Kenneth Wayne Abbott

ABBOTT, RODGERS

Posted By: June Brewer Welsch (email)
Date: 2/22/2009 at 17:59:13

Source Muscatine Iowa Journal Feb. 09, 2009
Kenneth Wayne Abbott
TIFFIN, Ohio — Kenneth Wayne Abbott, 77, Tiffin, Ohio, died on Friday, February 6, 2009, at Blachard Valley Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

The Rev. Sam Suman will officiate. Burial will be at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to FACT or to Trinity United Brethren Church.

Kenneth was born on March 17, 1931, the son of William and Myrtle Rodgers Abbott in Pontotoc, Mississippi. He married VaNell Parker on April 13, 1951, and she preceded him in death. On May 11, 1978, he married Iris Sargent, and she survives.

He worked at Tiffin Metal as a supervisor for more than 30 years, where he designed safety devices for machines. He also designed a series of lifts and hydraulics for Galion Heavy Equipment for more than 10 years, and he did all of this without any formal college education. To keep busy, he worked at Seneca Memory Garden for more than five years as a groundskeeper.

He was an avid fisherman who loved everything outdoors, especially gardening and taking great care of his roses and trees. He was always there for his neighbors, but most importantly he was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and a friend to so many. He taught all of his children that, “a job worth doing, is worth doing well.''

Survivors also include five daughters, Shirley Munson and husband, James, of Bradenton, Florida, Bert Abbott of Lewiston, Michigan, Fran ''Franki'' Donelson of Muscatine, Iowa, Ann Nanamaker and husband, Fred, of Findlay, Ohio, and Marty Heldman and husband, Daryal, of Tiffin, Ohio; two sons, Bill Donelson and wife, Becky, of Brighton, Iowa, and Steve Donelson of Gainesville, Virginia; 18 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren; a sister, Pauline Watts of Pontotoc, Mississippi; and many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents; first wife, VaNell; a son, David Charles Donelson; a brother, Ocie Abbott, and a sister, Melba Montgomery.
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