SOUTHBURY — Sidney Abrams, 88, of Heritage Village, husband of Muriel A. (Albert) Abrams, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the Lutheran Home of Southbury.
Mr. Abrams was born Nov. 21, 1923, in McKeesport, Pa., son of the late Benjamin and Esther (Abeloff) Abrams. He was raised in Bronx, N.Y., where he attended Dewitt Clinton High School, took classes at City College of New York and graduated from Casey Jones Academy of Aeronautics.
In 1942, Mr. Abrams volunteered to serve his country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. As a crew chief, he was stationed in Hawaii, Okinawa, Angaur and in the Palau Islands of Western Carolines. He served with the 99th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, a wing of the Seventh Air Corps. He received an honorable discharge in 1946 at the rank of staff sergeant and earned several area medals. After the war, he joined his father in the trucking business and helped form Abrams Freight Corp. In 1963 he and his family moved to West Haven, Conn., where he and his wife founded the Recreation Showroom, a retail operation dealing with pool tables and other game room furnishings. Now known as Encore Billiards and Game Room, it has remained a family business in Milford, Conn.
In later years, Mr. Abrams and his wife moved to Heritage Village in Southbury. Mr. Abrams was a lifelong airplane hobbyist; he built many ready to fly planes which were appropriately displayed.
Besides his wife, whom he married Aug. 12, 1950, he is survived by two sons, Lawrence "Larry" and his wife Catherine Abrams of Orange, Edward and his wife Lorraine "Lorrie" Abrams of Roxbury; a daughter, Lynne Abrams Cornwall and her husband David Cornwall of Roxbury; three grandchildren, Jennifer and her husband Tye Schlegmilch, Michael Abrams of New York City, Jayden Cornwall of Roxbury; four great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Linda of New Jersey, and Barbara of Long Island, N.Y. He was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy Seif.
Graveside services will be held in Roxbury Cemetery on Thursday, July 12, at 3 p.m. The Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main Street North, is in charge of arrangements.
To send an online condolence, visit www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.
Mr. Abrams was born Nov. 21, 1923, in McKeesport, Pa., son of the late Benjamin and Esther (Abeloff) Abrams. He was raised in Bronx, N.Y., where he attended Dewitt Clinton High School, took classes at City College of New York and graduated from Casey Jones Academy of Aeronautics.
In 1942, Mr. Abrams volunteered to serve his country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. As a crew chief, he was stationed in Hawaii, Okinawa, Angaur and in the Palau Islands of Western Carolines. He served with the 99th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, a wing of the Seventh Air Corps. He received an honorable discharge in 1946 at the rank of staff sergeant and earned several area medals. After the war, he joined his father in the trucking business and helped form Abrams Freight Corp. In 1963 he and his family moved to West Haven, Conn., where he and his wife founded the Recreation Showroom, a retail operation dealing with pool tables and other game room furnishings. Now known as Encore Billiards and Game Room, it has remained a family business in Milford, Conn.
In later years, Mr. Abrams and his wife moved to Heritage Village in Southbury. Mr. Abrams was a lifelong airplane hobbyist; he built many ready to fly planes which were appropriately displayed.
Besides his wife, whom he married Aug. 12, 1950, he is survived by two sons, Lawrence "Larry" and his wife Catherine Abrams of Orange, Edward and his wife Lorraine "Lorrie" Abrams of Roxbury; a daughter, Lynne Abrams Cornwall and her husband David Cornwall of Roxbury; three grandchildren, Jennifer and her husband Tye Schlegmilch, Michael Abrams of New York City, Jayden Cornwall of Roxbury; four great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Linda of New Jersey, and Barbara of Long Island, N.Y. He was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy Seif.
Graveside services will be held in Roxbury Cemetery on Thursday, July 12, at 3 p.m. The Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main Street North, is in charge of arrangements.
To send an online condolence, visit www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.
SOUTHBURY — Sidney Abrams, 88, of Heritage Village, husband of Muriel A. (Albert) Abrams, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the Lutheran Home of Southbury.
Mr. Abrams was born Nov. 21, 1923, in McKeesport, Pa., son of the late Benjamin and Esther (Abeloff) Abrams. He was raised in Bronx, N.Y., where he attended Dewitt Clinton High School, took classes at City College of New York and graduated from Casey Jones Academy of Aeronautics.
In 1942, Mr. Abrams volunteered to serve his country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. As a crew chief, he was stationed in Hawaii, Okinawa, Angaur and in the Palau Islands of Western Carolines. He served with the 99th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, a wing of the Seventh Air Corps. He received an honorable discharge in 1946 at the rank of staff sergeant and earned several area medals. After the war, he joined his father in the trucking business and helped form Abrams Freight Corp. In 1963 he and his family moved to West Haven, Conn., where he and his wife founded the Recreation Showroom, a retail operation dealing with pool tables and other game room furnishings. Now known as Encore Billiards and Game Room, it has remained a family business in Milford, Conn.
In later years, Mr. Abrams and his wife moved to Heritage Village in Southbury. Mr. Abrams was a lifelong airplane hobbyist; he built many ready to fly planes which were appropriately displayed.
Besides his wife, whom he married Aug. 12, 1950, he is survived by two sons, Lawrence "Larry" and his wife Catherine Abrams of Orange, Edward and his wife Lorraine "Lorrie" Abrams of Roxbury; a daughter, Lynne Abrams Cornwall and her husband David Cornwall of Roxbury; three grandchildren, Jennifer and her husband Tye Schlegmilch, Michael Abrams of New York City, Jayden Cornwall of Roxbury; four great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Linda of New Jersey, and Barbara of Long Island, N.Y. He was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy Seif.
Graveside services will be held in Roxbury Cemetery on Thursday, July 12, at 3 p.m. The Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main Street North, is in charge of arrangements.
To send an online condolence, visit www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.
Mr. Abrams was born Nov. 21, 1923, in McKeesport, Pa., son of the late Benjamin and Esther (Abeloff) Abrams. He was raised in Bronx, N.Y., where he attended Dewitt Clinton High School, took classes at City College of New York and graduated from Casey Jones Academy of Aeronautics.
In 1942, Mr. Abrams volunteered to serve his country in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. As a crew chief, he was stationed in Hawaii, Okinawa, Angaur and in the Palau Islands of Western Carolines. He served with the 99th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, a wing of the Seventh Air Corps. He received an honorable discharge in 1946 at the rank of staff sergeant and earned several area medals. After the war, he joined his father in the trucking business and helped form Abrams Freight Corp. In 1963 he and his family moved to West Haven, Conn., where he and his wife founded the Recreation Showroom, a retail operation dealing with pool tables and other game room furnishings. Now known as Encore Billiards and Game Room, it has remained a family business in Milford, Conn.
In later years, Mr. Abrams and his wife moved to Heritage Village in Southbury. Mr. Abrams was a lifelong airplane hobbyist; he built many ready to fly planes which were appropriately displayed.
Besides his wife, whom he married Aug. 12, 1950, he is survived by two sons, Lawrence "Larry" and his wife Catherine Abrams of Orange, Edward and his wife Lorraine "Lorrie" Abrams of Roxbury; a daughter, Lynne Abrams Cornwall and her husband David Cornwall of Roxbury; three grandchildren, Jennifer and her husband Tye Schlegmilch, Michael Abrams of New York City, Jayden Cornwall of Roxbury; four great-grandchildren; and two nieces, Linda of New Jersey, and Barbara of Long Island, N.Y. He was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy Seif.
Graveside services will be held in Roxbury Cemetery on Thursday, July 12, at 3 p.m. The Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 235 Main Street North, is in charge of arrangements.
To send an online condolence, visit www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.
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