Obit: Abel, Verna (1910 - 1978)

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Surnames: ABEL VOLLRATH PRIEVE SEIBOLD LIEBZEIT IRVINE
 

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner 08/02/1978

VERNA ABEL

Funeral services were held on Friday, July 28, 1978 at Zion United Church of Christ, Greenwood, for Mrs. Verna Abel, 67. She died at 1 a.m., Wednesday, July 26, 1978 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield. The Rev. David J. Logue officiated and interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery. Gary Schultz sang and the organist was Mrs. Allan Dallman.

Verna Vollrath was born on Sept. 19, 1910 in the Town of Warner, Clark County to Mr. And Mrs. Bill Vollrath. She received her education in the Decker School. She was married to Ted Abel on Oct. 15, 1930 in the Town of Hendren. They farmed in the Town of Beaver for 28 years. Since 1961 she had been living in the City of Greenwood. She was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ and its Ladies Aid.

Survivors include her husband, two sons, Lester, Kaukauna and Ronald, Loyal; one daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Janis) Prieve, Green Bay; 13 grandchildren three sisters, Mrs. John (Erma) Seibold, Greenwood; Mrs. Dorothy Irvine, Greenwood; and Mrs. Clarence (Beatrice) Liebzeit, Greenwood; and one brother, Phillip Vollrath, Greenwood.

Pallbearers were Perry Abel, Mark Abel, Mark Prieve, Daniel Prieve, Duane Vollrath and Gary Vollrath.