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Author: KarinKing45
Surnames: Abbott, Bright, Gerber, Bittner
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Tuesday, July 30, 1974
"SANDY" ABBOTT DIES AT AGE 70
C. C. (Sandy) Abbott, 70, of route 3, Decatur, a retired farmer and former employee of the
Adams County Highway Department and State Highway Department, died at 5:45 a.m. today at
the Adams County Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient three weeks. He had been
in failing health for the past year.
Born in Wells County on June 10, 1904, he was the son of Nelson and Lucy Bright - Abbott
and was married on June 27, 1925 to Lola Gerber, who survives.
Also surviving are four children: Wendell of route 3, Decatur; Mrs. Frederick (Patsy)
Bittner of route 5, Decatur; Don of Monroe, and Vernon of route 1, Geneva; one sister,
Miss Frances Abbott of Decatur; one brother, Clarence, of Convoy, O. and 15 grandchildren.
One brother preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Zwick funeral home, with Rev.
Leroy Mickley officiating. Burial will be in Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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