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Submitted: 4/25/20 • Approved: 4/25/20 • Last Updated: 11/7/22 • R305028-G305027-S3
March 6, 1928 - July 24, 2010
Shirley Jean Abel, 86, of Waco, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2010, at her residence. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Mausoleum. Visitation will be 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home.
Shirley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late Tom C. and Jean (Riley) Mabray. She has been a lifelong Christian and a member of Central Christian Church in Waco. She enjoyed a successful career in real estate with her husband, Bob, in West University Place, Texas. Shirley and Bob retired to Waco in 1997. She was an active member of the Big Band Dance Club and was also involved in the organization of several Waco High School reunions.
She is survived by husband, Robert D. "Bob" Abel; daughter, Terry Lynn Abel, of Houston; son, Thomas Robert Abel and wife, Laura, of Pflugerville; grandchildren, Lauren Nicole Abel and Hunter Riley Abel; brothers, Tom G. Mabray, of Houston, Don R. Mabray and wife, Barbara, of Sun City, Texas, and Gary A. Mabray, of Houston; and several nieces and nephews.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 7/26/2010
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