Interment will be at a later date per cemetery sexton, April 2023.
s/o Roland Webster and Hazel Almer (Packard) Abbott; h/o Jean (Switser) Abbott
He was raised in Hudson and was a 1953 graduate of Alvirne High School. While in high school Bill joined the Marine Corp Reserves, and upon graduation he served four years in the US Air Force as an aircraft engine mechanic. In 1955 he met Jean Switser of Dalton while she was attending UNH. They married in 1957 and resided in Long Island where Bill finished his enlistment until he was honorably discharged as a Staff Sargeant. Returning to Hudson, Bill joined his father's family business, Abbott's Dairy.
Bill and Jean lived and worked in Hudson, raising four children, until moving to Dalton in 1969. Bill became a self-taught auctioneer and antique and collectables dealer. He purchased the old Grange Hall in Dalton beside their home for his antiques and had weekly auctions under a large tent for many summers. He started renting tents and expanded the business to become Abbott Rental, and in the 1980's moved the business to Littleton where it flourished. Bill was proud that Jean and all his children worked in the business and that it stayed in the family after his retirement.
Bill was a volunteer fireman of the Hudson and Dalton Fire Departments, a member of the American Legion, the NH Auctioneers Association, a past president of the NH Equipment Rental Association, and a trustee of the Dalton Congregational Church. He was an avid cribbage and chess player, reader and classical music lover.
Surviving family members include his wife Jean of Dalton; three sons and a daughter; grandchildren; his brother.
Burial will be in the spring in Cushman Cemetery, Dalton.
Bailey Funeral Home
s/o Roland Webster and Hazel Almer (Packard) Abbott; h/o Jean (Switser) Abbott
He was raised in Hudson and was a 1953 graduate of Alvirne High School. While in high school Bill joined the Marine Corp Reserves, and upon graduation he served four years in the US Air Force as an aircraft engine mechanic. In 1955 he met Jean Switser of Dalton while she was attending UNH. They married in 1957 and resided in Long Island where Bill finished his enlistment until he was honorably discharged as a Staff Sargeant. Returning to Hudson, Bill joined his father's family business, Abbott's Dairy.
Bill and Jean lived and worked in Hudson, raising four children, until moving to Dalton in 1969. Bill became a self-taught auctioneer and antique and collectables dealer. He purchased the old Grange Hall in Dalton beside their home for his antiques and had weekly auctions under a large tent for many summers. He started renting tents and expanded the business to become Abbott Rental, and in the 1980's moved the business to Littleton where it flourished. Bill was proud that Jean and all his children worked in the business and that it stayed in the family after his retirement.
Bill was a volunteer fireman of the Hudson and Dalton Fire Departments, a member of the American Legion, the NH Auctioneers Association, a past president of the NH Equipment Rental Association, and a trustee of the Dalton Congregational Church. He was an avid cribbage and chess player, reader and classical music lover.
Surviving family members include his wife Jean of Dalton; three sons and a daughter; grandchildren; his brother.
Burial will be in the spring in Cushman Cemetery, Dalton.
Bailey Funeral Home
Interment will be at a later date per cemetery sexton, April 2023.
s/o Roland Webster and Hazel Almer (Packard) Abbott; h/o Jean (Switser) Abbott
He was raised in Hudson and was a 1953 graduate of Alvirne High School. While in high school Bill joined the Marine Corp Reserves, and upon graduation he served four years in the US Air Force as an aircraft engine mechanic. In 1955 he met Jean Switser of Dalton while she was attending UNH. They married in 1957 and resided in Long Island where Bill finished his enlistment until he was honorably discharged as a Staff Sargeant. Returning to Hudson, Bill joined his father's family business, Abbott's Dairy.
Bill and Jean lived and worked in Hudson, raising four children, until moving to Dalton in 1969. Bill became a self-taught auctioneer and antique and collectables dealer. He purchased the old Grange Hall in Dalton beside their home for his antiques and had weekly auctions under a large tent for many summers. He started renting tents and expanded the business to become Abbott Rental, and in the 1980's moved the business to Littleton where it flourished. Bill was proud that Jean and all his children worked in the business and that it stayed in the family after his retirement.
Bill was a volunteer fireman of the Hudson and Dalton Fire Departments, a member of the American Legion, the NH Auctioneers Association, a past president of the NH Equipment Rental Association, and a trustee of the Dalton Congregational Church. He was an avid cribbage and chess player, reader and classical music lover.
Surviving family members include his wife Jean of Dalton; three sons and a daughter; grandchildren; his brother.
Burial will be in the spring in Cushman Cemetery, Dalton.
Bailey Funeral Home
s/o Roland Webster and Hazel Almer (Packard) Abbott; h/o Jean (Switser) Abbott
He was raised in Hudson and was a 1953 graduate of Alvirne High School. While in high school Bill joined the Marine Corp Reserves, and upon graduation he served four years in the US Air Force as an aircraft engine mechanic. In 1955 he met Jean Switser of Dalton while she was attending UNH. They married in 1957 and resided in Long Island where Bill finished his enlistment until he was honorably discharged as a Staff Sargeant. Returning to Hudson, Bill joined his father's family business, Abbott's Dairy.
Bill and Jean lived and worked in Hudson, raising four children, until moving to Dalton in 1969. Bill became a self-taught auctioneer and antique and collectables dealer. He purchased the old Grange Hall in Dalton beside their home for his antiques and had weekly auctions under a large tent for many summers. He started renting tents and expanded the business to become Abbott Rental, and in the 1980's moved the business to Littleton where it flourished. Bill was proud that Jean and all his children worked in the business and that it stayed in the family after his retirement.
Bill was a volunteer fireman of the Hudson and Dalton Fire Departments, a member of the American Legion, the NH Auctioneers Association, a past president of the NH Equipment Rental Association, and a trustee of the Dalton Congregational Church. He was an avid cribbage and chess player, reader and classical music lover.
Surviving family members include his wife Jean of Dalton; three sons and a daughter; grandchildren; his brother.
Burial will be in the spring in Cushman Cemetery, Dalton.
Bailey Funeral Home
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