Paula Roxane Seholm was born on January 15, 1954 in Beaumont, TX to Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Krudop
Childress, Sr. Roxane, as she was known her entire life, grew up in South Park, Beaumont, TX and
graduated from South Park High School as class Salutatorian in 1972. She was a member of the National
Junior Classical League and the Latin Club. Roxane attended Lamar University, where she first met her
future husband Ken in the summer of 1974, and received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology in May
of 1976. She attended North Texas State University the following fall and after a short break during
which she and Ken got married on May 22, 1977 she received her Master of Science in Psychology in
May of 1980.
In 1980 Roxane began a lengthy and meaningful career as a Licensed Psychological Associate through
which she touched the lives of so many children and their families. Roxane’s life was committed to
helping and being there for others, not only through the thousands of children she worked with in her
career, but to her family and anyone else she met on her journey. She is our guiding light -- our North
Star; her presence in our lives will never be missed!
She is survived by her husband, Kenneth John Seholm: two children, David Paul Seholm and Elizabeth
“Libby” Suzanne Ellzey-Seholm; and her three grandchildren, Sarah Michelle Ellzey-Seholm, Barret Minjun
Seholm, and Emmeline Rose Ellzey-Seholm.