He was born, January 10, 1916, northeast of Wheaton, the son of William and Helena Hinzman Abitz. He attended Pleasant Hill School northeast of Wheaton and St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Duluth. He was a farmer and stockman and spent his life in the Wheaton community.
He was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton and the Lutheran Laymen’s League Men’s Club at the church.
He was married to Wilma Kufahl, April 24, 1940, in Duluth, she survives.
Other survivors include a son, Billie Abitz, Wheaton; a daughter, Donna Piehl, Sumner, Iowa; a brother, Chester Abitz, Wheaton; five sisters, Lydia Schwant, Blaine, Selma Wegner, Westmoreland, Frieda Abitz, Wichita, Lavina Vorderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska, and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
A prayer service was held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, at Kufahl Funeral Home in Wheaton. Services were 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lutheran Hour radio program or to the building fund at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton, 66551.
He was born, January 10, 1916, northeast of Wheaton, the son of William and Helena Hinzman Abitz. He attended Pleasant Hill School northeast of Wheaton and St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Duluth. He was a farmer and stockman and spent his life in the Wheaton community.
He was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton and the Lutheran Laymen’s League Men’s Club at the church.
He was married to Wilma Kufahl, April 24, 1940, in Duluth, she survives.
Other survivors include a son, Billie Abitz, Wheaton; a daughter, Donna Piehl, Sumner, Iowa; a brother, Chester Abitz, Wheaton; five sisters, Lydia Schwant, Blaine, Selma Wegner, Westmoreland, Frieda Abitz, Wichita, Lavina Vorderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska, and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
A prayer service was held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, at Kufahl Funeral Home in Wheaton. Services were 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lutheran Hour radio program or to the building fund at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton, 66551.
Family Members
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Lydia W. Abitz Schwant
1906–1997
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Meta Marie Abitz Figge
1907–1994
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Hilda M. Abitz Kufahl
1909–1991
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Martha Sophie Abitz Schwisow
1910–1990
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Selma Helena Abitz Wegner
1912–1998
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Herbert Ferdinand Abitz
1914–1989
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Ada Frieda Abitz
1917–1998
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Chester Theodore Abitz
1919–2014
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Lavina E. Abitz Vorderstrasse
1921–2013
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Olga Leona "Kitty" Abitz Fairbanks
1923–2016
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