Mrs. Phyllis F. Seely, 83, of Lake Wales, Fla., died on Friday, June 8, 2012, at Bartow Regional Medical Center, as the result of an automobile accident.

She was born on Nov. 2, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio, to Marshall and Nellie Paugh and moved to Lake Wales 28 years ago from Marion, Ohio. She was a retired High School business teacher. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Phyllis was a deacon, an elder, and sang in the choir at Hope Presbyterian Church in Winter Haven.

She is survived by her husband Charles R. Seely, daughter Constance Butler of Cambridge, Ohio, son Rev. Michael Seely of Vienna, West Virginia, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and her sister Jane Ewing of Kettering, Ohio.

Services will be private. Memorials of remembrance may be made to Hope Presbyterian Church 2110 Cypress Gardens Boulevard, Winter Haven, FL 33884.