Mr. Kenneth Parker Abbe, Sr.
Age: 44 yrs. 8 mos. 25 dys.
S/O Earl Clifton Abbe (29 Dec 1880-21 Jun 1948) & Edith Irene (Hatheway) Abbe (24 Nov 1878-11 Nov 1975)
H/O (1) Harriet Alice (Eteson) Abbe (10 Nov 1908-28 Sep 1990); m 21 Dec 1930, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; div 1945
F/O Kenneth Parker Abbe, Jr. (13 Oct 1931-10 Nov 1966)
H/O (2) Ruth Dorothy (Wells) Abbe (17 Aug 1913-1 Nov 2001); m 31 Jan 1946
F/O Thomas Jeffrey Abbe
F/O Sherrill Anne Abbe (14 Jan 1948-7 Feb 1948)
F/O Kathleen Patricia (Abbe) Bevins
Last Residence: Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida
Kenneth Parker Abbe was an extremely sociable person. He was a Freemason. For a period in his youth, with his brother Earl Hatheway Abbe, he ran Lakewood Manor, their father's resort hotel in Newbury, NH. He returned to this profession in his later years when he ran the Lee Manor Inn in Boynton Beach, Florida and then a cocktail lounge. He liked the dog races and loved a drink, a cigarette and conversation. He died at home in Lantana, FL, of cirrhosis of the liver.
Death Notice, The Miami (FL) Daily News, 21 Dec 1953:
Kenneth Abbe Rites In Delray Today
Special to the Miami Daily News
Boynton Beach, FL, Dec. 21--Funeral services for Kenneth Abbe, 44, of Lantana, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Scobee Funeral Home, Delray Beach. He was found dead by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, upon waking Sunday [20 Dec 1953] morning.
Mr. Abbe, who came here from New Haven, Conn., was operational manager of a steel forging company in Connecticut [in Springfield MA - the Moore Drop Forge Co.] before coming to Boynton.
Obituary, The Palm Beach [FL] Post, Mon, 21 Dec 1953, pg. 8:
KENNETH ABBE. Mr. Abbe, 44, Lantana, businessman, died in his sleep Saturday night at his home, Euclid Ave., and was found by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, when she went to awaken him Sunday morning.
Mr. Abbe was born in New Haven, Conn., and lived most of his life in Massachusetts. He was operations manager for a steel forging company in Connecticut prior to moving to Lantana three years ago.
Upon coming to Lantana, Mr. Abbe bought Lee Manor Inn, S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach, and a year ago he purchased Ken's Club, at Boynton Beach.
He was a member of the Congregational Church, Long Meadow [Longmeadow], Mass., the Elks, Masons and Shriners.
Services will be held at 7:30 tonight at Scobee Chapel, Delray Beach. Burial will take place at Springfield, Mass.
In addition to his wife, survivors included the mother, Mrs. Edith Abbe, Boynton Beach; two sons, Kenneth Abbe, Jr., New Haven, Conn., and Thomas J., Lantana; daughter, Miss Kathleen Abbe, Lantana, and brother, Earl H., Long Meadow, Mass.
Listed in entry 838 (Daniel Osborn Abbe) of "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy: In Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols, 1916.
Age: 44 yrs. 8 mos. 25 dys.
S/O Earl Clifton Abbe (29 Dec 1880-21 Jun 1948) & Edith Irene (Hatheway) Abbe (24 Nov 1878-11 Nov 1975)
H/O (1) Harriet Alice (Eteson) Abbe (10 Nov 1908-28 Sep 1990); m 21 Dec 1930, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; div 1945
F/O Kenneth Parker Abbe, Jr. (13 Oct 1931-10 Nov 1966)
H/O (2) Ruth Dorothy (Wells) Abbe (17 Aug 1913-1 Nov 2001); m 31 Jan 1946
F/O Thomas Jeffrey Abbe
F/O Sherrill Anne Abbe (14 Jan 1948-7 Feb 1948)
F/O Kathleen Patricia (Abbe) Bevins
Last Residence: Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida
Kenneth Parker Abbe was an extremely sociable person. He was a Freemason. For a period in his youth, with his brother Earl Hatheway Abbe, he ran Lakewood Manor, their father's resort hotel in Newbury, NH. He returned to this profession in his later years when he ran the Lee Manor Inn in Boynton Beach, Florida and then a cocktail lounge. He liked the dog races and loved a drink, a cigarette and conversation. He died at home in Lantana, FL, of cirrhosis of the liver.
Death Notice, The Miami (FL) Daily News, 21 Dec 1953:
Kenneth Abbe Rites In Delray Today
Special to the Miami Daily News
Boynton Beach, FL, Dec. 21--Funeral services for Kenneth Abbe, 44, of Lantana, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Scobee Funeral Home, Delray Beach. He was found dead by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, upon waking Sunday [20 Dec 1953] morning.
Mr. Abbe, who came here from New Haven, Conn., was operational manager of a steel forging company in Connecticut [in Springfield MA - the Moore Drop Forge Co.] before coming to Boynton.
Obituary, The Palm Beach [FL] Post, Mon, 21 Dec 1953, pg. 8:
KENNETH ABBE. Mr. Abbe, 44, Lantana, businessman, died in his sleep Saturday night at his home, Euclid Ave., and was found by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, when she went to awaken him Sunday morning.
Mr. Abbe was born in New Haven, Conn., and lived most of his life in Massachusetts. He was operations manager for a steel forging company in Connecticut prior to moving to Lantana three years ago.
Upon coming to Lantana, Mr. Abbe bought Lee Manor Inn, S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach, and a year ago he purchased Ken's Club, at Boynton Beach.
He was a member of the Congregational Church, Long Meadow [Longmeadow], Mass., the Elks, Masons and Shriners.
Services will be held at 7:30 tonight at Scobee Chapel, Delray Beach. Burial will take place at Springfield, Mass.
In addition to his wife, survivors included the mother, Mrs. Edith Abbe, Boynton Beach; two sons, Kenneth Abbe, Jr., New Haven, Conn., and Thomas J., Lantana; daughter, Miss Kathleen Abbe, Lantana, and brother, Earl H., Long Meadow, Mass.
Listed in entry 838 (Daniel Osborn Abbe) of "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy: In Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols, 1916.
Mr. Kenneth Parker Abbe, Sr.
Age: 44 yrs. 8 mos. 25 dys.
S/O Earl Clifton Abbe (29 Dec 1880-21 Jun 1948) & Edith Irene (Hatheway) Abbe (24 Nov 1878-11 Nov 1975)
H/O (1) Harriet Alice (Eteson) Abbe (10 Nov 1908-28 Sep 1990); m 21 Dec 1930, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; div 1945
F/O Kenneth Parker Abbe, Jr. (13 Oct 1931-10 Nov 1966)
H/O (2) Ruth Dorothy (Wells) Abbe (17 Aug 1913-1 Nov 2001); m 31 Jan 1946
F/O Thomas Jeffrey Abbe
F/O Sherrill Anne Abbe (14 Jan 1948-7 Feb 1948)
F/O Kathleen Patricia (Abbe) Bevins
Last Residence: Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida
Kenneth Parker Abbe was an extremely sociable person. He was a Freemason. For a period in his youth, with his brother Earl Hatheway Abbe, he ran Lakewood Manor, their father's resort hotel in Newbury, NH. He returned to this profession in his later years when he ran the Lee Manor Inn in Boynton Beach, Florida and then a cocktail lounge. He liked the dog races and loved a drink, a cigarette and conversation. He died at home in Lantana, FL, of cirrhosis of the liver.
Death Notice, The Miami (FL) Daily News, 21 Dec 1953:
Kenneth Abbe Rites In Delray Today
Special to the Miami Daily News
Boynton Beach, FL, Dec. 21--Funeral services for Kenneth Abbe, 44, of Lantana, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Scobee Funeral Home, Delray Beach. He was found dead by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, upon waking Sunday [20 Dec 1953] morning.
Mr. Abbe, who came here from New Haven, Conn., was operational manager of a steel forging company in Connecticut [in Springfield MA - the Moore Drop Forge Co.] before coming to Boynton.
Obituary, The Palm Beach [FL] Post, Mon, 21 Dec 1953, pg. 8:
KENNETH ABBE. Mr. Abbe, 44, Lantana, businessman, died in his sleep Saturday night at his home, Euclid Ave., and was found by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, when she went to awaken him Sunday morning.
Mr. Abbe was born in New Haven, Conn., and lived most of his life in Massachusetts. He was operations manager for a steel forging company in Connecticut prior to moving to Lantana three years ago.
Upon coming to Lantana, Mr. Abbe bought Lee Manor Inn, S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach, and a year ago he purchased Ken's Club, at Boynton Beach.
He was a member of the Congregational Church, Long Meadow [Longmeadow], Mass., the Elks, Masons and Shriners.
Services will be held at 7:30 tonight at Scobee Chapel, Delray Beach. Burial will take place at Springfield, Mass.
In addition to his wife, survivors included the mother, Mrs. Edith Abbe, Boynton Beach; two sons, Kenneth Abbe, Jr., New Haven, Conn., and Thomas J., Lantana; daughter, Miss Kathleen Abbe, Lantana, and brother, Earl H., Long Meadow, Mass.
Listed in entry 838 (Daniel Osborn Abbe) of "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy: In Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols, 1916.
Age: 44 yrs. 8 mos. 25 dys.
S/O Earl Clifton Abbe (29 Dec 1880-21 Jun 1948) & Edith Irene (Hatheway) Abbe (24 Nov 1878-11 Nov 1975)
H/O (1) Harriet Alice (Eteson) Abbe (10 Nov 1908-28 Sep 1990); m 21 Dec 1930, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; div 1945
F/O Kenneth Parker Abbe, Jr. (13 Oct 1931-10 Nov 1966)
H/O (2) Ruth Dorothy (Wells) Abbe (17 Aug 1913-1 Nov 2001); m 31 Jan 1946
F/O Thomas Jeffrey Abbe
F/O Sherrill Anne Abbe (14 Jan 1948-7 Feb 1948)
F/O Kathleen Patricia (Abbe) Bevins
Last Residence: Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida
Kenneth Parker Abbe was an extremely sociable person. He was a Freemason. For a period in his youth, with his brother Earl Hatheway Abbe, he ran Lakewood Manor, their father's resort hotel in Newbury, NH. He returned to this profession in his later years when he ran the Lee Manor Inn in Boynton Beach, Florida and then a cocktail lounge. He liked the dog races and loved a drink, a cigarette and conversation. He died at home in Lantana, FL, of cirrhosis of the liver.
Death Notice, The Miami (FL) Daily News, 21 Dec 1953:
Kenneth Abbe Rites In Delray Today
Special to the Miami Daily News
Boynton Beach, FL, Dec. 21--Funeral services for Kenneth Abbe, 44, of Lantana, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Scobee Funeral Home, Delray Beach. He was found dead by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, upon waking Sunday [20 Dec 1953] morning.
Mr. Abbe, who came here from New Haven, Conn., was operational manager of a steel forging company in Connecticut [in Springfield MA - the Moore Drop Forge Co.] before coming to Boynton.
Obituary, The Palm Beach [FL] Post, Mon, 21 Dec 1953, pg. 8:
KENNETH ABBE. Mr. Abbe, 44, Lantana, businessman, died in his sleep Saturday night at his home, Euclid Ave., and was found by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Wells Abbe, when she went to awaken him Sunday morning.
Mr. Abbe was born in New Haven, Conn., and lived most of his life in Massachusetts. He was operations manager for a steel forging company in Connecticut prior to moving to Lantana three years ago.
Upon coming to Lantana, Mr. Abbe bought Lee Manor Inn, S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach, and a year ago he purchased Ken's Club, at Boynton Beach.
He was a member of the Congregational Church, Long Meadow [Longmeadow], Mass., the Elks, Masons and Shriners.
Services will be held at 7:30 tonight at Scobee Chapel, Delray Beach. Burial will take place at Springfield, Mass.
In addition to his wife, survivors included the mother, Mrs. Edith Abbe, Boynton Beach; two sons, Kenneth Abbe, Jr., New Haven, Conn., and Thomas J., Lantana; daughter, Miss Kathleen Abbe, Lantana, and brother, Earl H., Long Meadow, Mass.
Listed in entry 838 (Daniel Osborn Abbe) of "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy: In Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols, 1916.
Inscription
(Headstone)
KENNETH PARKER ABBE
MAR. 25, 1909
DEC. 20, 1953
(Plot Stone) ABBE
