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William Seifert Obituary

Mr. William Ralph "Bill" Seifert, age 71, of Rome, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2022, at a local hospital.

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio at 8:06pm at The Jewish Hospital on May 12, 1950, to the late Valentine "William" Seifert and the late Geraldine Stryker Seifert. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Debra "Debbie" Campbell Seifert, and by a sister, Diana Seifert. He eventually spent his life growing up in Dayton, Ohio. He moved on to smaller colleges where he finally met the love of his life Debra Campbell. They were married in 1974 and had their first son, Jesse Skye, on September 15th of that same year in Kentucky. They continued to work and then on June 29, 1979, their second son, William Campbell, was born in Tecumseh, Michigan. The next year the family moved to Rome, Georgia where Bill worked for 25 years for International Paper (then known as Temple Inland/Georgia Kraft) until his retirement in 2011.

Bill is survived by two sons, Jesse Seifert and his son, Cooper, and Willie Seifert, his wife J. J., and their children, Carson and Cole; two sisters, Sue Williams (Alex) and Anne Larkins (Bob); many nieces and nephews.

In accordance with his wishes, Bill will be cremated and no services are planned.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to the Ronald McDonald House at www.rmhc.org or to Trout Unlimited at www.tu.org.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, Oaknoll Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Rome News-Tribune on May 10, 2022.

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Creston Black

May 9, 2022

Bill was a great man and a great father he will missed by many May he Rest In Peace.

Jan Ziegel Taylor

May 9, 2022

I am so sorry to hear of Bill’s death. I have such good memories of him as a child. I wish I had known the man he became. Hugs to you each who are mourning Bill.

Julie Chisholm

May 8, 2022

My love to all the family. He was loved much and will be missed.

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