Mary Lou (Winquist) Seamon

Mary Lou Seamon, age 83 of Mishawaka, passed away at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Mary was born December 24, 1938, in South Bend to the late August G. and Alice M. (Iseman) Winqist.  On July 8, 1958, she married John H. Johnson.  He preceded her in death on February 2, 1976. She later married Lawrence M. Seamon on October 2, 1976.  Larry preceded her in death on August 26, 1995.

Surviving are her children John H. Johnson of Elkhart, Jacque Johnson and Alice (Chris Uselton) Bess, both of Mishawaka, Bo (Tracey) Johnson of Edwardsburg, Michigan, Andrew (Juanita) Johnson of South Bend, David (Karin Kanouse) Johnson of Osceola and Elizabeth Johnson of Elkhart, along with 24 grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren.  Surviving as well is her brother Robert Winquist of Mishawaka and her stepchildren Betty Fritz, Cala Spencer and Audrey (Robert) DeCommer, all of Michigan.  Her brothers Jack, Paul and John Winquist and her sisters Dorothy Hill and Shirley Thomas preceded her in death.

Cremation has taken place and time to gather and remember Mary Lou will be held from 2-4 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at Cruz Family Funeral Home in Osceola.

Mary Lou spent the majority of her years as a homemaker and loved spending time with her children.  In her spare time she enjoyed putting together large jigsaw puzzles. Her favorite time of the year was around the holidays where she would make her famous Swedish Rye Bread and Swedish Sausage for her family.

Most of all, Mary Lou will be remembered for the love she had for her family and her strong-willed, no-nonsense, and independent attitude throughout her life and her love for everything Elvis. She collected Elvis memorabilia and she listened to Elvis music non-stop at her house. During this time of the year, it was the best of Elvis Christmas music. We will always remember our mother through her love of Elvis music as this is how she left this heavenly earth; that is listening to the music she loved, as her children sat with her.