Vienna Mayor Jane Seeman — who has served as the town's top leader for more than a decade — has been diagnosed with lung cancer, officials confirmed to Patch on Monday night.
Seeman has been receiving treatment for the illness.
"She will continue to serve as Vienna’s Mayor while she is battling this illness," the town said in a statement.
Seeman is in the middle of her seventh term as Vienna's mayor. She and her family have deep roots in the area: Seeman has lived in Vienna since 1968. And before she took the reigns as mayor, her husband, the late Rodger W. Seeman, had served on the town council for a decade before his death 17 years ago.
Jane was appointed to fill his unexpired term in 1996, then went on to win two more council seats, in 1997 and 1999, on her own.
"This town has been so good to my family and to me and it’s just he place that I love," Seeman told Patch last year.
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If you would like to send well wishes to the Mayor, cards and e-mails are welcome and can be sent in care to the Town Clerk’s Office at 127 Center Street S, Vienna, VA 22180 ormayor@viennava.gov.
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