J. Seymour Flinn ’49

Seymour Flinn died Dec. 9, 2014, at his daughter’s residence in Acton, Mass. A retired Episcopal priest, he had a long and productive career in both parish ministry and Episcopal diocesan work in this country and overseas, teaching in Liberia and Uganda.

Seymour came to Princeton from the Friends School in Wilmington, Del. He majored in English, worked on The Daily Princetonian, sang in the Chapel Choir, and belonged to Tower Club. After graduating, he taught for two years in Liberia, then entered Virginia Seminary in Alexandria and was ordained in 1954.

He and his wife, Rosalie, were married in 1959. They immediately went to Mbale, Uganda, where their children, David, Melissa, and Andrew, were born, and Seymour served on staff of the Mbale Cathedral.

Sadly, Rosalie died of cancer in 1984. Seymour married Janet Hallett, the widow of a seminary classmate with three children of her own, in 1986. After 40 years serving the church in various capacities, Seymour retired in 1992, and he and Janet moved to a retirement community in Rapid City, S.D.

We extend our condolences to Janet and their combined six children.