ROCK FALLS - Services for Orlin Abell, 65, former Rock Falls resident who died in Clinton, Ia., will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Catholic church here. The Very Rev. Thomas Green, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock Sunday night in the Grennan and Son funeral home, where friends may call.
Mr. Abell was born Jan. 19, 1893 in Buena Vista, Ia. He was a World War I veteran and a retired employee of the Chicago North Western railroad. He had lived in Rock Falls most of his life, but moved to Clinton seven years ago.
Surviving are his widow; three sons, Paul of Sterling; Lloyd of Thomson; and Otto, with the Air Force in Montana; a daughter, Margaret C. Abell, at home; three brothers, Len and Lloyd, both of Rock Falls, and Otto, Paw Paw; and two sisters, Nettie Abell, Rock Falls, and Mrs. John Sieling, Dixon.
Morning Star / Sunday, 03 Aug 1958 / Rockford, IL / Page 7
Son of Daniel & Harriett Agnes Abell, brother to Melissa, Nettie, Annie per 1900 census.
1910 census shows additional siblings Lloyd, Earl, Otto, Len.
Married Nina Peterson Buchanan of Little Rock, Arkansas (dau of Cornelius Peterson and Eliza Albert) on August 5, 1935 in Clinton, Iowa. It was his second marriage and her third marriage.
Mr. Abell was born Jan. 19, 1893 in Buena Vista, Ia. He was a World War I veteran and a retired employee of the Chicago North Western railroad. He had lived in Rock Falls most of his life, but moved to Clinton seven years ago.
Surviving are his widow; three sons, Paul of Sterling; Lloyd of Thomson; and Otto, with the Air Force in Montana; a daughter, Margaret C. Abell, at home; three brothers, Len and Lloyd, both of Rock Falls, and Otto, Paw Paw; and two sisters, Nettie Abell, Rock Falls, and Mrs. John Sieling, Dixon.
Morning Star / Sunday, 03 Aug 1958 / Rockford, IL / Page 7
Son of Daniel & Harriett Agnes Abell, brother to Melissa, Nettie, Annie per 1900 census.
1910 census shows additional siblings Lloyd, Earl, Otto, Len.
Married Nina Peterson Buchanan of Little Rock, Arkansas (dau of Cornelius Peterson and Eliza Albert) on August 5, 1935 in Clinton, Iowa. It was his second marriage and her third marriage.
ROCK FALLS - Services for Orlin Abell, 65, former Rock Falls resident who died in Clinton, Ia., will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Catholic church here. The Very Rev. Thomas Green, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock Sunday night in the Grennan and Son funeral home, where friends may call.
Mr. Abell was born Jan. 19, 1893 in Buena Vista, Ia. He was a World War I veteran and a retired employee of the Chicago North Western railroad. He had lived in Rock Falls most of his life, but moved to Clinton seven years ago.
Surviving are his widow; three sons, Paul of Sterling; Lloyd of Thomson; and Otto, with the Air Force in Montana; a daughter, Margaret C. Abell, at home; three brothers, Len and Lloyd, both of Rock Falls, and Otto, Paw Paw; and two sisters, Nettie Abell, Rock Falls, and Mrs. John Sieling, Dixon.
Morning Star / Sunday, 03 Aug 1958 / Rockford, IL / Page 7
Son of Daniel & Harriett Agnes Abell, brother to Melissa, Nettie, Annie per 1900 census.
1910 census shows additional siblings Lloyd, Earl, Otto, Len.
Married Nina Peterson Buchanan of Little Rock, Arkansas (dau of Cornelius Peterson and Eliza Albert) on August 5, 1935 in Clinton, Iowa. It was his second marriage and her third marriage.
Mr. Abell was born Jan. 19, 1893 in Buena Vista, Ia. He was a World War I veteran and a retired employee of the Chicago North Western railroad. He had lived in Rock Falls most of his life, but moved to Clinton seven years ago.
Surviving are his widow; three sons, Paul of Sterling; Lloyd of Thomson; and Otto, with the Air Force in Montana; a daughter, Margaret C. Abell, at home; three brothers, Len and Lloyd, both of Rock Falls, and Otto, Paw Paw; and two sisters, Nettie Abell, Rock Falls, and Mrs. John Sieling, Dixon.
Morning Star / Sunday, 03 Aug 1958 / Rockford, IL / Page 7
Son of Daniel & Harriett Agnes Abell, brother to Melissa, Nettie, Annie per 1900 census.
1910 census shows additional siblings Lloyd, Earl, Otto, Len.
Married Nina Peterson Buchanan of Little Rock, Arkansas (dau of Cornelius Peterson and Eliza Albert) on August 5, 1935 in Clinton, Iowa. It was his second marriage and her third marriage.
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