OBIT: Joseph F. ABBOT, Sr., 2004, Confluence, Somerset County, PA
  
  Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library
  
  Copyright 2005.  All rights reserved.
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/
  _______________________________________________ 
  
  JOSEPH F. ABBOT SR.
  
  Joseph F. Abbot Sr., 74, Confluence, died Oct. 25, 2004, in Somerset Hospital. 
  Born June 6, 1930, in Vanvorce, (Greene County), a son of the late Thomas and 
  Nancy (Davis) Abbott.  Preceded in death by parents; brother, Thomas Abbott; 
  sister, Evelyn Riggar; four infant brothers; a stepchild and father-in-law, 
  Isaac Thilman Hileary Williams.  He is survived by his wife, Margaret Mae 
  (Williams), whom he married May 20, 1967, and the following children: Sandra, 
  married to Gary Baker, and Josephine, married to Samuel Spittal, both of Ursina; 
  Joann Daugherty, Tennessee; Esther Ellen, married to Harlen King Sr., Addison; 
  Nancy Abbott, Somerset; Joseph Jr. and his wife Carmen, Garrett; Brenda, married 
  to Jody Rugg, Thomas and his wife, Barbara, and Jonathan and his wife, Betty Jo, 
  all of Confluence; three stepchildren; 23 grandchildren and seven great-
  grandchildren; and mother-in-law, Esther Mae Williams, Smithfield.  He worked as 
  a custodian at Turkeyfoot Valley Area School retiring in 1990, and was a member 
  of Calvary Community Church of Confluence.  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 
  p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the Humbert Funeral Home, 
  Confluence, where a funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday.  The Rev. 
  Don Judy officiating.  Interment in Maple Summit Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, October 27, 2004
  
  Joseph F. Abbott Sr., 74, Confluence, died Oct. 25, 2004, in Somerset Hospital. 
  Born June 6, 1930, in Vanvorce, (Greene County), a son of the late Thomas and 
  Nancy (Davis) Abbott.  Preceded in death by parents; brother, Thomas Abbott; 
  sister, Evelyn Riggar; four infant brothers; a stepchild and father-in-law, 
  Isaac Thilman Hileary Williams.  He is survived by his wife, Margaret Mae 
  (Williams), whom he married May 20, 1967, and the following children: Sandra, 
  married to Gary Baker, and Josephine, married to Samuel Spittal, both of Ursina; 
  Joann Daugherty, Tennessee; Esther Ellen, married to Harlen King Sr., Addison; 
  Nancy Abbott, Somerset; Joseph Jr. and his wife Carmen, Garrett; Brenda, married 
  to Jody Rugg, Thomas and his wife, Barbara, and Jonathan and his wife, Betty Jo, 
  all of Confluence; three stepchildren; 23 grandchildren and seven great-
  grandchildren; and mother-in-law, Esther Mae Williams, Smithfield.  He worked as 
  a custodian at Turkeyfoot Valley Area School retiring in 1990, and was a member 
  of Calvary Community Church of Confluence.  Friends will be from 10 a.m. to 9 
  p.m. Friday at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, where a funeral service 
  will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday.  The Rev. Don Judy officiating.  Interment in 
  Maple Summit Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, October 29, 2004