Jerome R. Seeger

Jerome R. “Jerry” Seeger, age 89, of Independence, MO, passed peacefully on August 13, 2024. 

Jerry’s life will be celebrated on Thursday, August 22, 2024. The family will receive friends for a visitation from 9:30-11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, 801 Spring Garden, Atchison, KS. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. with burial to follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Funeral care entrusted to the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Memorials may be left to the National Kidney Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association or American Association for Cancer Research. 

Jerome was born on April 14, 1935, in Atchison, KS, the son of Gerard Benedict Seeger and Genevieve Eleanor (Kane) Seeger. He attended catholic schools in Atchison for his entire education; beginning at St. Joseph Grade School, was a graduate of the 1953 class of Maur Hill Prep and finished at St. Benedict’s College. 

He proudly served his country in the United States Army, Anti-Aircraft Division, from 1 MAR 1955 until his honorable discharge on 30 JAN 1962. He was a member of St. Mark’s Church in Independence and also enjoyed mass at St. Robert Bellarmine in Blue Springs. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and American Legion in Independence, MO.

Jerry had a rewarding and prosperous career. He began working with Montgomery Ward in Atchison, and later moved on to Gehring Construction and then LFM Rockwell Manufacturing. In 1959, he relocated to Independence, MO, and started as a salesman for West Chemical in Kansas City, MO, and continued in the sales industry at DuBois Chemical and S.C. Johnson until his retirement. Jerry never met a stranger and was known for being the first one to the party and last to leave. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. 

He married Gloria Bluma on January 25, 1958, at St. Joseph’s Church in Atchison and they shared over fifty years of marriage before her passing on August 29, 2013. He is also preceded in death by his brothers, Bernard, Larry and Elmer “Bud”; sister, Eleanor Keith; infant twin sisters and a son-in-law, Kevin Taylor. 

Survivors include his children, Sherra Taylor; Kevin (Sharon) Seeger; Kirk (Kathy) Seeger; Kelly (Robert) Ball. He was Papa J to his eight grandchildren, Sean (Fiancé Cassie VanHorn) and Matthew Taylor; Jessica Seeger; Lauren, Allison Seeger (Tyler Burr) and Collin Seeger; and Joseph and Madeline Ball; and was Gpa to his great granddaughter, Blakely Delay-Seeger.