Published in The News-Sentinel
Monday, June 2, 1941
Benjamin Franklin ABBOTT, age 79, died at his home on State Road 14, near Lake Manitou at 5 o'clock Monday morning due to complications. Mr. Abbott, a laborer, had been ill for a year preceding his death.
Benjamin Abbott was born on October 12, 1861, at North Manchester, Indiana. He came here from North Manchester when he was a small boy, living in Rochester for the remainder of his life. His parents were John and Amanda ABBOTT, formerly of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Sarah Elizabeth [ABBOTT], whom he married on May 4, 1926; three daughters, Nellie WAGONER and Dola [ABBOTT], South Bend; and Mable [ABBOTT], Chicago; a son, Melvin [ABBOTT], Benton Harbor, Mich.; one brother, Charles [ABBOTT], also of Benton Harbor; two sisters, Mary Jane WEBERLING, St. Joseph, Mich. and Priscilla SPOHN, Rochester.
The funeral will be held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Foster funeral home, Rev. John CALL, pastor of the Church of God, officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Rochester. Friends may call at the Foster funeral home until the hour of the funeral to view the remains.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1941
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Monday, June 2, 1941
Benjamin Franklin ABBOTT, age 79, died at his home on State Road 14, near Lake Manitou at 5 o'clock Monday morning due to complications. Mr. Abbott, a laborer, had been ill for a year preceding his death.
Benjamin Abbott was born on October 12, 1861, at North Manchester, Indiana. He came here from North Manchester when he was a small boy, living in Rochester for the remainder of his life. His parents were John and Amanda ABBOTT, formerly of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Sarah Elizabeth [ABBOTT], whom he married on May 4, 1926; three daughters, Nellie WAGONER and Dola [ABBOTT], South Bend; and Mable [ABBOTT], Chicago; a son, Melvin [ABBOTT], Benton Harbor, Mich.; one brother, Charles [ABBOTT], also of Benton Harbor; two sisters, Mary Jane WEBERLING, St. Joseph, Mich. and Priscilla SPOHN, Rochester.
The funeral will be held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Foster funeral home, Rev. John CALL, pastor of the Church of God, officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Rochester. Friends may call at the Foster funeral home until the hour of the funeral to view the remains.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1941
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The News-Sentinel
Monday, June 2, 1941
Benjamin Franklin ABBOTT, age 79, died at his home on State Road 14, near Lake Manitou at 5 o'clock Monday morning due to complications. Mr. Abbott, a laborer, had been ill for a year preceding his death.
Benjamin Abbott was born on October 12, 1861, at North Manchester, Indiana. He came here from North Manchester when he was a small boy, living in Rochester for the remainder of his life. His parents were John and Amanda ABBOTT, formerly of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Sarah Elizabeth [ABBOTT], whom he married on May 4, 1926; three daughters, Nellie WAGONER and Dola [ABBOTT], South Bend; and Mable [ABBOTT], Chicago; a son, Melvin [ABBOTT], Benton Harbor, Mich.; one brother, Charles [ABBOTT], also of Benton Harbor; two sisters, Mary Jane WEBERLING, St. Joseph, Mich. and Priscilla SPOHN, Rochester.
The funeral will be held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Foster funeral home, Rev. John CALL, pastor of the Church of God, officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Rochester. Friends may call at the Foster funeral home until the hour of the funeral to view the remains.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1941
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Monday, June 2, 1941
Benjamin Franklin ABBOTT, age 79, died at his home on State Road 14, near Lake Manitou at 5 o'clock Monday morning due to complications. Mr. Abbott, a laborer, had been ill for a year preceding his death.
Benjamin Abbott was born on October 12, 1861, at North Manchester, Indiana. He came here from North Manchester when he was a small boy, living in Rochester for the remainder of his life. His parents were John and Amanda ABBOTT, formerly of this city.
Survivors are his wife, Sarah Elizabeth [ABBOTT], whom he married on May 4, 1926; three daughters, Nellie WAGONER and Dola [ABBOTT], South Bend; and Mable [ABBOTT], Chicago; a son, Melvin [ABBOTT], Benton Harbor, Mich.; one brother, Charles [ABBOTT], also of Benton Harbor; two sisters, Mary Jane WEBERLING, St. Joseph, Mich. and Priscilla SPOHN, Rochester.
The funeral will be held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Foster funeral home, Rev. John CALL, pastor of the Church of God, officiating. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery in Rochester. Friends may call at the Foster funeral home until the hour of the funeral to view the remains.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1941
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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