Katrina Renee Seaburn, 22, of Curwensville died Wednesday, March 1, 2017 as the result of an accident.
Born Oct. 3, 1994 in Clearfield, she was the daughter of Thomas Seaburn Jr. and Tammy (DeHaven) Seaburn.
She was a senior at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She was majoring in accounting.
She was a member of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, the Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity and the Accounting Club. She was also named to the Dean’s List.
She also attended the Curwensville Alliance Church.
She was a 2013 honors graduate from Curwensville Area Junior-Senior High School. Not only did she excel in academics, she was also a stand-out athlete in volleyball, basketball and softball. She was named as a Progressland Athlete of the Week in basketball while in high school.
She was also a champion baton twirler, using her talents as a Golden Tide feature twirler for three years at Riverside Stadium. She then became a majorette at Clarion University, where she was captain for three of the four years she was on the field.
She earned numerous twirling awards, which ranged from local competitions to regional, state, international and world titles. She was named as 2011 T.U. International Duet Strut champion as well as a T.U. Regional Majorette that same year.
She was a member of both Dream Catchers Twirling & Dance Academy of Clearfield and Touch of Gold Baton & Flag teams of Curwensville.
Surviving are her mother and her life partner, William Holt of Curwensville; her father of Hyde; her maternal grandmother, Carol Bauman of Curwensville; her paternal grandmother, Connie Seaburn of Hyde; and her maternal great-great uncle, Irvin LeRoy Bauman of Curwensville.
Also surviving are her maternal aunts and uncles, Shelly Shimmel and life partner, Neil Wolf of Osceola Mills, Beth Rogers and her husband, John of Clearfield and Ronald Patterson and his wife, Lydia of Maryland; her paternal aunts and uncles, Lee Seaburn and his wife, Amy of St. Marys and John Seaburn of Hyde; and numerous cousins.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Ronald and Mildred Bauman and paternal grandfather, Thomas Seaburn Sr.
Funeral Services for Katrina Seaburn will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Curwensville Alliance Church with the Rev. Stephen Shields officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Zion Cemetery, Olanta.
Friends will be received from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Monday at the Chester C. Chidboy Funeral Home Inc., Curwensville, and from 10 a.m. until the start of services Tuesday at the church.
The family suggests contributions be made to the Katrina Seaburn Memorial Scholarship Trust in care of 300 State St., Curwensville, PA 16833.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.chidboyfuneralhome.com.
The Chester C. Chidboy Funeral Home Inc. of Curwensville is in charge of the arrangements.
Andy Harrison Thornton, 21, of Longwood, Florida passed away on March 25, 2017. Mr. Thornton was born on February 20, 1996 in Albany, Georgia. He was a student at Stetson University, and was an alumni of the Eta Sigma chapter at the University of Central Florida. Mr. Thornton is survived by his loving parents Buddy and Wanda Sue Thornton; and sister Samantha Thornton.
