ABBAS, Arend B. 1923-1990

ABBAS, BUNK, MEYER

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Arend B. Abbas

Funeral services were conducted Monday, October 29, 1990 at 10:30 a.m. at the Austinville Christian Reformed Church for Arend B. Abbas, who passed away October 25 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Officiating at the services were Rev. Daryl Kats and Rev. James Renke. Gordon Hippen was soloist and organist was Ruth Oelmann. Ushers were Arnold Schaap and Leonard Lenz. Serving as casket bearers were Loren Meyer, Dale Akkerman, David VanHeiden, Jerry Orr, Jerry DeVries and Bert Edward Geerdes, and honorary casket bearer was Darwin Johnson. Interment was in the Christian Reformed Cemetery, east of Ackley. The Brandt-Fritz Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Arend B. Abbas, 67, was born August 15, 1923, in Butler County near Ackley the son of Bert and Gertie Bunk Abbas. He received his schooling in the Butler County schools at Austinville. As a young adult he made profession of faith at the Ackley Christian Reformed Church. He was a farmer and worked for Brandt Construction of Ackley. On November 3, 1944 he was married to Eunice Meyer in the Bethel Reformed Church parsonage, north of Aplington. He enjoyed gardening and fishing.

Survivors include his wife, Eunice of Aplington, and nine children: Ronald and his wife, Sharon, of Aplington, Danny and his wife, Kim, of Aplington, Ricky and his wife, Melanie, of Ackley and Ryan and his wife, Bobbi of Aplington; Judy Abbas of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mrs. Kenneth (Donna) Koop of Aplington, Mrs. Jakie (Terri) Koop of Aplington, Mrs. Todd (Ronda) Hardy of Shell Rock and Connie Kennedy of Aplington; fifteen grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Alfred (Remda) Geerdes of Gladbrook, Mrs. Ben (Alice) VanHeiden of Wellsburg, Mrs. Leslie (Lucille) Plutschouw of Muskegon, Michigan, Mrs. George (Bertha) Bishop of Denver and Mrs. John (Henrietta) Abbas of Aplington; and two sisters-in-law, Anna Mae Abbas of Kesley and Elizabeth Abbas of Ackley.

Preceding him in death were his parents; two brothers, Fred and George Abbas, and an infant sister.

--Ackley World-Journal (Ackley, Iowa), 1 November 1990, pg 5