Avaleen "Jill" Chadwick

Avaleen (Jill) Chadwick, age 100, died on June 10, 2023. She was a resident of Buckingham's Choice in Adamstown, Maryland. She was a former member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Poolesville, Maryland, and was the widow of George (Jay) Chadwick, Jr. who had a long career in the practice of law in Washington, D.C. Avaleen Geneva Gazaway was born on March 21, 1923 in the community of Redwine's Cove near Dalton, Georgia. She was the eighth of ten children and the last remaining living child of Timie (Redwine) and Allen Gazaway. During World War II she moved to Atlanta to work as a Civil Service employee in the wartime headquarters of the Army's Fourth Service Command at Fort McPherson. In 1944 she married Carl Barth Seamans of Atlanta. They later divorced. She was employed as a secretary and office manager for a neurosurgeon, and was a volunteer with the American Red Cross, serving as a staff aide and later transferring to Atlanta's Grady Hospital where she worked with indigent patients. She later worked for and became manager of the Atlanta District Office of the Southern Oxygen Company. Their headquarters were in Washington, D.C., and they were a client of her future husband, Jay Chadwick. They met while Jay was preparing a court case for the company. In 1960 she married Jay Chadwick and moved, with her two children, to his home in Boyds, Maryland. Over the years they hosted church picnics, family reunions, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, and springtime Rhododendron parties at their farm, “Huckleberry Hill". Jill and Jay were married for 41 years before he passed away in 2001. She is a former member, and past president of the Gaithersburg Women's Club, a member of the Monocacy Garden Club, and a charter member of the Rural Womens' Republican Club. She was an avid conversationalist , and had many long term friends and acquaintances who enjoyed her company. Her hobbies included reading, traveling, and oil painting which she took up at the age of 70. Jill enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was very family-oriented and followed the lives of her family members, in person and through extensive correspondence. She was dearly loved by many. She is survived by two children, Tarillis Jane Adams and husband T. Paul of Blodgett, Oregon; Dan Lee Seamans and wife Wycliffe of Boyds, Maryland; stepson Charles M. Chadwick and wife JaneAnn of Westminster, Maryland; and daughter-in-law Margie Chadwick of Alexandria, Virginia; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Jay Chadwick and stepson George A. Chadwick, III. A memorial service will be held Sunday, June 25, at 11:30am at: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 20100 Fisher Ave. Poolesville, MD 20837. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Buckingham's Choice Resident's Assistance Fund, at 3200 Baker Circle, Adamstown, Maryland 21710. For other information or written Tributes contact: Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes, P.A., www.keeneybasford.com/obits