Sidne Sue "Susie" (Mog) Seeman, 84, of Larned, passed away Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned.
Sue's life journey began on Nov. 17, 1939, in the most remarkable way. As her parents, William "Bill" Mog and Nora Loree (King) Mog, attempted to make it to the hospital in Goodland during a terrible snowstorm, they had to improvise, boarding a school bus when the roads became impassable. Susie was born on the bus on the way to the hospital. Two years later, her sister and best friend, Donna (Mog) Hanken, was born, cementing a bond of love and shared memories for the family of four.
Sue graduated from Hudson High School, Hudson, and decided to follow in both her parents' footsteps to become a PE teacher. She enrolled at Fort Hays State College but soon found her creative spirit drawn to the world of hairdressing. Sidne Sue earned her cosmetology certificate in 1961 from Sidney's Hairdressing College, Inc., in Hutchinson. In the beauty shop built by her father at their home in Larned, Susie practiced her craft with her weekly standings.
Susie filled her younger days with tennis, golf, and Bridge alongside her sister and parents. As she got older, volleyball, softball, painting, woodworking, and poetry were added to her list of activities. Sue discovered internet card games, and during her 60s, up until her death, she played online Bridge with friends from the United States and Canada.
Sue married Winston C. Seeman on June 6, 1964. They were happy with the arrival of their first daughter, Michelle Renee', though the 1965 Thunderbird they had special-ordered was not to be—baby first! The family was complete when, two years later, Denise Loree was born. As much as Susie loved her sports and activities, she loved her daughters more. Sue encouraged her girls to be active in school and sports and to have many friends. People of old will remember the old Ford Falcon station wagon full of kids being transported to the movies or the pool. Susie and her sister, Aunt Donnie, seemed inseparable while raising their children together. Michelle, Denise, and cousins Missy and Rhonda enjoyed countless hours of fun together while enduring many car rides with their mothers’ “singing”!
Sue and Winston later divorced after 50 years of marriage.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Michelle (Dean) Dreiling and Denise (Steve) Staab; granddaughters Abbey (Tom) Hammann, Madalyne Staab, Lauren (Evan) Murphy, and Karlie Murphy; and great-grandchildren Avery and Bennett Hammann.
Interment of her ashes will occur in the spring, her favorite time of year. She will join her loving parents at the Larned Cemetery, Larned, Ks. A celebration of life will be announced at a later time.