{"id":7904,"date":"2021-04-06T16:38:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T21:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/?p=7904"},"modified":"2021-04-06T16:38:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T21:38:29","slug":"elsie-jean-sellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/06\/elsie-jean-sellen\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsie Jean Sellen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT SCOTT \u2014 Elsie Jean Sellen, 93, Fort Scott, died Monday, April 5, 2021, at Guest Home Estates, Fort Scott.<\/p>\n<p>She was born June 16, 1927, in Whiting, the daughter of Clifton and Grace (Koger) Belden. She married William Walker Sellen July 13, 1947, in Topeka, and he preceded her in death June 14, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Elsie graduated from Whiting High School in 1945. She later graduated from Clark\u2019s Business School in Topeka, and went on to manage a restaurant, a deli and a hearing aid company. She was a member of the Wakarusa Presbyterian Church and attended the First United Methodist Church in Fort Scott. Elsie served as Worthy Matron of the Beulah Chapter of O.E.S. of Carbondale, and she sang with the \u201cSweet Adelines\u201d in Topeka until she was 80 years of age, and sang with them at Carnegie Hall.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her husband, William, Elsie was also preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Minnie Belden, and a brother, Walter Belden.<\/p>\n<p>Elsie is survived by her children, Patricia Harry (Steve), Fort Scott, Richard Sellen, Olathe, Marcia Sellen (Richard DeVoe), Gladstone, Mo., and Pamela Miller (Ross), Houston, Texas; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Following cremation, Rev. Steve Cole will conduct memorial services 11 a.m. Monday, April 12, 2021, at the First United Methodist Church in Fort Scott under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. 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