Quentin ABARR

ABARR, WAUGH, JOHNSTON, SAVILLE, NELSON, OXENREIDER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/17/2010 at 01:44:55

Creston News-Advertiser
Creston, Union County, Iowa
January 21, 1988

QUENTIN ABARR DIES - TINGLEY

Quentin ABARR, 84, of Tingley, passed away Thursday, Jan 21, 1988, at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mt. Ayr.

He was born Oct. 31, 1903, in Redding, the son of Harlan and Minnie (WAUGH) ABARR. He married Bertha SAVILLE, who passed away in 1977. On Oct. 22, 1987, he married Mildred JOHNSTON.

Mr. ABARR was a retired carpenter. He was a member of the Tingley United Methodist Church, Tingley Lions Club, and Ringgold County Historical Society.

He was raised near Redding, lived in Griswold for 9 years, and moved to Tingley in 1954.

He is survived by his wife, Mildred of Tingley; two daughters, Joyce of Grinnell and Dorothy and husband, Bob NELSON of Rock Falls; a son, David ABARR of Grinnell; two step-sons, Don JOHNSTON of Beaconsfield and Lyle Eugene JOHNSTON of Herman, Mo.; a step-daughter, Betty Lou OXENREIDER of Creston; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and three brothers, Harlan of Redding, John of St. Joseph, Mo., and Bill ABARR of Altoona.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Tingley United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jack KENDALL officiating. Burial was at the Redding Cemetery with the Wilson-Watson Funeral Home of Mount Ayr in charge of the arrangement.

Memorials may be directed to the Tingley United Methodist Church.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2010