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Gene Sebey – Rest In Peace March 13, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

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Sebey, Eugene Lyle
Gene was born on December 3, 1943 in Granite Falls, MN and died March 13, 2015 at the age of 71 in Mesa, Arizona. He has had poor health for the past few years. Gene was born in Granite Falls, Minnesota to the late Prescott and Myra (Jacobson) Sebey. Gene lived in Granite Falls until July 1965 then moved to Arizona to work at AiResearch/Allied Signal/Honeywell as a Quality Engineer until 1992 when he retired after 30 years. He is survived by his wife Jacqueline of 34 years. Children; Margo (George) Marks of Snohomish, WA, Scott (Karen) Sebey of Stanton, KY, Brian (Annette) Sebey of Perth-Andover, NB Canada, Todd (Daniela) Frazier of Tempe, AZ. Grandchildren; Chris (Brenda) Marks, Heidi Marks, Joseph (Amanda) Sebey, Venessa (Jason) Dwyer, Matt (Autumn) Sebey, Brianne Sebey, Josh Sebey, Noah Frazier, Hannah Frazier, and Lukas Frazier. Great Grandchildren; Melody, Elijah, Emmett Sebey, Shaelynn and Kaelynn Dwyer. Brother Jerry (Roni) Sebey of Spicer, MN. Also a niece Sally (Ted) Carlson, and nephew Derek (Kristi) Sebey; with 5 great nieces and a great nephew in MN. Gene was predeceased by his mother and father, brother Quinton, and Sister Marlene. Gene enjoyed the rodeo, boating, woodworking, playing cards, hunting, camping and most of all golfing. There will be no viewing. Memorial Services will be held at Love of Christ Church, 1525 N Power Rd, Mesa, AZ. on March 21, 2015 at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers the family is requesting that donations be made to The Kidney Foundation.

Max

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This is one of the last pictures of Max I took. He is just hanging out in my front yard, right by the door.

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Max chilling on my back patio, watching me grill.

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My girls. I love all three of them. They are all missing and grieving Max in their own ways. Sheri Lynn and Jazmin have never lost a loved one, a family member who they spent time with every single day. It breaks my heart that they are going through so much pain and suffering. I know most of my neighbors and it pisses me off that one of them could be so cruel and heartless to kill our cat in our front yard.

Tribute to Max

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I’ll post more pictures of Max later……. He was shot and killed in my front yard this morning….. My daughter discovered him lying in a pool of blood and rushed him to the animal hospital. 12 hours later he was gone. I know he was a cat….. but actually he was a rescue, and a part of my family. The police are investigating, and have an idea who did it. Maricopa County has harsh animal cruelty laws that include fines and jail time. Its a felony, not a misdemeanor .

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Lucy

This is Lucy, Max’s mother. She too is a rescue. She was a feral cat, and we trapped her and had her fixed. They clip one ear, so if you see the cat, you will know its been fixed.  She had 1 liter of kittens in our backyard. My daughter took weeks to befriend her, and to tame her. Max and Lucy played together every single day. Its been 6 days since Max was killed, and she looks for him, and cry’s for him. Its all very sad.

 

 

 

White Tank Mountains – color and B&W

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On Sunday we hiked a new trail (to us) in the White Tank Mountains, this is a couple of the images I shot, knowing I really wanted to process for black and white. Canon 5D Mark II, EF 24-105 F4 IS L lens.

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On the 2 above images I’m showing just color, or just Black & White.