- Howard Wilbur Sefton, 78, of Olney and Wildwood, Fla., formerly of Fairfield, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday May 10, 2006 at VNA Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville, Ind.
Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Friday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Rev. David 841.A. McNabb officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Fairfield.
Mr. Sefton was born on September 19, 1927 in Clay County, the son of Harry and Maggie (Luce) Sefton. He married Jeene Rumburg on March 7, 1953
In addition to his work throughout the United States, Howard worked on several pipeline construction jobs in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America. He was a member of Olney Southern Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge in Fairfield. He loved his family, work, horses and the rodeo. He graduated from Flora High School and was a long-standing member of the Union of Operating Engineers, Local
He is survived by his wife, Jeene Sefton of Olney; two sons, Mark Sefton and his wife, Wilda of Mill Shoals, and Scott Sefton and his wife, Mary Jo of Wellesley, Mass.; daughter, Joan Hahn and her husband, Pat of Olney; sister, Carolyn Matthews of Mt. Vernon, Ohio; and grandchildren, Clint Sefton and his fiancee, Mandy Sollmon, Melissa Sefton and fiance, Aaron May, Raelee Hahn and Holly Hahn.
Mr. Sefton was preceded in death by his parents; and infant son, Jeffrey Morgan; brothers, Walter, Warren and Sam; and sisters, Jean Haynes, Betty Kendrick, Margaret Crackel and Peggy Fehrenbacher.
Memorials may be made to VNA Charlier Hospice Center, 610 Walnut St. Evansville, IN 47713
The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, May 2006
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