Norman P Seela

   Services were held Friday at Hillview Funeral Chapel in Gustine for Norman P Seela, 62, who died last Tuesday in Modesto.
   Burial was at at Hills Ferry Cemetery.
   Mr. Seela was a native of Weatherford, Texas and had lived in Gustine for 40 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II and worked as a filler operator for the Carnation Company in Gustine. He was a member of the Gustine Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
   Survivors include his wife Ethel Seela of Gustine; a son Gary Seela of Gustine, two brothers Stirl Seela of Modesto and Rue Seela of San Leandro; and two grandchildren.

[The West Side Index, Newman, CA, 08 Jan 1987, Thu Page 2]

[courtesy of "Dean"]

Grave mark for Norman P. Seela in Section 4, Site 92,  San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Santa Nella (Merced county), California

Norman registered for the draft in Oakland, CA on 23 December 1942 and was inducted into the Army at San Francisco, CA on 2 April 1943.

Pfc Seela was transferred from the 505th PIR to Company D, 508th PIR on 9 October 1945.

He was discharged on 21 April 1946.