Obituary of Thomas J. Seaton, Jr.

Moosup, CT - Thomas J. Seaton, Jr., passed away on January 2, 2014. Mr. Seaton was born on August 5, 1922, on Fishers Island, New York, to Harriet Cranska Seaton and Thomas J. Seaton. He grew up in Moosup, CT, attended Plainfield High School, and then attended Bowdoin College, Maine. In 1944 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served as a pilot and aerial gunnery instructor during World War II. After being honorably discharged in1945, he attended Centre College, Kentucky, and completed his education at Columbia University, earning a Master's degree in library science in 1953. He married Marguerite Parks in December 1952. In 1954 he was posted to the United States Department of Defense School system in England, where he served as a high school librarian until 1985. In 1990 he returned to the United States, living in Thompson, CT and later in Woodstock, CT. Mr. Seaton enjoyed many interests including, hiking, golfing, gardening, piano playing, and collecting antiquarian books. He taught adults to read and changed a number of lives as a literacy volunteer. Mr. Seaton is survived by his wife Marguerite Parks Seaton, daughter Jean Seaton Keleher of Kensington, MD, his son Thomas J. Seaton, III of Waldorf, MD, and his son Edward A. Seaton of Pomfret Center, CT, as well as his five grandchildren, Christopher, Alexander, and Claire Keleher, and Elena and Jeffrey Seaton. He is also survived by his two sisters Evelyn Seaton Treiber of Central Village, CT and Jean Seaton Rosane of Middlebury, VT. A Memorial Service will be Monday, April 14, 2014 at 11:30 AM the Smith and Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove Street, Putnam. Burial will be private with military honors in Union Cemetery, Moosup. To share a memory with his family "Light a Candle" at www.smithandwalkerfh.com