Age: 91 yrs.
S/O Dr. Truman Abbe & Ethel Whipple (Brown) Abbe
H/O Harriette Ann (Holmes) Abbe (27 Nov 1925-27 Nov 2017); m 1948
F/O Charles Cleveland Abbe
F/O Christopher Holmes Abbe
F/O Pamela Abbe
F/O Timothy Best Abbe
F/O James Daniel Abbe
The family plans to inter his ashes in March at the Abbe Family Plot in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.
Obituary, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, 22 Dec 2014:
Zelienople, Pa. - William Whipple "Whip" Abbe, age 91, a resident of Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople, Pa. formerly of Cambridge, Md. and Bethesda, Md., passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Born September 29, 1923 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Truman and Ethel (Brown) Abbe. Mr. Abbe was a 1949 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan College in Lincoln, Nebraska. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945 and worked as a Geographer with the Defense Mapping Agency from 1950-1956. Then with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Business Defense Services Administration from 1957-1959. He worked in Pakistan and Jordan with the U.S. Department of State, Agency for International Development from 1960-1967. From 1968 until his retirement in 1985, Mr. Abbe worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Laboratories at Fort Belvoir, Va. While in this position, he served in 1969 and 1970 as Geographic Advisor to the Applied Scientific Research Agency of Thailand in Bangkok. From 1985 to 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe lived beside the Choptank River in Cambridge, Md., while there, he was quite active in the Chamber of Commerce, was President of the Dorchester County Historical Society and was also President of the Dorchester County Skipjack Committee. The Skipjack Committee was responsible for building the last Skipjack or oyster dredge boat which was built in the 20th century. The Skipjack is a living memorial to the watermen and boat builders of the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Abbe was an amateur photographer and had an extensive collection of domestic and foreign color slides of numerous places he had visited around the world. The collection was donated to the Photo Antiquities museum of Pittsburgh in 2005 and is now available for public use. Since 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe have lived at Passavant Retirement Community, Zelienople, Pa. While at Passavant, Whip remained quite active with taking up sculpture, being an active member of the Men's Support Group and member of the new building committee. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his beloved wife, Harriette (Holmes) Abbe whom he married in 1948; his five children, Charles Cleveland Abbe, of Scappoose, Ore., Christopher Holmes Abbe, of Freeport, Maine, Pamela Abbe, of Waynesburg, Pa., Timothy Abbe, of Seattle, Wash. and James Daniel Abbe, of Healy, Alaska; and four granddaughters, Shea Abbe Zwerver; Cory Holmes Abbe; Carmen River Abbe and Caroline Frances Abbe. A Memorial Service was 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Seaman Memorial Chapel at Passavant Retirement Community, 105 Burgess Drive, Zelienople, PA 16063. At the conclusion of Mr. Abbe's Memorial Service all attendees were invited to join his family for a luncheon at the Scholl Convention Center. A Memorial Service will be celebrated in March by the Abbe family in Washington, D.C. Those that are interested in joining the Abbe family please contact them for future details by e-mail at [email protected]. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to the Boylan Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 324 E. Grandview Avenue, Zelienople, PA 16063. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the Abbe family at www.boylanfuneralhome.com .
S/O Dr. Truman Abbe & Ethel Whipple (Brown) Abbe
H/O Harriette Ann (Holmes) Abbe (27 Nov 1925-27 Nov 2017); m 1948
F/O Charles Cleveland Abbe
F/O Christopher Holmes Abbe
F/O Pamela Abbe
F/O Timothy Best Abbe
F/O James Daniel Abbe
The family plans to inter his ashes in March at the Abbe Family Plot in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.
Obituary, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, 22 Dec 2014:
Zelienople, Pa. - William Whipple "Whip" Abbe, age 91, a resident of Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople, Pa. formerly of Cambridge, Md. and Bethesda, Md., passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Born September 29, 1923 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Truman and Ethel (Brown) Abbe. Mr. Abbe was a 1949 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan College in Lincoln, Nebraska. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945 and worked as a Geographer with the Defense Mapping Agency from 1950-1956. Then with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Business Defense Services Administration from 1957-1959. He worked in Pakistan and Jordan with the U.S. Department of State, Agency for International Development from 1960-1967. From 1968 until his retirement in 1985, Mr. Abbe worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Laboratories at Fort Belvoir, Va. While in this position, he served in 1969 and 1970 as Geographic Advisor to the Applied Scientific Research Agency of Thailand in Bangkok. From 1985 to 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe lived beside the Choptank River in Cambridge, Md., while there, he was quite active in the Chamber of Commerce, was President of the Dorchester County Historical Society and was also President of the Dorchester County Skipjack Committee. The Skipjack Committee was responsible for building the last Skipjack or oyster dredge boat which was built in the 20th century. The Skipjack is a living memorial to the watermen and boat builders of the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Abbe was an amateur photographer and had an extensive collection of domestic and foreign color slides of numerous places he had visited around the world. The collection was donated to the Photo Antiquities museum of Pittsburgh in 2005 and is now available for public use. Since 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe have lived at Passavant Retirement Community, Zelienople, Pa. While at Passavant, Whip remained quite active with taking up sculpture, being an active member of the Men's Support Group and member of the new building committee. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his beloved wife, Harriette (Holmes) Abbe whom he married in 1948; his five children, Charles Cleveland Abbe, of Scappoose, Ore., Christopher Holmes Abbe, of Freeport, Maine, Pamela Abbe, of Waynesburg, Pa., Timothy Abbe, of Seattle, Wash. and James Daniel Abbe, of Healy, Alaska; and four granddaughters, Shea Abbe Zwerver; Cory Holmes Abbe; Carmen River Abbe and Caroline Frances Abbe. A Memorial Service was 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Seaman Memorial Chapel at Passavant Retirement Community, 105 Burgess Drive, Zelienople, PA 16063. At the conclusion of Mr. Abbe's Memorial Service all attendees were invited to join his family for a luncheon at the Scholl Convention Center. A Memorial Service will be celebrated in March by the Abbe family in Washington, D.C. Those that are interested in joining the Abbe family please contact them for future details by e-mail at [email protected]. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to the Boylan Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 324 E. Grandview Avenue, Zelienople, PA 16063. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the Abbe family at www.boylanfuneralhome.com .
Age: 91 yrs.
S/O Dr. Truman Abbe & Ethel Whipple (Brown) Abbe
H/O Harriette Ann (Holmes) Abbe (27 Nov 1925-27 Nov 2017); m 1948
F/O Charles Cleveland Abbe
F/O Christopher Holmes Abbe
F/O Pamela Abbe
F/O Timothy Best Abbe
F/O James Daniel Abbe
The family plans to inter his ashes in March at the Abbe Family Plot in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.
Obituary, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, 22 Dec 2014:
Zelienople, Pa. - William Whipple "Whip" Abbe, age 91, a resident of Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople, Pa. formerly of Cambridge, Md. and Bethesda, Md., passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Born September 29, 1923 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Truman and Ethel (Brown) Abbe. Mr. Abbe was a 1949 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan College in Lincoln, Nebraska. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945 and worked as a Geographer with the Defense Mapping Agency from 1950-1956. Then with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Business Defense Services Administration from 1957-1959. He worked in Pakistan and Jordan with the U.S. Department of State, Agency for International Development from 1960-1967. From 1968 until his retirement in 1985, Mr. Abbe worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Laboratories at Fort Belvoir, Va. While in this position, he served in 1969 and 1970 as Geographic Advisor to the Applied Scientific Research Agency of Thailand in Bangkok. From 1985 to 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe lived beside the Choptank River in Cambridge, Md., while there, he was quite active in the Chamber of Commerce, was President of the Dorchester County Historical Society and was also President of the Dorchester County Skipjack Committee. The Skipjack Committee was responsible for building the last Skipjack or oyster dredge boat which was built in the 20th century. The Skipjack is a living memorial to the watermen and boat builders of the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Abbe was an amateur photographer and had an extensive collection of domestic and foreign color slides of numerous places he had visited around the world. The collection was donated to the Photo Antiquities museum of Pittsburgh in 2005 and is now available for public use. Since 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe have lived at Passavant Retirement Community, Zelienople, Pa. While at Passavant, Whip remained quite active with taking up sculpture, being an active member of the Men's Support Group and member of the new building committee. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his beloved wife, Harriette (Holmes) Abbe whom he married in 1948; his five children, Charles Cleveland Abbe, of Scappoose, Ore., Christopher Holmes Abbe, of Freeport, Maine, Pamela Abbe, of Waynesburg, Pa., Timothy Abbe, of Seattle, Wash. and James Daniel Abbe, of Healy, Alaska; and four granddaughters, Shea Abbe Zwerver; Cory Holmes Abbe; Carmen River Abbe and Caroline Frances Abbe. A Memorial Service was 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Seaman Memorial Chapel at Passavant Retirement Community, 105 Burgess Drive, Zelienople, PA 16063. At the conclusion of Mr. Abbe's Memorial Service all attendees were invited to join his family for a luncheon at the Scholl Convention Center. A Memorial Service will be celebrated in March by the Abbe family in Washington, D.C. Those that are interested in joining the Abbe family please contact them for future details by e-mail at [email protected]. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to the Boylan Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 324 E. Grandview Avenue, Zelienople, PA 16063. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the Abbe family at www.boylanfuneralhome.com .
S/O Dr. Truman Abbe & Ethel Whipple (Brown) Abbe
H/O Harriette Ann (Holmes) Abbe (27 Nov 1925-27 Nov 2017); m 1948
F/O Charles Cleveland Abbe
F/O Christopher Holmes Abbe
F/O Pamela Abbe
F/O Timothy Best Abbe
F/O James Daniel Abbe
The family plans to inter his ashes in March at the Abbe Family Plot in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC.
Obituary, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, 22 Dec 2014:
Zelienople, Pa. - William Whipple "Whip" Abbe, age 91, a resident of Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople, Pa. formerly of Cambridge, Md. and Bethesda, Md., passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Born September 29, 1923 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Truman and Ethel (Brown) Abbe. Mr. Abbe was a 1949 graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan College in Lincoln, Nebraska. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945 and worked as a Geographer with the Defense Mapping Agency from 1950-1956. Then with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Business Defense Services Administration from 1957-1959. He worked in Pakistan and Jordan with the U.S. Department of State, Agency for International Development from 1960-1967. From 1968 until his retirement in 1985, Mr. Abbe worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Laboratories at Fort Belvoir, Va. While in this position, he served in 1969 and 1970 as Geographic Advisor to the Applied Scientific Research Agency of Thailand in Bangkok. From 1985 to 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe lived beside the Choptank River in Cambridge, Md., while there, he was quite active in the Chamber of Commerce, was President of the Dorchester County Historical Society and was also President of the Dorchester County Skipjack Committee. The Skipjack Committee was responsible for building the last Skipjack or oyster dredge boat which was built in the 20th century. The Skipjack is a living memorial to the watermen and boat builders of the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Abbe was an amateur photographer and had an extensive collection of domestic and foreign color slides of numerous places he had visited around the world. The collection was donated to the Photo Antiquities museum of Pittsburgh in 2005 and is now available for public use. Since 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Abbe have lived at Passavant Retirement Community, Zelienople, Pa. While at Passavant, Whip remained quite active with taking up sculpture, being an active member of the Men's Support Group and member of the new building committee. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his beloved wife, Harriette (Holmes) Abbe whom he married in 1948; his five children, Charles Cleveland Abbe, of Scappoose, Ore., Christopher Holmes Abbe, of Freeport, Maine, Pamela Abbe, of Waynesburg, Pa., Timothy Abbe, of Seattle, Wash. and James Daniel Abbe, of Healy, Alaska; and four granddaughters, Shea Abbe Zwerver; Cory Holmes Abbe; Carmen River Abbe and Caroline Frances Abbe. A Memorial Service was 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at Seaman Memorial Chapel at Passavant Retirement Community, 105 Burgess Drive, Zelienople, PA 16063. At the conclusion of Mr. Abbe's Memorial Service all attendees were invited to join his family for a luncheon at the Scholl Convention Center. A Memorial Service will be celebrated in March by the Abbe family in Washington, D.C. Those that are interested in joining the Abbe family please contact them for future details by e-mail at [email protected]. Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to the Boylan Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 324 E. Grandview Avenue, Zelienople, PA 16063. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the Abbe family at www.boylanfuneralhome.com .
