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In Memory Of Our Poets

Emma Bennett Sellers (Steere) (1914-2007) - Class Of 1931

Funeral services for Emma Ben­nett Sellers STEERE of Houston,Texas (formerly of Auburn) are scheduled for Friday, February 23, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in Found­er's Chapel of Auburn United Methodist Church. Mrs. Steere died February 17, 2007. Dr. George Mathison will officiate with interment at Auburn Me­morial Park Cemetery under the direction of Jeffcoat Funer­al Home. A visitation with the family will be held at 12:00 in Founder's Chapel prior to the funeral.  Mrs. Steere was born May 13, 1914 in Opelika. She and her family lived in Auburn until they moved to Montgom­ery in 1920. She graduated from Sidney Lanier High School, attended Woman's College (now Huntington College), and transferred to Alabama Poly­technic Institute (now Auburn University), from which she graduated in 1936. She mar­ried Richard Munyan Steere on graduation day and they re­sided in New Jersey and Ten­nessee for a number of years. They moved back to Auburn in 1941, where her husband taught in the School of Electri­cal Engineering for fourteen years before moving to Louisi­ana Tech University in Ruston, LA where he taught for twenty-five years. Upon Mr. Steere's re­tirement, they moved back to Auburn. Mrs. Steere was active in The United Methodist Church throughout her life and served as church secretary for many years in Auburn and Ruston.  She was also an active mem­ber of AAUW and other com­munity organizations.  Survivors include two sons and daugh­ters-in law, Daniel C. and Nan­cy Steere of Littleton, CO, and David B. and Vicky Steere of Katy, TX; a granddaughter and her husband, Alisa and Glenn Grieco of Bryan, TX; two grand­sons and their wives, Dan C., Jr.and Kim Steere of Menlo Park,CA., and John H. and GinaSteere of Cypress, TX, and theirmother, Dr. Margarett Blackwell and her husband, Joe Black­well, of Lake Wylie, SC; three great-granddaughters, Brittany and Megan Steere of Cypress,TX and Katherine Steere of Menlo Park, CA; and two great-grandsons, Walker and Andrew Steere of Menlo Park, CA. Other survivors are a cousin,J oAnn Bennett Edgar and her husband John, of Auburn, AL and several nieces and neph­ews.  Mrs. Steere was prede­ceased by her parents, O.H. and Emma Bennett Sellers of Montgomery; her husband, Richard M. Steere of Auburn; a son, John H. Steere of Auburn; two brothers, Olin S. Sellers and Hubert A. Sellers, both of Mont­gomery; and a sister, Florence S. Stoudenmire of Prattville, AL.In lieu of flowers, the family re­quests donations to the Capital Campaign Fund at Auburn United Methodist Church, or the charity of choice
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Funeral Home: JEFFCOAT TRANT FUNERAL HOME
Publication Date: 02/22/2007