Death Comes to Welcome Abbott in Waterloo
Dies at Hospital on Saturday After a Long Illness.
Welcome A. Abbott, 80, early day Manchester druggist and later custodian of the Backbone state park near Forestville, died in St. Francis hospital in Waterloo on Saturday morning, Jan. 12, 1946, after a long and painful illness. Mr. Abbott had been a patient in the hospital for the past four months, his condition growing progressively worse. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Lamont Tuesday morning, attended by many of his old friends, and after the rites the body was brought to Manchester, where it was placed in the receiving vault awaiting burial later.
A son of the pioneer Baptist minister, the Rev. A. D. Abbott, who served both the Delhi and Delaware parishes in a very early day. Mr. Abbott was born at Reading, Mich., Oct.. 28, 1865, and was a mere child when his parents came to this county. His first clerical employment here was with the late H. C. Smith, druggist, and later he formed a partnership with the late George W. Storey under the firm name of Storey & Abbott, druggists. Upon retiring from that business Mr. Abbott became the first conductor on the newly built M. & O. railroad here, serving in that capacity for four years. In 1904 he entered the drug business in Lamont, and in 1924 became custodian of the Backbone park, serving in that capacity for seventeen years. In 1942 he retired to a home in Lamont, where his final illness overtook him.
On Jan. 31, 1894, Mr. Abbott was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Klonus of this city, and to them were born two sons--Welcome of St. Louis, Mo., and Donald of Chicago, Ill. Also surviving are three grandchildren--Mrs. Glenn C. Appleby of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. John Ryan of Evanston, Ill., and James F. Abbott of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Abbott died Jan. 5, 1939, from the effects of an automobile accident.
Mr. Abbott was a member of Hyperion lodge, No. 186, Knights of Pythias, of this city, and held a 50 years membership card issued by that order. He was also a member of the Catholic church and in former years of the Masonic fraternity.
The friends and relatives of Mr. Abbott are in a sense reconciled to his passing by the knowledge that no possibility of his recovery was entertained and that the release which death afforded him could not have been more welcome, for it put an end to suffering endured without hope. Neverthe less, those who knew him here are loath to be separated from such an old and valued friend and will long hold him in affectionate memory. Few men had more warm friends and no better deserved them. In the many varied aspects of his long life he merited the confidence and esteem of all, and he goes to his rest with a record of complete integrity of purpose and the high regard to the community.
Manchester Democrat Radio, Manchester, Iowa - January 15, 1946
Dies at Hospital on Saturday After a Long Illness.
Welcome A. Abbott, 80, early day Manchester druggist and later custodian of the Backbone state park near Forestville, died in St. Francis hospital in Waterloo on Saturday morning, Jan. 12, 1946, after a long and painful illness. Mr. Abbott had been a patient in the hospital for the past four months, his condition growing progressively worse. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Lamont Tuesday morning, attended by many of his old friends, and after the rites the body was brought to Manchester, where it was placed in the receiving vault awaiting burial later.
A son of the pioneer Baptist minister, the Rev. A. D. Abbott, who served both the Delhi and Delaware parishes in a very early day. Mr. Abbott was born at Reading, Mich., Oct.. 28, 1865, and was a mere child when his parents came to this county. His first clerical employment here was with the late H. C. Smith, druggist, and later he formed a partnership with the late George W. Storey under the firm name of Storey & Abbott, druggists. Upon retiring from that business Mr. Abbott became the first conductor on the newly built M. & O. railroad here, serving in that capacity for four years. In 1904 he entered the drug business in Lamont, and in 1924 became custodian of the Backbone park, serving in that capacity for seventeen years. In 1942 he retired to a home in Lamont, where his final illness overtook him.
On Jan. 31, 1894, Mr. Abbott was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Klonus of this city, and to them were born two sons--Welcome of St. Louis, Mo., and Donald of Chicago, Ill. Also surviving are three grandchildren--Mrs. Glenn C. Appleby of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. John Ryan of Evanston, Ill., and James F. Abbott of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Abbott died Jan. 5, 1939, from the effects of an automobile accident.
Mr. Abbott was a member of Hyperion lodge, No. 186, Knights of Pythias, of this city, and held a 50 years membership card issued by that order. He was also a member of the Catholic church and in former years of the Masonic fraternity.
The friends and relatives of Mr. Abbott are in a sense reconciled to his passing by the knowledge that no possibility of his recovery was entertained and that the release which death afforded him could not have been more welcome, for it put an end to suffering endured without hope. Neverthe less, those who knew him here are loath to be separated from such an old and valued friend and will long hold him in affectionate memory. Few men had more warm friends and no better deserved them. In the many varied aspects of his long life he merited the confidence and esteem of all, and he goes to his rest with a record of complete integrity of purpose and the high regard to the community.
Manchester Democrat Radio, Manchester, Iowa - January 15, 1946
Death Comes to Welcome Abbott in Waterloo
Dies at Hospital on Saturday After a Long Illness.
Welcome A. Abbott, 80, early day Manchester druggist and later custodian of the Backbone state park near Forestville, died in St. Francis hospital in Waterloo on Saturday morning, Jan. 12, 1946, after a long and painful illness. Mr. Abbott had been a patient in the hospital for the past four months, his condition growing progressively worse. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Lamont Tuesday morning, attended by many of his old friends, and after the rites the body was brought to Manchester, where it was placed in the receiving vault awaiting burial later.
A son of the pioneer Baptist minister, the Rev. A. D. Abbott, who served both the Delhi and Delaware parishes in a very early day. Mr. Abbott was born at Reading, Mich., Oct.. 28, 1865, and was a mere child when his parents came to this county. His first clerical employment here was with the late H. C. Smith, druggist, and later he formed a partnership with the late George W. Storey under the firm name of Storey & Abbott, druggists. Upon retiring from that business Mr. Abbott became the first conductor on the newly built M. & O. railroad here, serving in that capacity for four years. In 1904 he entered the drug business in Lamont, and in 1924 became custodian of the Backbone park, serving in that capacity for seventeen years. In 1942 he retired to a home in Lamont, where his final illness overtook him.
On Jan. 31, 1894, Mr. Abbott was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Klonus of this city, and to them were born two sons--Welcome of St. Louis, Mo., and Donald of Chicago, Ill. Also surviving are three grandchildren--Mrs. Glenn C. Appleby of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. John Ryan of Evanston, Ill., and James F. Abbott of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Abbott died Jan. 5, 1939, from the effects of an automobile accident.
Mr. Abbott was a member of Hyperion lodge, No. 186, Knights of Pythias, of this city, and held a 50 years membership card issued by that order. He was also a member of the Catholic church and in former years of the Masonic fraternity.
The friends and relatives of Mr. Abbott are in a sense reconciled to his passing by the knowledge that no possibility of his recovery was entertained and that the release which death afforded him could not have been more welcome, for it put an end to suffering endured without hope. Neverthe less, those who knew him here are loath to be separated from such an old and valued friend and will long hold him in affectionate memory. Few men had more warm friends and no better deserved them. In the many varied aspects of his long life he merited the confidence and esteem of all, and he goes to his rest with a record of complete integrity of purpose and the high regard to the community.
Manchester Democrat Radio, Manchester, Iowa - January 15, 1946
Dies at Hospital on Saturday After a Long Illness.
Welcome A. Abbott, 80, early day Manchester druggist and later custodian of the Backbone state park near Forestville, died in St. Francis hospital in Waterloo on Saturday morning, Jan. 12, 1946, after a long and painful illness. Mr. Abbott had been a patient in the hospital for the past four months, his condition growing progressively worse. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Lamont Tuesday morning, attended by many of his old friends, and after the rites the body was brought to Manchester, where it was placed in the receiving vault awaiting burial later.
A son of the pioneer Baptist minister, the Rev. A. D. Abbott, who served both the Delhi and Delaware parishes in a very early day. Mr. Abbott was born at Reading, Mich., Oct.. 28, 1865, and was a mere child when his parents came to this county. His first clerical employment here was with the late H. C. Smith, druggist, and later he formed a partnership with the late George W. Storey under the firm name of Storey & Abbott, druggists. Upon retiring from that business Mr. Abbott became the first conductor on the newly built M. & O. railroad here, serving in that capacity for four years. In 1904 he entered the drug business in Lamont, and in 1924 became custodian of the Backbone park, serving in that capacity for seventeen years. In 1942 he retired to a home in Lamont, where his final illness overtook him.
On Jan. 31, 1894, Mr. Abbott was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Klonus of this city, and to them were born two sons--Welcome of St. Louis, Mo., and Donald of Chicago, Ill. Also surviving are three grandchildren--Mrs. Glenn C. Appleby of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. John Ryan of Evanston, Ill., and James F. Abbott of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Abbott died Jan. 5, 1939, from the effects of an automobile accident.
Mr. Abbott was a member of Hyperion lodge, No. 186, Knights of Pythias, of this city, and held a 50 years membership card issued by that order. He was also a member of the Catholic church and in former years of the Masonic fraternity.
The friends and relatives of Mr. Abbott are in a sense reconciled to his passing by the knowledge that no possibility of his recovery was entertained and that the release which death afforded him could not have been more welcome, for it put an end to suffering endured without hope. Neverthe less, those who knew him here are loath to be separated from such an old and valued friend and will long hold him in affectionate memory. Few men had more warm friends and no better deserved them. In the many varied aspects of his long life he merited the confidence and esteem of all, and he goes to his rest with a record of complete integrity of purpose and the high regard to the community.
Manchester Democrat Radio, Manchester, Iowa - January 15, 1946
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