Darcy
Darcy Dungan-Seaver
d. September 9, 2018
Darcy Dungan-Seaver
To all family, friends, work friends, school friends and neighbors, please come and celebrate the beautiful life of Darcy Dungan-Seaver on Sunday, November 11 at the Harriet Island Park Pavilion in St. Paul, MN.
WHEN: Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WHERE: Clarence W. Wigington Pavilion
Harriet Island Regional Park
200 Dr. Justus Ohage Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107
Memorial service starts at 2:15. Celebration starts around 3 p.m.
Darcy Lynn Dungan-Seaver, 51, of St. Paul, passed away peacefully in the loving arms of her husband, James, on Sept. 9, 2018. She had been battling cancer for years.
Darcy was born Feb. 2, 1967, in Jackson, MS, where her parents, Carol and Ted Seaver, were community organizers in the civil rights movement. She was proud to have grown up in South Milwaukee and spent her senior year in Japan.
She received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in New York City, and a master's in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She moved to Minneapolis in 1993 and in 1999 married James Dungan; they had two sons, Simon and Leo.
Darcy started working in neighborhood and community organizing and went on to work for a number of nonprofits, including the University of Minnesota's Design Center for the American Urban Landscape (DCAUL), Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), Neighborhood Healthcare Network, West Side Community Health Services, and others.
Most recently she had worked for the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care. There, she worked as a rural health policy analyst and helped write and bring into law the International Medical Graduate Program, which certifies immigrant physicians to to practice medicine in Minnesota, easing the provider shortage in rural parts of the state.
Darcy's passions ran deep. She was an editor, writer and researcher, and used her skills to promote social change and speak for those who have no voice at the table. She loved playing board games with her family and poker and Scrabble with her women friends. She gardened, made crafts with friends, wore vintage dresses and even took up the accordion and autoharp.
But it was her husband and sons who meant the world to her.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Carol Seaver and Ted Seaver. Survivors include her husband of 19 years, James; sons Simon Clifford, age 18, and Leo George, 15; brothers Jonathan Seaver of St. Paul, Tim and his wife, Elisabeth, of Plainfield, Vermont, and Ted of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; cousins Christie Douglas and her husband, Tim; Cal Kruse, all of Minneapolis; cousin Julia Lee Barclay-Morton and John Barclay-Morton of New York, New York; aunt Robin Schmidt (Tom) of Brunswick, Maine; aunt Barbara Waters (John) of North Chatham, Massachusetts, and cousins Sandra and Lane; George and Debbie Seaver of Waldoboro, Maine; Nick Seaver of Washington, DC; many more beloved cousins in Maine; Andy Seaver of Seattle, Washington; Daryl Seaver of Portland, Oregon; Deanna Fenner of Sacramento, CA; mother-in-law Anne Dungan, Knoxville, TN; in-laws Bill and Stephanie Dungan, Cary, North Carolina and Nathan and Vicki Dungan, Minneapolis, MN, and many friends and colleagues.
Memorials preferred to the College Fund for Simon and Leo at https://www.gofundme.com/college-fund-for-simon-and-leo . If you'd prefer to send a check, please make it to "Leo and Simon College Fund," and contact the family for a mailing address.
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To all family, friends, work friends, school friends and neighbors, please come and celebrate the beautiful life of Darcy Dungan-Seaver on Sunday, November 11 at the Harriet Island Park Pavilion in St. Paul, MN.
WHEN: Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WHERE: Clarence W. Wigington Pavilion
Harriet Island Regional Park
200 Dr. Justus Ohage Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107
Memorial service starts at 2:15. Celebration starts around 3 p.m.
Darcy Lynn Dungan-Seaver, 51, of St. Paul, passed away peacefully in the loving arms of her husband, James, on Sept. 9, 2018. She had been battling cancer for years.
Darcy was born Feb. 2, 1967, in Jackson, MS, where her parents, Carol and Ted Seaver, were community organizers in the civil rights movement. She was proud to have grown up in South Milwaukee and spent her senior year in Japan.
She received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in New York City, and a master's in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She moved to Minneapolis in 1993 and in 1999 married James Dungan; they had two sons, Simon and Leo.
Darcy started working in neighborhood and community organizing and went on to work for a number of nonprofits, including the University of Minnesota's Design Center for the American Urban Landscape (DCAUL), Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), Neighborhood Healthcare Network, West Side Community Health Services, and others.
Most recently she had worked for the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care. There, she worked as a rural health policy analyst and helped write and bring into law the International Medical Graduate Program, which certifies immigrant physicians to to practice medicine in Minnesota, easing the provider shortage in rural parts of the state.
Darcy's passions ran deep. She was an editor, writer and researcher, and used her skills to promote social change and speak for those who have no voice at the table. She loved playing board games with her family and poker and Scrabble with her women friends. She gardened, made crafts with friends, wore vintage dresses and even took up the accordion and autoharp.
But it was her husband and sons who meant the world to her.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Carol Seaver and Ted Seaver. Survivors include her husband of 19 years, James; sons Simon Clifford, age 18, and Leo George, 15; brothers Jonathan Seaver of St. Paul, Tim and his wife, Elisabeth, of Plainfield, Vermont, and Ted of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; cousins Christie Douglas and her husband, Tim; Cal Kruse, all of Minneapolis; cousin Julia Lee Barclay-Morton and John Barclay-Morton of New York, New York; aunt Robin Schmidt (Tom) of Brunswick, Maine; aunt Barbara Waters (John) of North Chatham, Massachusetts, and cousins Sandra and Lane; George and Debbie Seaver of Waldoboro, Maine; Nick Seaver of Washington, DC; many more beloved cousins in Maine; Andy Seaver of Seattle, Washington; Daryl Seaver of Portland, Oregon; Deanna Fenner of Sacramento, CA; mother-in-law Anne Dungan, Knoxville, TN; in-laws Bill and Stephanie Dungan, Cary, North Carolina and Nathan and Vicki Dungan, Minneapolis, MN, and many friends and colleagues.
Memorials preferred to the College Fund for Simon and Leo at https://www.gofundme.com/college-fund-for-simon-and-leo . If you'd prefer to send a check, please make it to "Leo and Simon College Fund," and contact the family for a mailing address.
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