Judy Lee Seeber

Judy Lee Seeber, age 79 of Middleville, Michigan passed away at her home on February 18, 2020.  She grew up in Hart, Michigan with her parents Clarence and Edith Hartman along with 4 siblings.  She often shared fun and loving memories of growing up on a large fruit orchard, and attended a one room school house.  When she was in junior high, the family moved to the Cook Road farm in Hastings.  After high school, she left for the big city of Grand Rapids and attended Davenport College.

She married James Brown and had three children, Jeb, Ross and Rebecca.  She drove school bus for Hastings Schools, became a paralegal, and later purchased and operated the Little Brown Jug Saloon.

In 1988, she married John Seeber and continued to drive school bus until retirement.  John and Judy started their lives together remodeling the Algonquin Farm on the corner of Woodschool and West State Road.  This was a huge undertaking that took years, starting with the inside and finally finishing the outside.  It was truly a labor of love.  Judy entered every house siding contest in the entire country, hoping to win the final transformation!

They created a lovely home and continue to raise Hereford and Angus cows.  They also milked Holsteins up until 2018.  She loved living and working on the farm, and mowing acres of lawn each summer.

Judy was also a breast cancer survivor.  She was adamant that she spend her final days of life at home, in her own bed.  She got her wish.

She will be sadly missed by her husband and family consisting of one brother, Carl Hartman, her three children, eleven grandchildren, and 9 young great-grandchildren.

At her request, no funeral service will be held.  Friends are encouraged to send condolences and share stories of her life to The Algonquin Farm – 2200 Woodschool Rd., Middleville, MI  49333.  Memorial contributions can be sent to St. Judes Hospital for children.