Delicia Seals


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Posted Online: July 27, 2012, 6:36 pm
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Delicia Marie Seals, 90, of Moravia, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Monroe Care Center, Albia, Iowa.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Monday, July 30, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Centerville, Iowa, with the Rev. William Hubmann officiating. A wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday evening, July 29, at the Lange Funeral Home & Crematory, Centerville. Friends may call Sunday starting at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. The family will be present from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Oakland Cemetery, Centerville. A memorial has been established and may be left at the funeral home.

She was born July 8, 1922, in Centerville, the daughter of James and Angelina Columbo Pancrazio. She married Aubry Seals in Centerville.

Della loved to go to the casinos, was an avid reader, loved needlework and was an active volunteer. She helped with the Lord's Cupboard, SHARE Food Co-op, and the Mercy Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary. She had been a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church until it closed and then became a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Centerville.

Della is survived by three children, Ella Richmond, Centerville, Jim (Robyn) Seals, East Moline, and Tim Seals, Moravia; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a brother, Frank Pancrazio, Silvis; and sisters-in-law, Sharon Muncie, Pensacola, Fla., Rosie Pancrazio, Silvis, Margaret Luther, Rock Island, and Charlotte Lodestien, Bettendorf.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Aubry; a daughter, Angela Kuehlem; her parents; and brothers, Joe, Mike and Charlie Pancrazio.

Condolences may be left at www.langefh.com.
















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