Arthur J. Seale, Jr., 85, died on Aug. 22, at his home in Lebanon.

He was born in Bishop, Calif., on Feb. 6, 1923, to Arthur and Ruth McGillinary Seale.

Seale attended school in Condon and Crane, and then graduated from Burns High School.

In 1944, he married Lila Cooper of Condon. In the early years of their marriage the couple lived in Burns and Jordan Valley, and then spent 15 years in Pendleton, where their three children went to school.

Seale spent the majority of his life working as a buckaroo and heavy equipment mechanic in Eastern Oregon. Nearing retirement, he moved with his wife to the Willamette Valley, living in Corvallis for several years and then in Lebanon.

Seale is survived by his wife, Lila; daughter, Lee Ann Johnson and husband, Joe of Albany; son, Jay Seale and wife Aggie of Astoria; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his sisters, Aeola Williams and Doris McMahon.

At Seale’s request, no service was held. His ashes will be returned to Harney County.