Petoskey News Review April 9, 2003
Frank Edward "Slim" Abbett Jr., 89, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, at Bay Bluffs Care Facility in Harbor Springs.
There will be no visitation or immediate service. Cremation has taken place and a committal service and remembrance will be held this summer. The family was served by Stone Funeral Home.
He was born on April 24, 1913, in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Dr. Frank E. and Kathleen (O'Bannon) Abbett. He graduated from Shortridge High School and attended Wabash College.
He married Mariadna Colburn in 1937 and began a career in the electronics industry. He retired in 1977 as senior partner of Coakley, Boyd and Abbett, an east coast electronics equipment manufacturer's representative firm based in Framingham, Mass.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mariadna, and a brother, Charles.
Frank started summering in Northern Michigan as an infant and retired to Petoskey from Dover, Mass., in 1977. He was a former executive director of the Walloon Lake Association, and had been an active member of the Dedham Polo and Golf Club, the Wellesley Country Club, the Walloon Lake Country Club, and the Rotary Clubs of Needham, Mass., Boyne City and Petoskey, where he had served as secretary. He was an avid golfer and skeet shooter.
He is survived by his sister, Grace Colburn, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; daughters, Sharon LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Marilyn (Jock) Rader of Boyne City; and son, Frank (Oy) Abbett III of Bothell, Wash.; grandchildren, Randy Boyd of Denmark, Maine, Candice (Ken) Parker of Manchester, N.H., Nicolas and Nicole LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Anneke Rader of Boyne City, Megan (Ken) Mainland of Petoskey, Matthew (Kelly Woodard) Rader of Petoskey, Jontom and Meowset Abbett of Bothell, Wash. He is also survived by seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Bay Bluffs Care Facility, 750 E. Main St., Harbor springs, or to the charity of choice.
Frank Edward "Slim" Abbett Jr., 89, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, at Bay Bluffs Care Facility in Harbor Springs.
There will be no visitation or immediate service. Cremation has taken place and a committal service and remembrance will be held this summer. The family was served by Stone Funeral Home.
He was born on April 24, 1913, in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Dr. Frank E. and Kathleen (O'Bannon) Abbett. He graduated from Shortridge High School and attended Wabash College.
He married Mariadna Colburn in 1937 and began a career in the electronics industry. He retired in 1977 as senior partner of Coakley, Boyd and Abbett, an east coast electronics equipment manufacturer's representative firm based in Framingham, Mass.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mariadna, and a brother, Charles.
Frank started summering in Northern Michigan as an infant and retired to Petoskey from Dover, Mass., in 1977. He was a former executive director of the Walloon Lake Association, and had been an active member of the Dedham Polo and Golf Club, the Wellesley Country Club, the Walloon Lake Country Club, and the Rotary Clubs of Needham, Mass., Boyne City and Petoskey, where he had served as secretary. He was an avid golfer and skeet shooter.
He is survived by his sister, Grace Colburn, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; daughters, Sharon LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Marilyn (Jock) Rader of Boyne City; and son, Frank (Oy) Abbett III of Bothell, Wash.; grandchildren, Randy Boyd of Denmark, Maine, Candice (Ken) Parker of Manchester, N.H., Nicolas and Nicole LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Anneke Rader of Boyne City, Megan (Ken) Mainland of Petoskey, Matthew (Kelly Woodard) Rader of Petoskey, Jontom and Meowset Abbett of Bothell, Wash. He is also survived by seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Bay Bluffs Care Facility, 750 E. Main St., Harbor springs, or to the charity of choice.
Petoskey News Review April 9, 2003
Frank Edward "Slim" Abbett Jr., 89, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, at Bay Bluffs Care Facility in Harbor Springs.
There will be no visitation or immediate service. Cremation has taken place and a committal service and remembrance will be held this summer. The family was served by Stone Funeral Home.
He was born on April 24, 1913, in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Dr. Frank E. and Kathleen (O'Bannon) Abbett. He graduated from Shortridge High School and attended Wabash College.
He married Mariadna Colburn in 1937 and began a career in the electronics industry. He retired in 1977 as senior partner of Coakley, Boyd and Abbett, an east coast electronics equipment manufacturer's representative firm based in Framingham, Mass.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mariadna, and a brother, Charles.
Frank started summering in Northern Michigan as an infant and retired to Petoskey from Dover, Mass., in 1977. He was a former executive director of the Walloon Lake Association, and had been an active member of the Dedham Polo and Golf Club, the Wellesley Country Club, the Walloon Lake Country Club, and the Rotary Clubs of Needham, Mass., Boyne City and Petoskey, where he had served as secretary. He was an avid golfer and skeet shooter.
He is survived by his sister, Grace Colburn, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; daughters, Sharon LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Marilyn (Jock) Rader of Boyne City; and son, Frank (Oy) Abbett III of Bothell, Wash.; grandchildren, Randy Boyd of Denmark, Maine, Candice (Ken) Parker of Manchester, N.H., Nicolas and Nicole LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Anneke Rader of Boyne City, Megan (Ken) Mainland of Petoskey, Matthew (Kelly Woodard) Rader of Petoskey, Jontom and Meowset Abbett of Bothell, Wash. He is also survived by seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Bay Bluffs Care Facility, 750 E. Main St., Harbor springs, or to the charity of choice.
Frank Edward "Slim" Abbett Jr., 89, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, at Bay Bluffs Care Facility in Harbor Springs.
There will be no visitation or immediate service. Cremation has taken place and a committal service and remembrance will be held this summer. The family was served by Stone Funeral Home.
He was born on April 24, 1913, in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Dr. Frank E. and Kathleen (O'Bannon) Abbett. He graduated from Shortridge High School and attended Wabash College.
He married Mariadna Colburn in 1937 and began a career in the electronics industry. He retired in 1977 as senior partner of Coakley, Boyd and Abbett, an east coast electronics equipment manufacturer's representative firm based in Framingham, Mass.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mariadna, and a brother, Charles.
Frank started summering in Northern Michigan as an infant and retired to Petoskey from Dover, Mass., in 1977. He was a former executive director of the Walloon Lake Association, and had been an active member of the Dedham Polo and Golf Club, the Wellesley Country Club, the Walloon Lake Country Club, and the Rotary Clubs of Needham, Mass., Boyne City and Petoskey, where he had served as secretary. He was an avid golfer and skeet shooter.
He is survived by his sister, Grace Colburn, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; daughters, Sharon LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Marilyn (Jock) Rader of Boyne City; and son, Frank (Oy) Abbett III of Bothell, Wash.; grandchildren, Randy Boyd of Denmark, Maine, Candice (Ken) Parker of Manchester, N.H., Nicolas and Nicole LeBlanc of Denmark, Maine, Anneke Rader of Boyne City, Megan (Ken) Mainland of Petoskey, Matthew (Kelly Woodard) Rader of Petoskey, Jontom and Meowset Abbett of Bothell, Wash. He is also survived by seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Bay Bluffs Care Facility, 750 E. Main St., Harbor springs, or to the charity of choice.
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