HENRY HAROLD ABBOTT - Redmond - Henry H Abbott, 79, a resident of Central Oregon for 60 years, died Saturday in Redmond.
A service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at Redmond Memorial Chapel with Rev Frank Palmer officiating. Burial will be at Redmond Memorial Cemetery.
Mr Abbott was born Feb. 7, 1911, at Hood River to Joel C. and Mary (Delore) Abbott. He married Verda Bay on Aug. 16, 1927, in Vancouver, Wash. He worked for many years for Babler Brothers Road Construction of Redmond before retiring. He also worked as a carpenter.
He was a member of the Chinook tribe. He enjoyed fishing and hunting and music, once playing for a dance band in Redmond.
He was proceded in death by his wife, Verda; a son, Robert Abbott; two brothers, Rufus Augustus Abbott and Joel Curtis Abbott; and two sisters, Minnie and Frances.
He is survived by three daughters, Gladyce Damewood of Christmas Valley, Dona Lee Hammack of Prineville and Marsha Bastain of Long Creek; a son Harold Joe Abbott of Port Angeles, Wash.; 19 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. REDMOND SPOKESMAN 9/25/1990


I can remember wonderful times up at Grandma and Grandpa's spending a week during the summer with them. Grandpa taught us how to go out with flashlights and catch worms to go fishing. Grandma's co-workers found a baby robin on the way to work and sent it home with Grandma – sissy and I fed it Oregon Grapes and it pooped purple on their Light Blue rug. Isn't it funny the things that stick in your mind? Grandma must have been the stability in Grandpa's life because after Grandma passed away he had his own drum that he kept beating.


Oregon Death Index, 1903-98
Name: Abbott, Henry Harold
County: Deschutes
Death Date: 22 Sep 1990
Certificate: 90-17924
Age: 79
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1911
Spouse: Verda

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Abbott
Home in 1930: Elkhorn, Marion, Oregon
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Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Birthplace: Oregon
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Verola Abbott
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Abbott 19
Verola Abbott 18
Robert L Abbott 1
Dona Lee Abbott 3/12


1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Abbott
[Henry Abbett]
Age: 8
Birth Year: abt 1912
Birthplace: Oregon
Home in 1920: Center, Hood River, Oregon
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Oregon
Mother's name: Mary Abbott
Mother's Birthplace: Oregon
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Abbott 52
Joel C Abbott 28
Rufus Abbott 26
Henry Abbott 8

Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Center, Hood River, Oregon; Roll: T625_1494; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 77; Image: 802.