Elwanda Seabaugh

Elwanda Marie Seabaugh, 87, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at The Villas of Jackson.

The oldest of five children, she was born Feb. 7, 1935, to John and Geraldine McGuire Stroder.

Elwanda was a 1953 graduate of Jackson High School. She and classmate Kenny Seabaugh were married Nov. 4, 1955, and they raised their three daughters in Jackson. Elwanda and Kenny had been married 51 years, when Kenny passed away in 2007.

Elwanda worked at the hosiery mill in Jackson, Seabaugh Construction Co. in its early years and Libson's women's clothing store in Cape Girardeau, where she loved working with the clients.

Through the years, her hobbies and interests included many hours at Jackson Bowling Lanes and Kimbeland Golf Course, canning the many vegetables her family planted in two huge gardens, decades of oil and watercolor painting with her friends and hunting with Kenny. After Kenny's passing, she took the opportunity to travel, including trips to Alaska, The Netherlands, Ireland, Germany and Italy.

She was a member of New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson.

Elwanda is survived by daughters, Connie (the late David) Sides and Cathy (Becky Frey) Seabaugh; son-in-law, Phil (the late Shelia) Hager; brothers, Larry (the late Linda) Stroder and Gary (Karen) Stroder; sister-in-law, Katie (the late Jerry) Stroder; brother-in-law, Bill (the late Shirley) Pfeiffer; grandchildren, Ryan Sides, Jeff (Leslie) Hager, Erin (Drue) Kampmann and Megan (Marc) Ashby; great-grandchildren Blake, Izobel, Avery, Harper, Logan, Cooper and Canton.

She was preceded in death by Kenny; daughter, Shelia Hager; parents, Geraldine and John Stroder; sister, Shirley Pfeiffer; brother, Jerry Stroder; nephew, John Stroder; three sisters-in-law, Linda Stroder, Vicky Stroder and Verna Jean (Tom) Boyd; and maternal aunt, Kathleen Wilson.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Wednesday's 10:30 a.m. funeral service at the funeral home will be followed by interment at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

Memorial donations are suggested to A Sister's Hope, which funds breast cancer research. Checks may be mailed to A Sister's Hope, c/o C. Seabaugh, 6177 N. Lincoln Ave. #104, Chicago, IL 60659.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall tab of Elwanda's obituary page at www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.