NANCY LOUISE (BOGGESS) SEAY
SEAY, NANCY BOGGESS, Died in Tulsa, April 21, 2006. Born Nancy Louise Boggess in West, Texas on November 9, 1910 to Offa and Nina Boggess, she was an outstanding student, graduating at age 16 from Hockaday School in Dallas, where she memorably reigned as the Latin Queen of North Texas. She graduated from Smith College in 1931. She worked with the Dallas Morning News and in 1935 married Harry L. Seay Jr. Their courtship included a legendary trip chaperoned by her Uncle Joe, who was the same age, into the mountains of Mexico to inspect a silver mine. They had two children, Harry III and Peggy, in Dallas, and in 1940 moved to Tulsa when her husband joined the Atlas Life Insurance Company. Soon World War II came, and with two small children she moved to Rhode Island, Corpus Christi, Texas, and then back to Dallas while Harry served on aircraft carriers. After his return from the Navy they moved back to Tulsa, where their third child, Kathy, was born. Nancy was a vital, intelligent, and energetic person. President of the Dallas Junior League at the time they moved to Tulsa, she joined energetically in civic life in Tulsa. She served on the Boards of, among others, Holland Hall, Philbrook, The Tulsa Arts Council, The Oklahoma Arts Council, Saint Simeon's Home, and The Tulsa Philharmonic; she was very much involved in her garden and investment clubs. She and Harry were particularly instrumental in the development of Holland Hall, first when it came within the Oklahoma Episcopal Diocese, and later when it became coeducational, and Nancy traveled as a member of the school's headmaster selection committee. She was a long-time member of Trinity Episcopal Church. She had many close Tulsa friendships, and kept her close friends in Dallas as well. She enjoyed entertaining, heading up the Opera Ball among other things. After Harry's death in 1970, Nancy and her friends were in constant motion visiting the Casa de Seis in Cuernavaca and traveling extensively. She and her group were interned in Cairo during the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian War; undeterred after they were freed, they promptly resumed their African trip. After it became more difficult for her to travel with friends, she continued to travel with the family well into her nineties. She loved playing bridge, and until recent months belonged to a weekly bridge club. Nancy, "Nana," to her grandchildren, was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed nothing more than presiding over family gatherings, particularly at the family's home in Sardis, Mississippi which she restored almost single handedly. She and the family met there for Thanksgivings for over thirty years. She had an aura of invincible spirit evident to anyone who spent time with her, softened by her sense of humor and innate graciousness. She is survived by her brother James H. Boggess of Dallas and his wife, Rusty, by her daughter, Katherine S. McHugh of Lincoln, Massachusetts and her husband Jim and their children, Abigail of Boston and Rebecca of New York, by her daughter Margaret O. Allison of Dallas and her husband Richard and children, John and Edward Oglesby, of Dallas, and by her son, Harry L. Seay III of Tulsa and his wife, Joan, their children Elizabeth of New York and Katherine of Los Angeles, and her two respective great grandchildren Garratt and Sarah. The family suggests that donations be made in lieu of flowers to Philbrook Art Museum, 2727 S. Rockford, Tulsa OK 74114 or a charity of your choice. Services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa, on Tuesday April 25, 2006 at 2 o'clock P.M. Burial services will be held at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas at 3 o'clock P.M. on Wednesday April 26, 2006.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: April 24, 2006
SEAY, NANCY BOGGESS, Died in Tulsa, April 21, 2006. Born Nancy Louise Boggess in West, Texas on November 9, 1910 to Offa and Nina Boggess, she was an outstanding student, graduating at age 16 from Hockaday School in Dallas, where she memorably reigned as the Latin Queen of North Texas. She graduated from Smith College in 1931. She worked with the Dallas Morning News and in 1935 married Harry L. Seay Jr. Their courtship included a legendary trip chaperoned by her Uncle Joe, who was the same age, into the mountains of Mexico to inspect a silver mine. They had two children, Harry III and Peggy, in Dallas, and in 1940 moved to Tulsa when her husband joined the Atlas Life Insurance Company. Soon World War II came, and with two small children she moved to Rhode Island, Corpus Christi, Texas, and then back to Dallas while Harry served on aircraft carriers. After his return from the Navy they moved back to Tulsa, where their third child, Kathy, was born. Nancy was a vital, intelligent, and energetic person. President of the Dallas Junior League at the time they moved to Tulsa, she joined energetically in civic life in Tulsa. She served on the Boards of, among others, Holland Hall, Philbrook, The Tulsa Arts Council, The Oklahoma Arts Council, Saint Simeon's Home, and The Tulsa Philharmonic; she was very much involved in her garden and investment clubs. She and Harry were particularly instrumental in the development of Holland Hall, first when it came within the Oklahoma Episcopal Diocese, and later when it became coeducational, and Nancy traveled as a member of the school's headmaster selection committee. She was a long-time member of Trinity Episcopal Church. She had many close Tulsa friendships, and kept her close friends in Dallas as well. She enjoyed entertaining, heading up the Opera Ball among other things. After Harry's death in 1970, Nancy and her friends were in constant motion visiting the Casa de Seis in Cuernavaca and traveling extensively. She and her group were interned in Cairo during the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian War; undeterred after they were freed, they promptly resumed their African trip. After it became more difficult for her to travel with friends, she continued to travel with the family well into her nineties. She loved playing bridge, and until recent months belonged to a weekly bridge club. Nancy, "Nana," to her grandchildren, was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed nothing more than presiding over family gatherings, particularly at the family's home in Sardis, Mississippi which she restored almost single handedly. She and the family met there for Thanksgivings for over thirty years. She had an aura of invincible spirit evident to anyone who spent time with her, softened by her sense of humor and innate graciousness. She is survived by her brother James H. Boggess of Dallas and his wife, Rusty, by her daughter, Katherine S. McHugh of Lincoln, Massachusetts and her husband Jim and their children, Abigail of Boston and Rebecca of New York, by her daughter Margaret O. Allison of Dallas and her husband Richard and children, John and Edward Oglesby, of Dallas, and by her son, Harry L. Seay III of Tulsa and his wife, Joan, their children Elizabeth of New York and Katherine of Los Angeles, and her two respective great grandchildren Garratt and Sarah. The family suggests that donations be made in lieu of flowers to Philbrook Art Museum, 2727 S. Rockford, Tulsa OK 74114 or a charity of your choice. Services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa, on Tuesday April 25, 2006 at 2 o'clock P.M. Burial services will be held at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas at 3 o'clock P.M. on Wednesday April 26, 2006.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: April 24, 2006
NANCY LOUISE (BOGGESS) SEAY
SEAY, NANCY BOGGESS, Died in Tulsa, April 21, 2006. Born Nancy Louise Boggess in West, Texas on November 9, 1910 to Offa and Nina Boggess, she was an outstanding student, graduating at age 16 from Hockaday School in Dallas, where she memorably reigned as the Latin Queen of North Texas. She graduated from Smith College in 1931. She worked with the Dallas Morning News and in 1935 married Harry L. Seay Jr. Their courtship included a legendary trip chaperoned by her Uncle Joe, who was the same age, into the mountains of Mexico to inspect a silver mine. They had two children, Harry III and Peggy, in Dallas, and in 1940 moved to Tulsa when her husband joined the Atlas Life Insurance Company. Soon World War II came, and with two small children she moved to Rhode Island, Corpus Christi, Texas, and then back to Dallas while Harry served on aircraft carriers. After his return from the Navy they moved back to Tulsa, where their third child, Kathy, was born. Nancy was a vital, intelligent, and energetic person. President of the Dallas Junior League at the time they moved to Tulsa, she joined energetically in civic life in Tulsa. She served on the Boards of, among others, Holland Hall, Philbrook, The Tulsa Arts Council, The Oklahoma Arts Council, Saint Simeon's Home, and The Tulsa Philharmonic; she was very much involved in her garden and investment clubs. She and Harry were particularly instrumental in the development of Holland Hall, first when it came within the Oklahoma Episcopal Diocese, and later when it became coeducational, and Nancy traveled as a member of the school's headmaster selection committee. She was a long-time member of Trinity Episcopal Church. She had many close Tulsa friendships, and kept her close friends in Dallas as well. She enjoyed entertaining, heading up the Opera Ball among other things. After Harry's death in 1970, Nancy and her friends were in constant motion visiting the Casa de Seis in Cuernavaca and traveling extensively. She and her group were interned in Cairo during the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian War; undeterred after they were freed, they promptly resumed their African trip. After it became more difficult for her to travel with friends, she continued to travel with the family well into her nineties. She loved playing bridge, and until recent months belonged to a weekly bridge club. Nancy, "Nana," to her grandchildren, was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed nothing more than presiding over family gatherings, particularly at the family's home in Sardis, Mississippi which she restored almost single handedly. She and the family met there for Thanksgivings for over thirty years. She had an aura of invincible spirit evident to anyone who spent time with her, softened by her sense of humor and innate graciousness. She is survived by her brother James H. Boggess of Dallas and his wife, Rusty, by her daughter, Katherine S. McHugh of Lincoln, Massachusetts and her husband Jim and their children, Abigail of Boston and Rebecca of New York, by her daughter Margaret O. Allison of Dallas and her husband Richard and children, John and Edward Oglesby, of Dallas, and by her son, Harry L. Seay III of Tulsa and his wife, Joan, their children Elizabeth of New York and Katherine of Los Angeles, and her two respective great grandchildren Garratt and Sarah. The family suggests that donations be made in lieu of flowers to Philbrook Art Museum, 2727 S. Rockford, Tulsa OK 74114 or a charity of your choice. Services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa, on Tuesday April 25, 2006 at 2 o'clock P.M. Burial services will be held at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas at 3 o'clock P.M. on Wednesday April 26, 2006.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: April 24, 2006
SEAY, NANCY BOGGESS, Died in Tulsa, April 21, 2006. Born Nancy Louise Boggess in West, Texas on November 9, 1910 to Offa and Nina Boggess, she was an outstanding student, graduating at age 16 from Hockaday School in Dallas, where she memorably reigned as the Latin Queen of North Texas. She graduated from Smith College in 1931. She worked with the Dallas Morning News and in 1935 married Harry L. Seay Jr. Their courtship included a legendary trip chaperoned by her Uncle Joe, who was the same age, into the mountains of Mexico to inspect a silver mine. They had two children, Harry III and Peggy, in Dallas, and in 1940 moved to Tulsa when her husband joined the Atlas Life Insurance Company. Soon World War II came, and with two small children she moved to Rhode Island, Corpus Christi, Texas, and then back to Dallas while Harry served on aircraft carriers. After his return from the Navy they moved back to Tulsa, where their third child, Kathy, was born. Nancy was a vital, intelligent, and energetic person. President of the Dallas Junior League at the time they moved to Tulsa, she joined energetically in civic life in Tulsa. She served on the Boards of, among others, Holland Hall, Philbrook, The Tulsa Arts Council, The Oklahoma Arts Council, Saint Simeon's Home, and The Tulsa Philharmonic; she was very much involved in her garden and investment clubs. She and Harry were particularly instrumental in the development of Holland Hall, first when it came within the Oklahoma Episcopal Diocese, and later when it became coeducational, and Nancy traveled as a member of the school's headmaster selection committee. She was a long-time member of Trinity Episcopal Church. She had many close Tulsa friendships, and kept her close friends in Dallas as well. She enjoyed entertaining, heading up the Opera Ball among other things. After Harry's death in 1970, Nancy and her friends were in constant motion visiting the Casa de Seis in Cuernavaca and traveling extensively. She and her group were interned in Cairo during the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian War; undeterred after they were freed, they promptly resumed their African trip. After it became more difficult for her to travel with friends, she continued to travel with the family well into her nineties. She loved playing bridge, and until recent months belonged to a weekly bridge club. Nancy, "Nana," to her grandchildren, was a loving mother and grandmother who enjoyed nothing more than presiding over family gatherings, particularly at the family's home in Sardis, Mississippi which she restored almost single handedly. She and the family met there for Thanksgivings for over thirty years. She had an aura of invincible spirit evident to anyone who spent time with her, softened by her sense of humor and innate graciousness. She is survived by her brother James H. Boggess of Dallas and his wife, Rusty, by her daughter, Katherine S. McHugh of Lincoln, Massachusetts and her husband Jim and their children, Abigail of Boston and Rebecca of New York, by her daughter Margaret O. Allison of Dallas and her husband Richard and children, John and Edward Oglesby, of Dallas, and by her son, Harry L. Seay III of Tulsa and his wife, Joan, their children Elizabeth of New York and Katherine of Los Angeles, and her two respective great grandchildren Garratt and Sarah. The family suggests that donations be made in lieu of flowers to Philbrook Art Museum, 2727 S. Rockford, Tulsa OK 74114 or a charity of your choice. Services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa, on Tuesday April 25, 2006 at 2 o'clock P.M. Burial services will be held at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas at 3 o'clock P.M. on Wednesday April 26, 2006.
Dallas Morning News, The (TX)
Date: April 24, 2006
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