{"id":936,"date":"2012-08-20T02:29:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T08:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=936"},"modified":"2012-08-20T02:29:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T08:29:23","slug":"john-edward-seliskar","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/john-edward-seliskar\/","title":{"rendered":"John Edward Seliskar"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-936","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"fields":{"event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","zipcode1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"John","middle_name":"Edward","last_name":"Seliskar","date_born":"8\/22\/1932","date_died":"9\/19\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>John Edward Seliskar passed away on September 19, 2011 with his wife and children by his side. <\/p>\n<p>John was born on August 22, 1932 in Waukegan, Illinois. The oldest child of John Seliskar and Jennie Marolt, John spent his childhood setting pins at the local bowling alley and summers working at his relative\u2019s dairy farm in Owen, Wisconsin. John worked for one year in the Wire\/steel mill and then entered the Air Force. John received his undergraduate degree from North Texas State and enrolled in Medical School at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed his fellowship at the University of Colorado, Denver specializing in infectious diseases. <\/p>\n<p>John discovered Helena, Montana and moved there to spend his career in private practice and later Fort Harrison VA Medical Hospital for 20 years. <br \/>John retired from United States Army Reserve after attaining the rank of Colonel. <\/p>\n<p>John was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Betty Fultz; brother-in-law, John Paradis; and sister-in-law, Jeanne Reinwand. <\/p>\n<p>John is survived by his wife, Margaret Anne Seliskar; children\/grandchildren: Robert\/Katryn Seliskar, Judson, Joey, Katryn; Johanna\/Howard Davis, Chance; Jeffrey\/Candace Seliskar, Jodee, Jesse; Gregor Seliskar, Isaiah, Lily. Rebecca Seliskar. Brother: Robert\/Dreama Seliskar, San Antonio, TX. Sister: Marcia\/Pete Russell, Magee, MS. Sister in law: Ronnie\/Jerome Tuss, Wenatchee, WA. Sister in Law: Nita Fultz, Eureka, MT. Sister in Law: Cindy Paradis, Helena, MT. Brother in law: Jack Reinwand, Parker, ID. Aunts, uncle, cousins, nieces and nephews. <\/p>\n<p>John\u2019s interests were in golf, Christmas, golf, Dallas Cowboys football, golf, outdoors, golf, traveling to Ireland, Hawaii, Rome and golf. He loved his children and grandchildren and attending their sporting events. <\/p>\n<p>Visitation will begin at noon with a Vigil service to be at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 22nd at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 23rd at the Cathedral of St. Helena. Burial will follow with military honors at Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Ft. Harrison. In lieu of flowers, memorials in John\u2019s name are suggested to the Montana State Veterans Cemetery P.O. Box 5715 Helena, MT 59604. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/472380_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}