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Seth Taft

Pepper Pike, Ohio

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April 14, 2013
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Pepper Pike, Ohio

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Brown-Forward Funeral Home - Shaker Heights Obituary

Seth Chase Taft, a former Cuyahoga County Commissioner and grandson of a U.S. president, died Sunday at his home in Pepper Pike after a recent fall. He was 90. Taft, who is survived by his wife Frances, four children and 10 grandchildren, might best be remembered locally for his narrow loss to...

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Dear Frannie: Curtis and I just got the sad news about Seth's passing and we want to express our condolences to you and the entire Taft family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
I was privileged to have worked for Seth when he was County Commissioner back in the 70's. and I can say without reservation that he was truly one of a kind. His intelligence, honesty, compassion, loyalty and love of family all combined to make him a very special man. He will be missed.

Franny,
I am so sorry for your loss. All our love, Chuck and Mary Ann Hazle

Our thoughts are with Franny and her children and grandchildren. We extend our sincere sympathies and hugs to all.

Condolences to the entire Taft family, thoughts and prayers are with you all

Rick, on behalf of myself and the other members of the Philosophical Club of Cleveland, deepest condolences to you and your entire family on the loss of your father.

Aunt Fran: Thinking about you and love you! I will call and talk to you soon. We shared so many wonderful times.

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Seth was a great community leader and a warm and caring man. It was my privilege to serve with him in County Government as director of the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging. He was always a fair while demanding boss. Many years later, Seth joined my Board of Directors when I served as CEO of the Golden Age Centers of Greater Cleveland. In that capacity, his advice and wisdom were always welcome as he advanced the mission of that great agency. And many times we worked together on projects...

I have such warm memories of Seth that make me grateful to have known him. He enlisted me to work on the Greater Cleveland Substance Abuse Initiative Leadership Council and then we collaborated on several Community Reentry projects. He encouraged me to run for the City Club Board of Directors and then was one of 3 to sign and circulate an endorsement letter. He was always such a classy, gracious gentleman, a model public servant.
My sympathy to Franny, Rick and the entire family.