LaVale M. Seiter

LaVale Seiter left this earth and went into the arms of Jesus, living her Confirmation Verse, “Be thou faithful unto death and I will give you a Crown of Life” Rev. 2:10. Almost 60 years ago, August 26, 1961 she married her lifelong love Jim Seiter, and they had two sons Jeff and Steve. Her lifelong dedication was to the LWML (Lutheran Women’s Missionary League). She was an active volunteer for 57 years, holding office on the Local, Zone and MI District, the State of Michigan and an active member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Clare. Jim and LaVale loved to travel. Due to Jim’s volunteer work with the HBA (Home Builder’s Association) as a director on the Local, State and National levels, they were able to travel to all 50 States with Hawaii being their favorite. A lot of their travel was with family and friends. LaVale enjoyed 30 years as a Resident Candle Maker. She created the Candle Chalet Gift Shop; she stocked and opened her business in 1975 for 25 years. LaVale’s other employment included Bookkeeping for Seiter Brothers Construction and Farwell Lumber Company, clerking for Michigan Bell and for Michigan Technological University where they lived as Jim completed his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering. LaVale was predeceased by her parents Walter and Neva (Demaray) Mielke and brother-in-law Dave Coker. LaVale is survived by her loving family, her husband Jim; sons Jeff (Vicki) and Steve (Benica) Seiter; two grandchildren Korum Klenke and Kyleah (Tyler) Orwig and one great grandson William Klenke; as well as sisters Helen (Ray) Rawson and Theo Ann Coker. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 2, 2021 at the Clare Chapel of Stephenson-Wyman Funeral Home from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Services will be held at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 11 A.M. with Pastor Dave Winningham officiating. Burial will follow in the Cherry Grove Cemetery in Clare. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League or to the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. On-line condolences may be left at www.stephenson-wyman.com for those unable to attend, and the service will be livecast for viewing on the funeral home’s Facebook page.

LaVale M. Seiter

April 28, 1941 - March 30, 2021