OREGON---Raymond "Ray" Joseph Seabeck, 79, passed away at home on Tuesday, January l4, 2020.
Ray was born on August 3l, l940 in Casper, Wyoming the son of the late Edwin F. and Isabel M. (Kettle) Seabeck.
He attended Natrona County High School in Casper. After graduation, he attended Casper College where he earned an Associate of Arts Degree in Business Law and Accounting. He also attended the University of Wyoming where he earned his BA degree in English and Speech. He earned his Master of Education degree at Boston University specializing in Remedial Reading. He taught AP English, Journalism, Speech, English Literature and Remedial Reading for 34 years at Laconia High School. Ray also served as Department Chairman for ten years, helped plan major building renovations, and designed a reading lab.
Ray met the love of his life, Lauretta, in 1964, in Newcastle, Wyoming when she left NH to give a year of volunteer work with the Extension Lay Volunteer Program assisting parish priests with their workload.
They were married in l966 at Our Lady of the Lakes Church in Lauretta’s parish in Lakeport, NH.
As a family they established the Missionary Servants of Pope John Paul I with thousands of helpers that made possible the building of all 9 of Mother Teresa’s missions in Haiti and the shipping of 50-80 tons of supplies yearly.
They published the English version of Humilitas, a quarterly magazine telling of Pope John Paul I’s life and published the book, The Smiling Pope.
He leaves his wife, Lauretta (Bolduc) Seabeck and their two children, Elizabeth Como and her husband, Steve and their children Kailey, Steven and Emily; and Monique Ierardi and her husband, Douglas and their three children, Allison, Matthew and Joseph; his brother Robert Seabeck and his wife Diana; and many nieces and nephews. Ray was predeceased by his two sisters and their husbands, Patricia McGinty and her husband, Gene and Marilyn Fassler and her husband, Paul; and his brother Thomas, and his wife, Doris.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at a later date, at the St. Andre Bessette Parish-Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, NH.
Burial will be held at a later date in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Garfield Street, Laconia NH.
A reception will follow at Sacred Heart Parish Hall.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, 727 NW l7th Street, Miami, Florida 33136.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia NH is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.