Obituary of Helen Viola Reed Seitz

February 19, 1923 - January 24, 2020

Helen Viola Reed Seitz. Age 96 of Wilmington, NC.

Helen was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky to Etidorpha (nee Corbin) and Calvin Reed, and siblings Calvin, George, Albert, Robert, and Evelyn. She moved to Tennessee in 1932, and received an Associate’s Degree from Austin Peay in 1943. She worked as an Engineering Aide during WWII at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio in 1944 and 1945. In 1948, she received a Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy at Washington State University. After working as a Pharmacist in Washington and California, she then earned a Master’s of Science in Pharmacy at the University of Maryland. In 1951, she moved to the Detroit area, marrying Charles R. Seitz of Flat Rock, Michigan, a U.S. Army veteran and employee of the Internal Revenue Service, on January 26, 1952, and settled in Allen Park, Michigan for most of the remainder of her life.

From 1951 to 1957, she taught Pharmacy at the Detroit Institute of Technology, and in 1959, she earned a Master’s of Science in Chemistry at Wayne State University. She then settled into a career with the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Detroit, working as a Research Chemist until 1968, and then as a Pharmacist until retiring in 1983. She enjoyed membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Association of University Women, and the Wyandotte Garden Club. During her life, she and Charles traveled the world, with her favorite international trips being the times they spent in Germany and Egypt. They spent many years in retirement driving around the United States and exploring many national parks and enjoying the beauty of the country.

Helen is survived by her nephew Stuart Reed and his family Pamela, Jessica and Heather from Laurinburg, NC, and her niece-in-law Barbara Seitz and her family Katrina, Henry, Kirsten, and Liesl.