This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Seeley; Kelley; Fardink; Mazzone; Koterass Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12238.1 Message Board Post: Found following obituary: Ruthe May Seeley Fardink, 77, formerly of the Fardink Rd. Ahsville, died at 8:00 A.M. Monday (Nov. 22, 2004) in Heritage Green Health Care Center. She was born Jan. 25, 1927 in Jamestown, the daughter of Clarence J. and Ruby Kelley Seeley. She was a 1945 graduate of Lakewood High School. Together with her late husband she owned and operated Fardink Blacktopping, starting the business in 1959. She was active with the Ashville School PTA, Ashville Cub Scouts, Brownies, Boy Scouts, and Girls Scouts. She served as a den mother and in other youth leadership positions. She was also active with the Ashville Home Bureau and the Ashville United Methodist Church. Later in life Ruthe was great friends with Harry "Mick" Koterass, who became her most constant companion during her recent illness and confining disability. Survivors: Sons - Paul J. and Jonathan B. Fardink Daughter - Muriel Mazzone Grandchildren - Kelley, Jon, Kim, Jeff, Nicholas Brother - Clarence J. Seeley Preceded ind eath by husband, Merle D. Fardink, whom she married Dec. 1, 1945, and who died Dec. 7, 1994; and by an infant daughter, Cathy Fardink, who died in 1946. The funeral service will be private. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ashville Memorials: Heritage Green Health Care Center Memorial Fund Rte 430 Greenhurst, NY 14742