Mamie Seto
Mamie Seto | |
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| Born | April 10, 1885 near Port Huron, Michigan |
| Died | April 15, 1970 |
| NSA member | USA 1951 - 1953 |
| ABM | Asia 1958 - 1963 |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Yuen Seto |
Mamie Loretta Seto (April 10, 1885 - April 15, 1970) was an American Bahá'í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, and pioneered to serve the Faith abroad. She often taught at Summer Schools and conducted deepenings on the Fund in the United States.
Biography[edit]
Mamie was born Mamie Loretta O'Connor in Michigan in 1885. Her mother was Canadian.[1]
In 1914 she married Tony Yuen Seto, a friend of a neighbor studying law, and they moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1916. In autumn of 1916 Mason Remey and George Jacob Augur held firesides in Honolulu and she and her husband both became Bahá’ís,[2] and she began teaching Bahá'í children's classes. She suffered a stillbirth around this time, and she and Tony received a Tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and an excerpt was used as the epitaph for their sons grave.[1]
In 1932 the Seto's moved to San Francisco, where they taught the Faith, and Mamie also wrote articles for the World Order magazine.[3] Mamie taught at the Louhelen and Green Acre Summer Schools while living in San Francisco.[4][5] In 1938 she spoke at the Bahá'í House of Worship in Illinois.[6]
In 1944 the Seto's pioneered to Prince Edward Island in Canada for six months and engaged in travel teaching across Canada's Maritime Provinces. In 1945 they spoke on the Faith at the formation of San Francisco's United Nations organization, and Mamie became an active member of the United States U.N. Association.[7]
In 1951 Mamie was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, filling the vacancy left by Amelia Collins.[8] As of 1952 she was also a member of the National Teaching Committee.[9] In 1953 she was appointed to the newly established Asia Teaching Committee of the United States as vice-chair. The Committee had been formed to organize efforts to establish the Faith in Asian territories assigned to the United States by Shoghi Effendi as goals for the Ten Year Crusade.[10] In December 1953 Mamie retired from the National Spiritual Assembly in order to pioneer.[11]
In 1954 the Seto's pioneered from San Francisco to Hong Kong for the Ten Year Crusade. In addition to serving the Faith, Mamie also served the U.N. Association in Hong Kong. A heart condition Tony had suffered from since 1950 forced them to return to the United States for treatment in 1956 and he passed away after they returned to Asia in 1957. Mamie remained in Hong Kong, despite being offered the opportunity to pioneer to New Zealand, until the end of the Ten Year Crusade in 1963 when she moved to Burlingame, California. She attended the World Congress in London and traveled across Europe in 1963.[12]
In 1969 Mamie's health failed, and she passed away the following year. The Universal House of Justice conveyed the following message:
GRIEVED LEARN PASSING DEVOTED MAIDSERVANT BAHAULLAH MAMIE SETO HER EXEMPLARY SERVICES CAUSE GOD SPANNING MORE THAN HALFCENTURY MARKED BY EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS NATIONAL LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTIONS DISTINGUISHED BY HIGHLY FRUITFUL TEACHING AMERICA AND PIONEERING WITH HUSBAND ASIA STOP PRAYING RICH REWARD ABHA KINGDOM[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 479. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1970). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 13 (1954-1963), Pg(s) 887. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1937). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 107, Pg(s) 18. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1938). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 117, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 153, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1938). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 115, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 480. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1951). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 245, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1952). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 256, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 269, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1954). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 275, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 470. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 481. View as PDF.
