Seidel, Harry H. 

KILGORE -- Services for Harry H. Seidel, 83, of Kilgore, Texas, will be 11 
a.m. Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in 
Kilgore, Texas, with the Rev. Ernie Turney officiating. Burial will follow 
later in Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. Seidel was born October 19, 1922, 
in Sandoval, Illinois, where he graduated from Sandoval High School. He 
served our country in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he fought at 
Omaha Beach, the Liberation of Paris, the Hurtgen Forest and was taken as a 
prisoner of war, December 18, 1944, in Hosingen, Luxembourg, during the 
Battle of the Bulge. After the war Mr. Seidel returned to Robinson, Illinois, 
where he worked for the Getty Oil Co. While in Robinson, he was a Past 
Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, the Moose 
Lodge and the American Legion. He was transferred to Kilgore, Texas, in 1972 
and retired there in 1980. Mr. Seidel was a member of the St. Luke's United 
Methodist Church, the Meadowbrook Country Club, the Ex-POW and the DAV of 
East Texas. He is survived by his wife, Maxine McCarty Seidel of Kilgore, 
Texas; two sons, Dr. Edward Allen Seidel of Washington, D.C. and William 
McCarty Seidel of Grapevine; two grandchildren, Marc Edward Seidel of 
Grapevine, Texas, and Guinevieve Imperial of Washington, D.C.; and many 
nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Anna C. and 
Edward A. Seidel; and a brother, E. Charles Seidel. The family will receive 
friends at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore between 6:30-8 p.m. this evening. 
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of choice or St. Luke's 
United Methodist Church, 401 Main Street, Kilgore, Texas 75662. Please 
leave online condolences at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/10/2006.