Seth Leonard Warfield Obituary (2022) The Washington Post

Seth Leonard Warfield December 21, 1943 – April 16, 2022

Seth Leonard Warfield, 78, handed away on April 16, 2022, along with his household at his aspect following issues after a number of coronary heart surgical procedures.

Seth was born in Washington, DC within the “previous” Sibley Hospital, the youngest of three youngsters of Anna and John (Jack) Warfield.

He attended his neighborhood public colleges and was graduated from Western excessive College (now Duke Ellington College for the Performing Arts). As a boy he participated in Boy Scouts, rising to the rank of Explorer.

Seth was a graduate of Lehigh College (class of ’65) the place he majored in Industrial Engineering and stayed to finish a grasp’s diploma in Administration Science (aka operations analysis). Whereas at Lehigh he was a member of the Delta Phi Fraternity the place he served in a number of management roles, together with Home Supervisor. He additionally was a member of the service group APO.

Following his graduate diploma at Lehigh, Seth joined the Babcock & Wilcox Firm at its headquarters in Barberton, OH. Whereas within the Buying Division he rewrote a long-outdated buying handbook. Inside three years he rose to Supervisor of Industrial and Marine Buying the place the was accountable for shopping for massive, engineered energy plant gear and finely machined elements for the U. S. Navy’s nuclear submarine reactors.

In 1969 his father had a severe coronary heart assault and requested Seth to depart B&W to return to Washington to take the helm of the household enterprise, Jack’s Roofing Firm. Keen to assist and to take a detour in his profession, Seth moved his household again to Maryland.

He had labored within the household enterprise summers rising up, however was returning to handle, to not roof. His concern was that the enterprise is likely to be too small to help 4 households – his mother and father, his sister’s and his brother’s in addition to his personal and all the staff. His plan was to develop the household enterprise by opening an adjunct roofing provide firm, The Roof Heart. Finally the provision enterprise was included as its personal entity separate from the roofing enterprise. Seth was president of each for quite a few years.

Over time, The Roof Heart grew to 24 areas in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Texas. Throughout these years Seth served on a number of company advisory boards for big manufacturing corporations together with CertainTeed, TAMKO and GAF. He was an early member of American Wholesale Ltd, a nationwide shopping for cooperative and was its president for a number of years. When The Roof Heart was offered to the United Firm in 1998, Seth was retained to proceed working the enterprise. The Roof Heart was offered once more in 2001 and Seth determined to retire.

A modest, light man, Seth loved time along with his household, usually by the water. He and his household sailed on the Chesapeake Bay for a few years and in addition escaped to their house in Southern Shores on the NC Outer Banks. There he was a member of Duck Woods Nation Membership for 30 years. Earlier than retirement, Seth served on the Sacristy and Finance Committee of Christ Church, Rockville. He additionally served as Chairman of the Board of Christ Episcopal College and for ten years on the Board of Governors of St. Andrew’s Episcopal College in Bethesda, MD.

His love of crusing drew him and his spouse to maneuver to Maryland’s Japanese Shore the place boating was their alternate waterfront house. Seth turned energetic in Habitat for Humanity, serving to to construct homes with the “Thursday Crew” and to start out the native habitat Re-Retailer. He served on the Sacristy, Finance and Endowment committees of Christ Church, Easton. Additionally, at Christ Church Seth participated in Kerygma and different Bible research. He co-founded a males’s non-fiction e book group and was a member of the Talbot Funding Group. Ever the mariner, Seth belonged to the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Membership, the Tred Avon Yacht Membership and the Poplar Islands Yacht Membership and was an energetic volunteer in any respect three.

Seth is survived by his beloved spouse of 55 years, Missy, his highschool sweetheart. He is also survived by their two grown youngsters, Heather Warfield Cooke (Ron) of Greenville, NC, and Peter Ives Warfield, MD (Amy) of Bethesda, MD. He is also survived by six cherished grandchildren: Ashley Cooke, Sydney Cooke, Emily Cooke, Hannah Warfield, Andrew Warfield, and Catherine Warfield. He’s additionally survived by his older sister, Anna Eletheer Warfield Decker (Keith). He was predeceased by each mother and father and an older brother, John T. Warfield, Jr.

A memorial service will likely be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Might 14, 2022, at Christ Church, 111 S. Harrison St. Easton, MD. A personal interment will happen at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in his reminiscence could also be made to the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Affiliation, PO Field 105, Glenolden, PA 19036.

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