Lessetta V. Seitz

SAVANNA, Ill. — Lessetta V. Seitz, 94, of Savanna, Illinois, died Thursday, January 17, 2008. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 21st, at the First Presbyterian Church in Savanna with Reverend Michael Wey officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, January 20th, at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna. Burial will follow in the Savanna Township Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to First Presbyterian Church, Savanna. Online condolences may be given to the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com. Lessetta V. Seitz was born October 14, 1913, in Savanna, the daughter of Victor and Mattie (Palmer) Dauphin. She graduated from Savanna High School in 1930 and then attended Brown Business College in Clinton, Iowa. Lessetta was united in marriage to Joe Seitz on June 18, 1959, in Mt. Carroll. Together they owned and operated the Palisades Motel for twelve years. Lessetta worked as a secretary in the Savanna area for several law firms, at the Carroll County Farm Bureau for fifteen years as a bookkeeper, the secretary for the provost marshal at the Savanna Army Depot and was secretary at the soil and water district office in Freeport, Illinois. She also worked as a court reporter in Carroll and Jo Davies counties, retiring in 1977. Lessetta was on the Carroll County Board for twenty eight years and was very involved in politics. Lessetta will be dearly missed by one daughter, June (John) Bimm of Thomson, Illinois; two sons, James (Georgieann) Seitz of Dumfries, Virginia, and Joe (Rena) Seitz of Lowell, Michigan; two brothers, Fred (Geraldine) Dauphin of Savanna and Palmer (Margaret) Dauphin of Savanna; two sisters, Hazel (Harold) Brinkmeier of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, and Dorothy Malone of Savanna; five grandchildren, Joey Seitz and Luke (Jessica) Seitz of Lowell, Donna Houzenga, Sheryl (Ron) Sipe and Michael (Donna Kaufman) Mangler of Savanna; four stepgrandchildren, Terri (Mark Fellows) Bimm of Chicago, Illinois, Chris (Pat) Foltz of Thomson, and Laura (John) Figg of Lowell, Allison Albright of Lowell; six great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. Lessetta was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and three brothers, Victor, Paul and Ben Dauphin.Death date: Jan. 17, 2008