Title	Mr.
Last Name	Seavey
First Name	Stephen
Middle Name	C.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Dexter, ME
Date of Birth	1907?
Place of Death	Sicily
Date of Death	1943-07-15
Publication	E.G. 8-19-1943p1/E.G. 7-8-1948, p.1
Obituary	PVT. STEVEN SEAVEY FATALLY WOUNDED IN SICILY First Dexter Man Known To Have Lost His Life in World War II The death of the first Dexter soldier, in the present world conflict became known Sunday afternoon when Mrs. Lilla Seavey received the following telegram from the Adjutant General in Washington. "The Secretary of War desires that I tender his deepest sympathy to you in the loss of your son, Pvt. Stephen C. Seavey. Report received states that he died from wounds July 15 in the North African area. A letter with further details will follow." Pvt. Seavey was called in the first draft and after serving about eighteen months was sent home as a reserve with other men over twenty-eight years of age. He was recalled last August and received intensive Commando training in preparation for overseas duty. He went to North Africa with the 108th Infantry Rangers in May of this year, and was among the first American troops to invade Sicily, where he was fatally wounded. His last letter to his mother was written July 4. In it he said that he was in the best of health, and not to worry as he would be seeing her by Christmas. He also said that he was going to a place where he could not write, so not to expect any letters from him. Another Dexter man in Sicily, Pfc. Victor Wintle, had written twice that Pvt. Seavey was ahead of him and he hoped to see him soon. From the time he entered the service, it was Pvt. Seavey's one great ambition to get into action overseas to do his part in bringing about an end to the war. Stephen C. Seavey was born in Dexter, the son of the late Charles, and Lilla Seavey. He graduated from N. H. Fay High school in the class of 1925. In 1932 he was united in marriage to Laura Lincoln, in Wayland, Mass., and for a time they made their home there. She passed away nine years ago. Prior to his first entering the army, he was associated with the State Department of Agriculture as Soil Conservationist, with headquarters in Bangor. While he was at home as a member of the Army Reserve Corps, he had employment at the Fay and Scott Machine shops. Besides his mother he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Everett Bennett and Miss Ethel Seavey of Dexter and three brothers, Linwood Seavey of Dexter, Pfc. Carleton Seavey of Keesler Field, Mississippi and Pvt. Joseph Seavey, Somewhere Overseas. Memorial services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church at 4 o'clock. The Eastern Gazette 8-19-1943, p.1 Remains of two more Dexter war heroes, on their final journey home, have been returned to this country from Italy aboard the U. S. Army Transport Carroll Victory, according to announcement by the Department of the Army. Pvt. Stephen Seavey, son of the late Charles, and Lilla Seavey, was born in Dexter and graduated from N. H. Fay High School in 1925. In 1932 he was married to Laura Lincoln in Wayland, Mass. His wife died in 1934. Prior to his first entering the army, he was associated with the State Department of Agriculture as soil conservationist with headquarters in Bangor. While a member of the First Army Reserve Corps. he had employment at Fay & Scott Machine Shops. He served 18 months, was sent home and was recalled 1942 and sent to Africa with the 108th Infantry Rangers in May, 1943. He was among the first troops to invade Sicily, where he was fatally wounded. note: photo accompanied article The remains of Private Stephen C. Seavey, who was killed in World War II during the first assault wave of the Sicilian invasion July 15, 1943, arrived in Newport Thursday morning. An escort of Dexter veterans accompanied the remains from the train to the Free Baptist Church where funeral services were to be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the pastor, the Rev Harold Wheeler, officiating. (The Eastern Gazette 8-5-1948, p.1)