Lt. Clifton Robert Abbey GOOSE CREEK - Lt. Clifton Robert "Cliff" Abbey, USN (Ret), 81, of Goose Creek, husband of Elizabeth Marie Craven Abbey, died Sunday, June 19, 2011 at his residence.
Funeral service will be held Friday, June 24, 2011 at 2 o'clock at St. Johannes Lutheran Church, 48 Hasell Street, Charleston. Burial will follow in Dorchester Memory Gardens, 11000 Dorchester Road, Summerville.
Friends may call at James A. Dyal Funeral Home, Summerville from 6 to 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Herndon, Greg Craven, Justin Craven, Jacob Craven, Nick Flouras and Jamie Hiott.
Mr. Abbey was born April 21, 1930 in Montpelier, VT, son of the late Robert Charles Abbey and Helen Sarah Warren Abbey.
He retired after 22 years in the Navy and served in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. After retiring from the Navy he began working at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, NH as a Nuclear Production Manager.
He retired to Charleston in 1982, worked part-time for M. Rosenblatt and Sons doing marine design engineering until 1993. In 2003, he began working as a part-time employee for Crowfield Plantation where he served as Chairman to ARB/ARMC. He was a member of the Goose Creek Masonic Lodge #401, the John L. Flynn #277 (OES) and was past president of the Military Officers Association of America.
Survivors including his wife Elizabeth of 39 years, are a step son; Donald Carpenter and his wife Donna of Summerville and one granddaughter; Amanda "Mandy" Carpenter of Summerville, one brother; Roger Abbey of Pearl City, Hawaii and one sister; Joyce LeBlanc of Barre, VT. He was predeceased by his brothers and sister: Charles Abbey, Wanita Brownell, Kenfield Abbey and Chester Abbey.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on June 21, 2011
Funeral service will be held Friday, June 24, 2011 at 2 o'clock at St. Johannes Lutheran Church, 48 Hasell Street, Charleston. Burial will follow in Dorchester Memory Gardens, 11000 Dorchester Road, Summerville.
Friends may call at James A. Dyal Funeral Home, Summerville from 6 to 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Herndon, Greg Craven, Justin Craven, Jacob Craven, Nick Flouras and Jamie Hiott.
Mr. Abbey was born April 21, 1930 in Montpelier, VT, son of the late Robert Charles Abbey and Helen Sarah Warren Abbey.
He retired after 22 years in the Navy and served in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. After retiring from the Navy he began working at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, NH as a Nuclear Production Manager.
He retired to Charleston in 1982, worked part-time for M. Rosenblatt and Sons doing marine design engineering until 1993. In 2003, he began working as a part-time employee for Crowfield Plantation where he served as Chairman to ARB/ARMC. He was a member of the Goose Creek Masonic Lodge #401, the John L. Flynn #277 (OES) and was past president of the Military Officers Association of America.
Survivors including his wife Elizabeth of 39 years, are a step son; Donald Carpenter and his wife Donna of Summerville and one granddaughter; Amanda "Mandy" Carpenter of Summerville, one brother; Roger Abbey of Pearl City, Hawaii and one sister; Joyce LeBlanc of Barre, VT. He was predeceased by his brothers and sister: Charles Abbey, Wanita Brownell, Kenfield Abbey and Chester Abbey.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on June 21, 2011
Lt. Clifton Robert Abbey GOOSE CREEK - Lt. Clifton Robert "Cliff" Abbey, USN (Ret), 81, of Goose Creek, husband of Elizabeth Marie Craven Abbey, died Sunday, June 19, 2011 at his residence.
Funeral service will be held Friday, June 24, 2011 at 2 o'clock at St. Johannes Lutheran Church, 48 Hasell Street, Charleston. Burial will follow in Dorchester Memory Gardens, 11000 Dorchester Road, Summerville.
Friends may call at James A. Dyal Funeral Home, Summerville from 6 to 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Herndon, Greg Craven, Justin Craven, Jacob Craven, Nick Flouras and Jamie Hiott.
Mr. Abbey was born April 21, 1930 in Montpelier, VT, son of the late Robert Charles Abbey and Helen Sarah Warren Abbey.
He retired after 22 years in the Navy and served in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. After retiring from the Navy he began working at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, NH as a Nuclear Production Manager.
He retired to Charleston in 1982, worked part-time for M. Rosenblatt and Sons doing marine design engineering until 1993. In 2003, he began working as a part-time employee for Crowfield Plantation where he served as Chairman to ARB/ARMC. He was a member of the Goose Creek Masonic Lodge #401, the John L. Flynn #277 (OES) and was past president of the Military Officers Association of America.
Survivors including his wife Elizabeth of 39 years, are a step son; Donald Carpenter and his wife Donna of Summerville and one granddaughter; Amanda "Mandy" Carpenter of Summerville, one brother; Roger Abbey of Pearl City, Hawaii and one sister; Joyce LeBlanc of Barre, VT. He was predeceased by his brothers and sister: Charles Abbey, Wanita Brownell, Kenfield Abbey and Chester Abbey.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on June 21, 2011
Funeral service will be held Friday, June 24, 2011 at 2 o'clock at St. Johannes Lutheran Church, 48 Hasell Street, Charleston. Burial will follow in Dorchester Memory Gardens, 11000 Dorchester Road, Summerville.
Friends may call at James A. Dyal Funeral Home, Summerville from 6 to 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Herndon, Greg Craven, Justin Craven, Jacob Craven, Nick Flouras and Jamie Hiott.
Mr. Abbey was born April 21, 1930 in Montpelier, VT, son of the late Robert Charles Abbey and Helen Sarah Warren Abbey.
He retired after 22 years in the Navy and served in the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. After retiring from the Navy he began working at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, NH as a Nuclear Production Manager.
He retired to Charleston in 1982, worked part-time for M. Rosenblatt and Sons doing marine design engineering until 1993. In 2003, he began working as a part-time employee for Crowfield Plantation where he served as Chairman to ARB/ARMC. He was a member of the Goose Creek Masonic Lodge #401, the John L. Flynn #277 (OES) and was past president of the Military Officers Association of America.
Survivors including his wife Elizabeth of 39 years, are a step son; Donald Carpenter and his wife Donna of Summerville and one granddaughter; Amanda "Mandy" Carpenter of Summerville, one brother; Roger Abbey of Pearl City, Hawaii and one sister; Joyce LeBlanc of Barre, VT. He was predeceased by his brothers and sister: Charles Abbey, Wanita Brownell, Kenfield Abbey and Chester Abbey.
Published in Charleston Post & Courier on June 21, 2011
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