Born at Vail, Iowa, May 11, 1913 to Thomas and Barbara Freml Abbott; he was married to Elizabeth Houlihan in Charter Oak, Iowa, June 14, 1937. They moved to Boulder with their family in 1950. He was a popular square dance caller at Pleasant View Grange and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Surviving are his wife, three sons, Charles and James of Boulder and Donald in the Navy in California, a daughter, Jane Marie at home; his mother Mrs. Barbara Abbott of Charter Oak, two brothers, Leonard of Charter Oak and Melvin of Dow City, and four sisters: Mrs. Leslie (Florence) Gary of Denison, Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) Hansen of Minnesota, Mrs. Raymond (Donna) Creese of Charter Oak, and Miss Barbara Ann Abbott of Charter Oak. A son William passed away at birth, October 22, 1961.
The Rosary was said Thursday at 7 P.M. at the Howe Mortuary and the Requiem High Mass was sung Friday at 9 A.M. at Sacred Heart Church.
Interment was in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder.-- GETH 36 - D -1
Born at Vail, Iowa, May 11, 1913 to Thomas and Barbara Freml Abbott; he was married to Elizabeth Houlihan in Charter Oak, Iowa, June 14, 1937. They moved to Boulder with their family in 1950. He was a popular square dance caller at Pleasant View Grange and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Surviving are his wife, three sons, Charles and James of Boulder and Donald in the Navy in California, a daughter, Jane Marie at home; his mother Mrs. Barbara Abbott of Charter Oak, two brothers, Leonard of Charter Oak and Melvin of Dow City, and four sisters: Mrs. Leslie (Florence) Gary of Denison, Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) Hansen of Minnesota, Mrs. Raymond (Donna) Creese of Charter Oak, and Miss Barbara Ann Abbott of Charter Oak. A son William passed away at birth, October 22, 1961.
The Rosary was said Thursday at 7 P.M. at the Howe Mortuary and the Requiem High Mass was sung Friday at 9 A.M. at Sacred Heart Church.
Interment was in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder.-- GETH 36 - D -1
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