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NEIL SELDEN Obituary

SELDEN--Neil. March 20, 1931 - July 20, 2015. Dear departed husband of Lee, father of Michael, father-in-law of Dearing, grandfather of Corday and Avery. Through 65 years of friendship, Neil, you showed me and so many others your love despite a sense of sadness within yourself. You emitted that love to others in the form of help, advice and unselfish giving with humor and joy. You displayed that love through your work, art, community involvement and ongoing. focused engagement with family and friends. We were busboys together, so very long ago, then writers, then psychotherapists... we shared a lifetime of growing and changing. Goodbye now, dear Neil. I miss you, but I take you with me forever. Memorial celebration of Neil's life will be at 1:00pm Saturday, August 1st at the Reformed Church of Highland Park, NJ, 19-21 Second Avenue (just off the corner of Second Avenue and Raritan Avenue (Rt. 27).

Dr. David C. Belgray

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Published by New York Times on Jul. 31, 2015.

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Warren Craig

July 31, 2015

Neil, the most honest friend who imparted such wisdom, love and caring to so many others. So fiercely passionate, you touched usand taught usall. Not enough knew your written works. Ocean in a Teacup, was but one play exploring and expounding on the unlimited meaning and beauty of giving and receiving the redemptive power of love, something you did in every encounter I had with you.
I remember many afternoons where you gave me something profound. I remember one ancient proverb now, in particular, paraphrased: The fool knows not that he knows not; the wise man knows that he knows not; the saint knows not that he knows. Neil, you were and always will be one of my saints. Rest easy, and go on, my good friend.

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