She worked at Swallow Aircraft Company and Wescon Products in Wichita until her retirement in 1986.
She was born July 15, 1917, northeast of Wheaton, the daughter of William and Helena Hinzman Abitz. She attended Pleasant Hill School northeast of Wheaton and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church where she was a member until she transferred to Trinity Lutheran Church in Wichita.
Survivors include one brother, Chester Abitz, Wheaton; and two sisters, Lavina Vorderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska, and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga.
Memorial services were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wichita and 2 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
She worked at Swallow Aircraft Company and Wescon Products in Wichita until her retirement in 1986.
She was born July 15, 1917, northeast of Wheaton, the daughter of William and Helena Hinzman Abitz. She attended Pleasant Hill School northeast of Wheaton and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church where she was a member until she transferred to Trinity Lutheran Church in Wichita.
Survivors include one brother, Chester Abitz, Wheaton; and two sisters, Lavina Vorderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska, and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga.
Memorial services were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wichita and 2 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
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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Almon William Abitz
1916–1997
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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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