CALVIN CARL ABELE
Calvin Carl Abele, 76, Vernon County farmer and stockman, died Friday, Oct. 6, 2000, at Nevada Regional Medical Center.
He was born April 27, 1924, in Urich, to Otto W. Abele and Anna Schriefer Abele. He married Wanda Faye Smith in Appleton City on April 26, 1946, and she survives of the home.
He served as a paratrooper in the 17th and 101st Airborne Divisions across France, Germany and Belgium during World War II, and was injured during the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded a number of medals, including the Purple Heart.
He and his wife spent their lives on the family farm, only moving to Nevada in 1996 because of his ill heath. In his early years, he worked in Iowa on a farm and Salina, Kansas, on the construction of the Smokey Hill Air Base.
In later years he was a field man for the ASCS, was on the Producers Grain board of directors for 10 years and on the Vernon County FHA committee. He was a charter member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, being a lifelong member of the Lutheran church and serving in many capacities over the years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Elenora McVicker; and a nephew, Arthur Abele.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Myra Doehla and husband Jim, Shawnee, Kansas; two sons, Ted and wife Miriam, Belton, and Kent and wife Kathy, rural Nevada; nine grandchildren, Joel Doehla and wife Sandy, Joy and Jamie Doehla; Justin, Ashley and Kelsey Abele; and Erica, Tyler and Cole Abele; a step-granddaughter, Kim Simms, husband Jerry and great-grandson Casey; a brother, Vernon Abele, Lincoln, Nebraska, and his daughters Helen Snook and Glenna Graupman and their families; and a brother-in-law, Raymond McVicker, Deerfield, and his three children, Ardis Legleiter, Wiley McVicker and Karen Brockmeyer and their families. Calvin forever loved the Lord and his church, his family, the land and farming, his cattle and his neighbors and friends.
Funeral services will be held Monday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Kimberlee Leekas officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dederick. Friends may call now and until 9:30 a.m. Monday at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. The family will receive friends there on Sunday evening between 6:30 and 7:30.
Memorials are suggested to St. Paul Lutheran Church.
• The Nevada Herald, Sunday, October 8, 2000—Page 2A
• Link to Father by Angie Martin
Calvin Carl Abele, 76, Vernon County farmer and stockman, died Friday, Oct. 6, 2000, at Nevada Regional Medical Center.
He was born April 27, 1924, in Urich, to Otto W. Abele and Anna Schriefer Abele. He married Wanda Faye Smith in Appleton City on April 26, 1946, and she survives of the home.
He served as a paratrooper in the 17th and 101st Airborne Divisions across France, Germany and Belgium during World War II, and was injured during the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded a number of medals, including the Purple Heart.
He and his wife spent their lives on the family farm, only moving to Nevada in 1996 because of his ill heath. In his early years, he worked in Iowa on a farm and Salina, Kansas, on the construction of the Smokey Hill Air Base.
In later years he was a field man for the ASCS, was on the Producers Grain board of directors for 10 years and on the Vernon County FHA committee. He was a charter member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, being a lifelong member of the Lutheran church and serving in many capacities over the years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Elenora McVicker; and a nephew, Arthur Abele.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Myra Doehla and husband Jim, Shawnee, Kansas; two sons, Ted and wife Miriam, Belton, and Kent and wife Kathy, rural Nevada; nine grandchildren, Joel Doehla and wife Sandy, Joy and Jamie Doehla; Justin, Ashley and Kelsey Abele; and Erica, Tyler and Cole Abele; a step-granddaughter, Kim Simms, husband Jerry and great-grandson Casey; a brother, Vernon Abele, Lincoln, Nebraska, and his daughters Helen Snook and Glenna Graupman and their families; and a brother-in-law, Raymond McVicker, Deerfield, and his three children, Ardis Legleiter, Wiley McVicker and Karen Brockmeyer and their families. Calvin forever loved the Lord and his church, his family, the land and farming, his cattle and his neighbors and friends.
Funeral services will be held Monday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Kimberlee Leekas officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dederick. Friends may call now and until 9:30 a.m. Monday at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. The family will receive friends there on Sunday evening between 6:30 and 7:30.
Memorials are suggested to St. Paul Lutheran Church.
• The Nevada Herald, Sunday, October 8, 2000—Page 2A
• Link to Father by Angie Martin
CALVIN CARL ABELE
Calvin Carl Abele, 76, Vernon County farmer and stockman, died Friday, Oct. 6, 2000, at Nevada Regional Medical Center.
He was born April 27, 1924, in Urich, to Otto W. Abele and Anna Schriefer Abele. He married Wanda Faye Smith in Appleton City on April 26, 1946, and she survives of the home.
He served as a paratrooper in the 17th and 101st Airborne Divisions across France, Germany and Belgium during World War II, and was injured during the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded a number of medals, including the Purple Heart.
He and his wife spent their lives on the family farm, only moving to Nevada in 1996 because of his ill heath. In his early years, he worked in Iowa on a farm and Salina, Kansas, on the construction of the Smokey Hill Air Base.
In later years he was a field man for the ASCS, was on the Producers Grain board of directors for 10 years and on the Vernon County FHA committee. He was a charter member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, being a lifelong member of the Lutheran church and serving in many capacities over the years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Elenora McVicker; and a nephew, Arthur Abele.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Myra Doehla and husband Jim, Shawnee, Kansas; two sons, Ted and wife Miriam, Belton, and Kent and wife Kathy, rural Nevada; nine grandchildren, Joel Doehla and wife Sandy, Joy and Jamie Doehla; Justin, Ashley and Kelsey Abele; and Erica, Tyler and Cole Abele; a step-granddaughter, Kim Simms, husband Jerry and great-grandson Casey; a brother, Vernon Abele, Lincoln, Nebraska, and his daughters Helen Snook and Glenna Graupman and their families; and a brother-in-law, Raymond McVicker, Deerfield, and his three children, Ardis Legleiter, Wiley McVicker and Karen Brockmeyer and their families. Calvin forever loved the Lord and his church, his family, the land and farming, his cattle and his neighbors and friends.
Funeral services will be held Monday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Kimberlee Leekas officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dederick. Friends may call now and until 9:30 a.m. Monday at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. The family will receive friends there on Sunday evening between 6:30 and 7:30.
Memorials are suggested to St. Paul Lutheran Church.
• The Nevada Herald, Sunday, October 8, 2000—Page 2A
• Link to Father by Angie Martin
Calvin Carl Abele, 76, Vernon County farmer and stockman, died Friday, Oct. 6, 2000, at Nevada Regional Medical Center.
He was born April 27, 1924, in Urich, to Otto W. Abele and Anna Schriefer Abele. He married Wanda Faye Smith in Appleton City on April 26, 1946, and she survives of the home.
He served as a paratrooper in the 17th and 101st Airborne Divisions across France, Germany and Belgium during World War II, and was injured during the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded a number of medals, including the Purple Heart.
He and his wife spent their lives on the family farm, only moving to Nevada in 1996 because of his ill heath. In his early years, he worked in Iowa on a farm and Salina, Kansas, on the construction of the Smokey Hill Air Base.
In later years he was a field man for the ASCS, was on the Producers Grain board of directors for 10 years and on the Vernon County FHA committee. He was a charter member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, being a lifelong member of the Lutheran church and serving in many capacities over the years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Elenora McVicker; and a nephew, Arthur Abele.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Myra Doehla and husband Jim, Shawnee, Kansas; two sons, Ted and wife Miriam, Belton, and Kent and wife Kathy, rural Nevada; nine grandchildren, Joel Doehla and wife Sandy, Joy and Jamie Doehla; Justin, Ashley and Kelsey Abele; and Erica, Tyler and Cole Abele; a step-granddaughter, Kim Simms, husband Jerry and great-grandson Casey; a brother, Vernon Abele, Lincoln, Nebraska, and his daughters Helen Snook and Glenna Graupman and their families; and a brother-in-law, Raymond McVicker, Deerfield, and his three children, Ardis Legleiter, Wiley McVicker and Karen Brockmeyer and their families. Calvin forever loved the Lord and his church, his family, the land and farming, his cattle and his neighbors and friends.
Funeral services will be held Monday, 10:30 a.m., at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Kimberlee Leekas officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dederick. Friends may call now and until 9:30 a.m. Monday at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. The family will receive friends there on Sunday evening between 6:30 and 7:30.
Memorials are suggested to St. Paul Lutheran Church.
• The Nevada Herald, Sunday, October 8, 2000—Page 2A
• Link to Father by Angie Martin
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