JERRY R. SEILER

Jerry Roland Seiler born September 15, 1934 died August 2, 2012 at home with his all his family around him. Jerry was born in Freeport Indiana and he and his younger sister Janice moved often due to their father’s accounting work. Because of his mother’s lung disease they moved to Tucson Arizona his senior year of high school. In all these places Jerry, a fine vocalist and trumpet player led a young jazz band. Upon entering University of Arizona he took his talents to the SAE fraternity and formed a popular barbershop quartet that through the school years and even preformed on television and sang at the reunions for the next 50 years. He also led the fraternity in the Spring Sing and won the annual competion each time. Being a ROTC he was the Cadet Commander and President of Scabbard and Blade and chosen to be a lifetime member of the Bobcats for all his school achievements. After Graduation he married Sandra Ragsdale of Las Vegas NV. They had three children Shawn, Shelby and Shannon who all blessed him with 5 grandchildren, Jordan, Jayde, Gunnar, Morgan and Reagan. After his tour in the Army he attended law School at George Washington Law School with a focus on Patent Law. He then worked for Shell Oil Inc in San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles to work at Fraser & Bogucki . In 1968 he moved to Las Vegas where he was the first intellectual property attorney in the state of Nevada. Over the years his firm grew into Seiler, Quirk and Tratos. In 1988 he moved to San Diego and was of counsel at Knobbe, Olsen Martens and Bear. Over the years Jerry worked with a variety of technology companies helping them obtain patents for their most important and pioneering inventions, many in the health field. There were over 190 patents in his name including the 4,000,000 patent for Bob Mendenhall Inc for recyclable asphalt celebrated in the bicentennial year. He was known or his high intelligence, quick wit, his gentle laugh and his mentoring and love and knowledge of fine wines. And all along the way he amassed dozens of dear friends who all miss him dearly. After losing his second wife Collet Boothby in 1998 to cancer he met and married Alexandrea Williams who graced him with two step sons John and Derek Schultes and 4 more grandchildren, Savannah, Sebastian, Scarlett and Natalia. Throughout his life he sang in master chorales, choirs and groups doing many solos and duets. He was a gifted adult Sunday School teacher for 20 years. He was very involved in his Church the Village Community Presbyterian Church being a Deacon for 6 years involved in numerous charities from food drives to military outreach and the drama ministry from set building to a singing butler. His enduring faith in Christ was with him from childhood to his passing into the arms of the Lord.