Abel, Gladys Olevia Wellington

ABEL, WELLINGTON, BOSTON

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 11/24/2013 at 13:11:52

Abel, Gladys Olevia Wellington -
Gladys Olevia Abel was born Sept. 23, 1901 in Kingsville, Mo., the only daughter in a family of seven children. Her father was John Wellington Worden and her mother was Hattie Bertha (Boston) Wellington. At age 13, her family moved to Olathe, Kansas, and later to Squires, Missouri.
On June 20, 1920, she married Abner Earl Abel. Eight children were born to this union. They moved to Silver City in 1920 where they farmed. They moved several times in Iowa, First in 1928 to Oakland, and then in 1931 to Walnut. In 1945, they moved to a farm one mile north and 1/2 cast of Cromwell. In 1960, they moved to Creston.
Gladys was a homemaker, wife, mother,grandmother, great-grandmother, and a special friend.
She was a member of the Cromwell Congregational United Church of Christ, the Cromwell women's Fellowship, the S.S.S. Club of Creston and a volunteer at Greater Community Hospital in Creston.
Gladys died Feb. 4, 1998, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston at the age of 96 years, 4 months, 11 days.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Earl, daughters: Evelyn Abel and Beverly Mohr, six brothers George, Guy, Russell, Raymond, Richard and Carl; a grandson Michael Abel and a son-in-law Gaylord Doonan.
Those who are left to cherish her memory are her children: Kenneth Abel and wife Darlene of Creston; Chester Abel and wife Betty of
Creston, Loretta Doonan and friend Arnold Petersen of Harlan, Mary Anne Bryant and husband Bud of Lenox, Bertha Purdum and husband Dale of Lenox, Carol Anderson and husband Jack of Manhattan Beach, Calif., a son-in-law Bill Mohr of Creston; four sisters-in-law; 23 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and 8 great great grandchildren; as well as numerous other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Cromwell Congregational United Church of Christ with Rev. Lucretia Parks officiating.
Burial was in the Maple Hill Cemetery at Cromwell.
Dorothy McIntire as organist and Mary Lou Judd as vocalist provided the music.
Pallbearers were Jamie Doonan, Dennis Abel, Craig Bryant, Mark Purdum, Rodney Abel, Rick Anderson and Brian Mohr.
Memorials may be directed to the Cromwell Congregational United Church of Christ. Coen-Beaty Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday February 11, 1998