Published September 04, 2008 09:52 pm - SAEGERTOWN — Dorothy G. Abbott, 73, a resident of Quality Living Center, Saegertown, since the early 1990s, died there Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
Dorothy G. Abbott
SAEGERTOWN — Dorothy G. Abbott, 73, a resident of Quality Living Center, Saegertown, since the early 1990s, died there Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
She was born in Meadville on Aug. 7, 1935, a daughter of Wilson O. and Amanda M. Lemke Hunt. She married Donald Harry Abbott on Sept. 1, 1956; he preceded her in death March 27, 1984.
She worked with her husband as a baker at Foulk’s Bakery of Conneaut Lake and then in the bakery department of Super Duper Grocery Store in Erie.
She attended First Christian Church and enjoyed reading the Bible. She loved to cook and was active in the kitchen at Quality Living Center. She enjoyed crafts, especially crocheting, plastic canvas and quilting. She was a graduate of Meadville High School.
Survivors, include a daughter, Patricia A. Thomas and her husband, Alfred, of Youngstown, Ohio; two brothers, William Hunt and his wife, Levina, of Meadville, and Robert Hunt; four grandchildren, Christina McClellan Tosh, Sabbatha Marie McClellan Brandon, Christopher Michael Krepps and Jaymie Lynn Krepps; and 20 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Herbert Ray Hunt.
Calling hours will be Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Robert W. Waid Funeral Home Inc., 581 Chestnut St., Meadville.
The funeral will follow at 4 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Terry Clark, pastor of First Christian Church, officiating.
In lieu of flowers, monetary donations may be made to Patricia Thomas, c/o Robert W. Waid Funeral Home Inc., 581 Chestnut St., Meadville, Pa. 16335.