Powers Funeral Home
Kenneth Abel, 87, of Creston died November 23, 2015 at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston.
Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Burial will be at a later date at Maple Hill Cemetery in Cromwell.
Open visitation will be 2-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Powers Funeral Home in Creston, with family receiving friends from 5-7:00 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials are suggested to the Kenny Abel Memorial fund for later designation of local use.
Kenneth E. Abel was born July 7, 1928 at home in Silver City, IA to Abner Earl Abel and Gladys (Worden) Abel. He was educated through Cromwell High School. On December 7, 1947 Kenneth was united in marriage to Darlene Mae (Cramer) Abel in the Cromwell Church and eight children were born to this union. They lived in rural Creston where Kenny was a life-long farmer. He was a member and very active in the Platte Center Presbyterian Church and also with the National Farmers Organization.
He was preceded in death by his parents AE and Gladys Abel, father and mother-in-law John and Elsie Cramer; wife Darlene in August of 2015, son Michael Abel; two sisters, Evelyn Abel and Beverly Mohr; six brothers-in-law, Gaylord Doonan, Bud Bryant, Dale Purdum, Bill Mohr, Ray Padelford and Jim Moffitt; sister-in-law Delvian Padelford; grandson Justin Sprague and one great-great-grandson Chace Noble.
Powers Funeral Home
Kenneth Abel, 87, of Creston died November 23, 2015 at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston.
Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Burial will be at a later date at Maple Hill Cemetery in Cromwell.
Open visitation will be 2-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Powers Funeral Home in Creston, with family receiving friends from 5-7:00 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials are suggested to the Kenny Abel Memorial fund for later designation of local use.
Kenneth E. Abel was born July 7, 1928 at home in Silver City, IA to Abner Earl Abel and Gladys (Worden) Abel. He was educated through Cromwell High School. On December 7, 1947 Kenneth was united in marriage to Darlene Mae (Cramer) Abel in the Cromwell Church and eight children were born to this union. They lived in rural Creston where Kenny was a life-long farmer. He was a member and very active in the Platte Center Presbyterian Church and also with the National Farmers Organization.
He was preceded in death by his parents AE and Gladys Abel, father and mother-in-law John and Elsie Cramer; wife Darlene in August of 2015, son Michael Abel; two sisters, Evelyn Abel and Beverly Mohr; six brothers-in-law, Gaylord Doonan, Bud Bryant, Dale Purdum, Bill Mohr, Ray Padelford and Jim Moffitt; sister-in-law Delvian Padelford; grandson Justin Sprague and one great-great-grandson Chace Noble.
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