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Submitted: 4/2/17 • Approved: 1/6/21 • Last Updated: 1/9/21 • R118073-G118073-S3
Fred 14 Jan 1893 - 27 Apr 1961
Died in Borger, Hutchinson County, Texas
*Obituary
Funeral services for Fred L. Abel, 68, are pending at Simpson Funeral Home. A long time Borger resident, Mr. Abel was engaged in real estate business. He died at 1:25 a.m. today at North Plains Hospital.
Surviving are his wife, Bessie of the home, 1005 Roosevelt; a daughter, Mrs. George Moseley, Hawaii; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Miller of Houston; and four grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 27, 1961)
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Final rites for Fred Abel, long time Borger resident, are scheduled at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Rev. Dan Cameron, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home.
Mr. Abel died at 1:25 a.m. Thursday in North Plains Hospital.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 28, 1961)
*Bessie
19 Feb 1900 - 20 Apr 1995
Born in Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
and died in Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas
Obituary
Bessie U. Abel, 95, Borger, died Thursday, April 20, 1995 in Overland Park, Kan.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
A native of Berlin, Okla., she had been a Borger resident since 1934. She was a housewife.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred L. Abel in 1961.
Survivors include a daughter, Josephine Rose Mosley of Geneva, Ill.; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 23, 1995)
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Funeral services for Bessie U. Able [sic], 95 Borger, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Mrs. Able [sic] will lie in state at Brown Funeral Home until service time.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
She died Thursday, April 20, 1995 in Overland Park, Kan.
A native of Berlin, Okla., she had been a Borger resident since 1934. She was a housewife.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred L. Able [sic] in 1961.
Survivors include a daughter, Josephine Rose Mosley of Geneva, Ill.; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 25, 1995)
Child: Josephine R Abel Mosley. Child: Josephine R Abel Mosley. She is buried in Fort Sheridan Cemetery, Highwood, Lake County, Illinois
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