kennesaw; her step-grandson, Stephen Irving and his wife, Betsy, of Farragut;
her stepgreat-grandchildren, Adam and Kelly Irving, both of Farragut; and by
numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at 7 tonight, March 26, in the chapel of Weatherford
Mortuary with the Rev. Bill Mooney and the Rev. Charles H. Horne officiating.
A graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, at Oak
Ridge Memorial Park.
The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations to
Covenant Hospice, 183 Lafayette Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830; or St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 tonight at the mortuary

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