Louis Joseph Seidensticker III

Louis Joseph Seidensticker III

Age: 75

Residence: Columbus, Ohio

Date of Death: November 6, 2024

Place of Death: Columbus, Ohio

Louie passed away peacefully at his home on November 6, 2024, surrounded by his loving wife and several close family members.

Born November 15, 1948, in Columbus, Ohio to Lou and Libby Seidensticker. He graduated from Bexley High School in 1966. Louie then joined the United States Navy on October 30, 1968, and proudly served in the Vietnam War. During the war he married his first wife, Martha Seidensticker (McFadden) in Guam. After the war he returned to Columbus, where he and Martha had two sons, Derek and Rudi, before eventually settling in Worthington, Ohio. He began working in the oil and gas business as a Landman in the early 1980’s and eventually owned his own land services company that he operated until late in his life.

In 2000, Louie received a heart transplant from the Cleveland Clinic that gave him a new lease on life. This blessing allowed him to enjoy an additional 24 years of happiness that included marrying the love of his life, seeing his two sons marry, and extending his family welcoming two wonderful stepdaughters, a step-son-in law, and seven beautiful grandchildren and step grandchildren.

In 2014, Louie married that love of his life and longtime companion Kathleen “Kathy” Dunaway. In Kathy, Louie found his soulmate. Kathy was his best friend and helped him to find calmness, peace, and happiness in life that evaded him for so many years after serving in Vietnam and overcoming multiple health challenges.

Louie’s health began to deteriorate during the Covid 19 pandemic in 2020. However, with Kathy’s full love and support, he kept beating the odds and making the best of life. The Seidensticker family owes Kathy a tremendous amount of gratitude for keeping their father, bumpaw, father-in-law, brother, and uncle alive and smiling each day.

Louie was the best storyteller and made friends wherever he went. He loved to have a drink in hand and could make the smallest of gatherings seem larger than life. Louie enjoyed travel and loved listening to live music with his partner in crime, Kathy. Through their many adventures, Louie loved nothing more than their winters together in Siesta Key, Florida enjoying the view from their favorite spot on the lanai, aka Kathy’s Corner.

Right up until his final day, he still loved talking sports and betting parlays with his sons, seeing his grandchildren and step-grandchildren, and more than anything laying back with his love Kathy and the second love of his life, their dog Roxy, watching old movies.

Louie is survived by his wife, Kathleen Dunaway; his sons Derek (Jaime) Seidensticker and Rudi (Leigh Ann) Seidensticker; stepdaughters, Alisha (Stan) Harris and Elizabeth Bednar; grandchildren and step-grandchildren, Ella, Ava, Harper, Sawyer, Leighton, Olivia, and Gabby; siblings, Jeff (Linda), Ellen (Lou) and Joe (Cheryl) Seidensticker; and many nieces, nephews, and great friends.

Louie was preceded in death by his parents Louis Joseph Seidensticker, Mary Elizabeth Seidensticker (Connors), and brother Stephen Francis Seidensticker.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Cleveland Clinic Heart Transplant Program in memory of Louis Seidensticker, or the charity of your choice.

Louie will be deeply missed. He leaves behind a legacy of courage, friendship, love, and a true passion for living each day to the fullest. 

Louie loved nothing more than a good party. Please join us for a toast November 16, 2024, at 4:00pm at the Short North Tavern for Louie’s last hurrah! Go Bucks!