Amos Manuel “Bill” Abrahamson

ABRAHAMSON, FEIGHT, HOLMES, RYEL, MORTON, CONNERY, BROWNLEE, HENNLEIN, KUNST, HARTMAN, HERMANN

Posted By: Raymond Munson (email)
Date: 5/12/2011 at 07:52:43

Amos Manuel “Bill” Abrahamson

Amos Manuel “Bill” Abrahamson, son of Manuel and Artie Abrahamson, was born on May 7, 1914, in Lucas County, Iowa. He passed away on November 2, 1993, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, at the age of 79.

Bill was united in marriage to Jessie Feight on January 19, 1935, in Chariton, Iowa. This union was blessed with seven children, Betty, Robert, Juanita, Melvin “Wink”, Walter, David and Gary.

Bill worked as various occupations during his life. He farmed, worked for a tree trimming company and the Albia Light Company. Bill also worked in the maintenance department of the Iowa Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, where he retired from about 13 years ago. He had remained an active member of the Albia Seventh-day Adventist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Leonard; son, Gary; daughter-in-law, Ina; son-in-law, Dick Holmes and three grandchildren.

Bill is survived by his wife Jessie of Williamson; two daughters, Betty Ryel of Bixby, Okla., and Juanita Holmes of Slater; four sons. Bob Abrahamson and wife Marilyn of Gentry, Ark.; Melvin Abrahamson of Williamson; Walter Abrahamson and wife Barbra of Williamson and David Abrahamson and wife Mona of Des Moines; one sister, Ester Morton of Chariton; one brother, Albert Abrahamson of Chariton; 19 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren as well as many, many friends and neighbors.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, 1993, at the Fielding Funeral Home with Pastors Thomas Hennlein and Carl Hartman officiating. Burial was in the Newbern Cemetery.

Serving as honorary bearers were Donny Gay, Danny Gay, Mike Abrahamson, Joe Abrahamson, Troy Abrahamson and Terry Connery. Bearers were Kevin Abrahamson, Jerry Brownlee, Gary Holmes, Richard Holmes, Arlin Kunst and Steve Hermann.

Chariton Leader 11-9-93