Otto Seabaugh

Otto G. Seabaugh, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center.

He was born on Oct. 9, 1914, at Cape Girardeau, son of John Otto and Caroline Sally Green Seabaugh.

He and Della Sievers were married June 24, 1967, at Monroe, N.C.

A graduate of Jackson High School and Southeast Missouri State University, he received a master's degree in education from the University of Missouri in 1936. He was employed as an instructor of secondary education for five years and then worked for McDonnell-Douglas Corp., Ford Motor and the Winchester Division of the Olin Corp.

In 1958, he was transferred by Olin Corp. to New Haven, Conn., where he retired in 1977.

Otto and Della Seabaugh endowed scholarships and helped pay for the new polytechnic building at Southeast Missouri State University that bears their names. The couple were chosen as "Friends of the University" in 1997.

He was a member of the Southeast Missouri University Foundation and Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson, where he served on the church council.

Survivors include his wife of Cape Girardeau; and three brothers, Eugene Seabaugh of Oak Ridge, J.B. Seabaugh of Qoltewah, Tenn., and Jerry Seabaugh of Jackson.

He was preceded in death by his parents. a brother and two sisters.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Cracraft-Miller Chapel in Jackson.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.