Sydney — Henry Emmerson Seaman, Brookland Street, Sydney, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born Dec. 14, 1912, in Silver City, New Mexico, U.S.A., to the late Job H. and Ruth R. (Trenholm) Seaman. Shortly after birth, Henry moved with his family to Amherst, N.S., where he grew up and graduated from Cumberland County Academy. He then attended Acadia University, graduating with a bachelor of science (major chemistry) in 1933. Upon graduation, he engaged in farming and lumbering in the Barronsfield and Minudie areas of Cumberland County. He served in the RCAF for the last three years of the Second World War, teaching calculus to the air crew for some of that time and later with classified security work in Ottawa. Upon discharge, he resumed farming and lumbering up until 1955 when he decided to find another occupation. He then spent several years with the Nova Scotia Department of Public Works, followed by other projects with an architectural firm in Halifax. His final employment was contract manager for Stott Corporation in Sydney, N.S. He is survived by his son, J. William “Bill” (Doris), Moncton, N.B.; daughter, Ruth M. (Crampton H. “Dusty”) Helms, Morrisotown, Tennessee, U.S.A.; son, Job A., Sydney, N.S.; grandchildren, Wayne (Carol) Seaman, Marilyn (Lorenzo) Seaman-Gri and Mark (Susan) Seaman, Debora (Anthony) Long, Crampton Jr. (Mary), Thomas (Lucy) and Patrick (Dena) Helms; and ten great-grandchildren. Besides his wife of over 62 years, Marjorie “Penny” (Morris) Seaman (1997), he was predeceased by his sister, Anne (Porter) (Blackett) in 1978 and brother, John T. in 2002. Visitation will take place at Sydney Memorial Chapel on Saturday Jan. 5, 2008, at 1 p.m. followed by a service in the chapel at 2 p.m., Pastor Dan Biggar officiating. Graveside service will be held at the family plot in Minudie Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation or the Minudie Cemetery Society, RR#2, #370, Amherst, N.S., B4H 3X9. Condolences may be sent to the family at sydmemchapel@ns.sympatico.ca