Gloria L. (Terpening) Seeley

Gloria L. (Terpening) Seeley of Harbor Springs, MI, passed into Glory on May 27th, 2026, at Pineview Cottage where she had been in the memory care unit since 2019.

Gloria Terpening was born April 8, 1936, in Harbor Springs, MI, the daughter of Bemsle and Glenn Cora Terpening. She grew up in Harbor Springs and attended school at Five Mile Creek Schoolhouse and Harbor Springs High School. On March 16, 1957, she married Gene A. Seeley in Indiana.

Gloria worked for the Harbor Springs Graphic where she met her husband. They had a brief stay in Charlevoix before moving to East Jordan. They bought a house with a printing shop in the basement. She then was the co-owner and secretary/treasurer of their business, Seeley’s Printing Service in Charlevoix.  

Gloria was the secretary/treasurer of the Ward-Terpening Reunion for 55 years. Her mother was from the Ward side and her father the Terpening side. She had 17 uncles and aunts and 51 first cousins.

Gloria enjoyed bowling and her team won several trophies in tournaments locally andthroughout the USA. She also played mixed doubles with her husband and they won several tournaments together. She enjoyed gardening, working outside, playing Yahtzee and pinochle and most of all playing with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Gloria was predeceased by her husband, Gene; parents, Bemsle and Glenn Terpening; and her brother, Gordon Terpening.

Gloria is survived by 3 children: Debra (Clair) Waterson of Petoskey, Dale (Marie) Seeley of Petoskey, and Karen (Brian) Stanek of Vanderbilt. 7 grandchildren: Robert Waterson, Amber Seeley, Stephanie Seeley, Bridget (Steven) Daniels, Rochelle (Josh) Johnson, Brian (Michelle) Stanek Jr, and Samantha (John) Jerred. 9 great-grandchildren: Kira, Delaney, and Cora Glasscock, Jaxson and Jonah Daniels, Gemma Johnson, and Jesse, Joseph, and Janelle Jerred.

Pastor Kimon Criner of the Harvest Barn Church of East Jordan will officiate at a grave site ceremony on Thursday, June 4th at Lakeview Cemetery in Harbor Springs, MI. Arrangements are by Penzien Funeral Home in East Jordan. Since purple was her favorite color, if you have something purple, go ahead and wear it to the service. Family suggests memorials be made out to Five Mile Creek Association for the upkeep on the schoolhouse where she went to school and was built by her ancestors. Following the gravesite service, there will be a gathering at Jane and Jon Newbury’s house at 3334Terpening Road in Harbor Springs.

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