QUEENSBURY, N.Y. - Abraham Abbott, age 98, passed away peacefully on November 22nd 2022.
Abe was born on January 8th 1924, the last living child of the eight children born to John and Elizabeth Abbott.
Raised in Glens Falls, N.Y., Abe enjoyed a childhood in a large family with the bounty of wonderful gardens, eggs from their chickens, fish from the river and game from field and forest.
Throughout his life he enjoyed hunting and fishing as much for the time spent in nature as for the food. Over time, he enjoyed his "walks in the woods" even when there was no meat to show for it.
Abe graduated from Glens Falls High School and at age 18 he enlisted in the military to serve in World War II. He served in the Army Air Corp as a Waist Gunner on a B-24 Liberator part of the 15th Air Force in Italy.
In his later years he often talked about his time in the military. Most of the memories he shared were of all the friends that he made and the amazing things he was able to see in Italy when the war was winding down. He often told of being one of the fortunate servicemen to have an audience with the Pope and to be blessed by him.
When he returned from the war he was anxious to pick up his life where he left off and tried to enroll in college on the GI bill. There were so many servicemen trying to enroll that there was no room. Eventually, Skidmore opened a Campus in Glens Falls and he was able to take classes there. Ultimately his studies culminated in a job as a Chemist at General Electric in Ft. Edward, where he spent his entire career.
He met the love of his life, Janet Lemmon in Glens Falls, N.Y. They were married in 1948 and spent 66 years together until her death in 2015. They were always surrounded by friends and family as they raised their two children. They loved spending time camping on South Island on Lake George and traveling to Old Orchard Beach, Maine in the summer. Ultimately, they discovered the island of Aruba where they spent many happy vacations. Wherever they went, they made new friends.
Abe and Jan moved to Barber Avenue in Queensbury, N.Y. in 1965 and it was there that they spent the majority of their long and happy lives, raising their children, planting trees, gardening and becoming the hub of a neighborhood that has sustained its residents ever since. Someone recently dubbed Abe the "Mayor" of Barber Avenue, and in a way, it is fitting. However, as time passed the neighborhood sustained Jan and Abe as they once sustained their younger neighbors with coffee klatches, cooking and council.
Arrangements by the Singleton Sullivan Potter Funeral Home on 407 Bay Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
Burial will follow at the Pine View Cemetery on Quaker Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
Abe was born on January 8th 1924, the last living child of the eight children born to John and Elizabeth Abbott.
Raised in Glens Falls, N.Y., Abe enjoyed a childhood in a large family with the bounty of wonderful gardens, eggs from their chickens, fish from the river and game from field and forest.
Throughout his life he enjoyed hunting and fishing as much for the time spent in nature as for the food. Over time, he enjoyed his "walks in the woods" even when there was no meat to show for it.
Abe graduated from Glens Falls High School and at age 18 he enlisted in the military to serve in World War II. He served in the Army Air Corp as a Waist Gunner on a B-24 Liberator part of the 15th Air Force in Italy.
In his later years he often talked about his time in the military. Most of the memories he shared were of all the friends that he made and the amazing things he was able to see in Italy when the war was winding down. He often told of being one of the fortunate servicemen to have an audience with the Pope and to be blessed by him.
When he returned from the war he was anxious to pick up his life where he left off and tried to enroll in college on the GI bill. There were so many servicemen trying to enroll that there was no room. Eventually, Skidmore opened a Campus in Glens Falls and he was able to take classes there. Ultimately his studies culminated in a job as a Chemist at General Electric in Ft. Edward, where he spent his entire career.
He met the love of his life, Janet Lemmon in Glens Falls, N.Y. They were married in 1948 and spent 66 years together until her death in 2015. They were always surrounded by friends and family as they raised their two children. They loved spending time camping on South Island on Lake George and traveling to Old Orchard Beach, Maine in the summer. Ultimately, they discovered the island of Aruba where they spent many happy vacations. Wherever they went, they made new friends.
Abe and Jan moved to Barber Avenue in Queensbury, N.Y. in 1965 and it was there that they spent the majority of their long and happy lives, raising their children, planting trees, gardening and becoming the hub of a neighborhood that has sustained its residents ever since. Someone recently dubbed Abe the "Mayor" of Barber Avenue, and in a way, it is fitting. However, as time passed the neighborhood sustained Jan and Abe as they once sustained their younger neighbors with coffee klatches, cooking and council.
Arrangements by the Singleton Sullivan Potter Funeral Home on 407 Bay Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
Burial will follow at the Pine View Cemetery on Quaker Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
QUEENSBURY, N.Y. - Abraham Abbott, age 98, passed away peacefully on November 22nd 2022.
Abe was born on January 8th 1924, the last living child of the eight children born to John and Elizabeth Abbott.
Raised in Glens Falls, N.Y., Abe enjoyed a childhood in a large family with the bounty of wonderful gardens, eggs from their chickens, fish from the river and game from field and forest.
Throughout his life he enjoyed hunting and fishing as much for the time spent in nature as for the food. Over time, he enjoyed his "walks in the woods" even when there was no meat to show for it.
Abe graduated from Glens Falls High School and at age 18 he enlisted in the military to serve in World War II. He served in the Army Air Corp as a Waist Gunner on a B-24 Liberator part of the 15th Air Force in Italy.
In his later years he often talked about his time in the military. Most of the memories he shared were of all the friends that he made and the amazing things he was able to see in Italy when the war was winding down. He often told of being one of the fortunate servicemen to have an audience with the Pope and to be blessed by him.
When he returned from the war he was anxious to pick up his life where he left off and tried to enroll in college on the GI bill. There were so many servicemen trying to enroll that there was no room. Eventually, Skidmore opened a Campus in Glens Falls and he was able to take classes there. Ultimately his studies culminated in a job as a Chemist at General Electric in Ft. Edward, where he spent his entire career.
He met the love of his life, Janet Lemmon in Glens Falls, N.Y. They were married in 1948 and spent 66 years together until her death in 2015. They were always surrounded by friends and family as they raised their two children. They loved spending time camping on South Island on Lake George and traveling to Old Orchard Beach, Maine in the summer. Ultimately, they discovered the island of Aruba where they spent many happy vacations. Wherever they went, they made new friends.
Abe and Jan moved to Barber Avenue in Queensbury, N.Y. in 1965 and it was there that they spent the majority of their long and happy lives, raising their children, planting trees, gardening and becoming the hub of a neighborhood that has sustained its residents ever since. Someone recently dubbed Abe the "Mayor" of Barber Avenue, and in a way, it is fitting. However, as time passed the neighborhood sustained Jan and Abe as they once sustained their younger neighbors with coffee klatches, cooking and council.
Arrangements by the Singleton Sullivan Potter Funeral Home on 407 Bay Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
Burial will follow at the Pine View Cemetery on Quaker Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
Abe was born on January 8th 1924, the last living child of the eight children born to John and Elizabeth Abbott.
Raised in Glens Falls, N.Y., Abe enjoyed a childhood in a large family with the bounty of wonderful gardens, eggs from their chickens, fish from the river and game from field and forest.
Throughout his life he enjoyed hunting and fishing as much for the time spent in nature as for the food. Over time, he enjoyed his "walks in the woods" even when there was no meat to show for it.
Abe graduated from Glens Falls High School and at age 18 he enlisted in the military to serve in World War II. He served in the Army Air Corp as a Waist Gunner on a B-24 Liberator part of the 15th Air Force in Italy.
In his later years he often talked about his time in the military. Most of the memories he shared were of all the friends that he made and the amazing things he was able to see in Italy when the war was winding down. He often told of being one of the fortunate servicemen to have an audience with the Pope and to be blessed by him.
When he returned from the war he was anxious to pick up his life where he left off and tried to enroll in college on the GI bill. There were so many servicemen trying to enroll that there was no room. Eventually, Skidmore opened a Campus in Glens Falls and he was able to take classes there. Ultimately his studies culminated in a job as a Chemist at General Electric in Ft. Edward, where he spent his entire career.
He met the love of his life, Janet Lemmon in Glens Falls, N.Y. They were married in 1948 and spent 66 years together until her death in 2015. They were always surrounded by friends and family as they raised their two children. They loved spending time camping on South Island on Lake George and traveling to Old Orchard Beach, Maine in the summer. Ultimately, they discovered the island of Aruba where they spent many happy vacations. Wherever they went, they made new friends.
Abe and Jan moved to Barber Avenue in Queensbury, N.Y. in 1965 and it was there that they spent the majority of their long and happy lives, raising their children, planting trees, gardening and becoming the hub of a neighborhood that has sustained its residents ever since. Someone recently dubbed Abe the "Mayor" of Barber Avenue, and in a way, it is fitting. However, as time passed the neighborhood sustained Jan and Abe as they once sustained their younger neighbors with coffee klatches, cooking and council.
Arrangements by the Singleton Sullivan Potter Funeral Home on 407 Bay Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
Burial will follow at the Pine View Cemetery on Quaker Road in Queensbury, N.Y.
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