Ethel Grace Steele

Ethel Grace Steele
Monday, May 20, 1935  -  Friday, December 22, 2023

Ethel Grace Steele, 88, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away Friday, December 22, 2023 after a lengthy illness.
Ethel was born in Nashville, TN, Monday, May 20, 1935 to the late Bruce and Gertrude (Stammers) Thomas and lived in the Norton and Canal Fulton areas. She was an accomplished seamstress by trade known for her artistic sewing abilities and her water color paintings.  She was the owner of Fancy Sweats for many years and had many quilts displayed throughout the country.  She was a faithful member of the Southwest Church of Christ in Barberton and a past member of the Norton JC’s among others, Norton Community Fair, the Stan Hywet Needlework Guild and many local quilting groups.  She had a fondness for traveling the country in her RV.  
In addition to her parents, Ethel was preceded in death by her 1st husband, Marvin Hanson; 2nd husband, William Seigfreid; son, David Hanson; granddaughter, Kristine Judy; brothers, Alfred and Art Thomas; and sister, Ruth Hurt.  She is survived by her husband, Bob Steele; daughter, Pam (Dan) Centea; sons, Richard (Mary Helen) Hanson and Randy (Deb) Hanson; 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren; 4 step-children; sister-in-law, Louise Thomas; and many other loving family and friends.
Funeral Service will be 1:00 pm, Friday, December 29, 2023 at Bacher-Moore Funeral Home, 3250 Greenwich Road, Norton, Ohio 44203. Visitation will be Thursday, December 28, 2023, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm and Friday, December 29, 2023, ONE HOUR PRIOR to the service time at Bacher-Moore Funeral Home (Norton).  Ethel's final resting place will be Oakwood Cemetery in Cuyahoga Falls.  
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