Obit: Abel, John H. #2 (1882 - 1966)

 

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Surnames: Abel, Decker, Kuester

 

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.)   05/05/1966

 

Abel, John H. #2 (6 OCT 1882 - 19 APR 1966)

 

John Henry Abel, 83, a lifelong resident of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 1966, at his home in the town of Eaton.

 

Services were conducted at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. Orval Egbert officiating.  Burial was made in the West Side Cemetery.

 

Mr. Abel was born Oct. 6, 1882 in the town of Warner.  His marriage to Clara Decker, who preceded him in death April 17, 1938, took place Nov. 7, 1903, at Greenwood.  After their marriage they resided on a farm 4 ½ miles west of Greenwood.

 

Mr. Abel was a member of the Eaton township board, and the school board.

 

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Norbert (Lena) Kuester, a son Gilbert, a brother, Gustav, all of Greenwood; four grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

 

He was preceded in death by a brother, Albert; and a sister, Hilda.

 

 


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