DeWitt C. McAbee

DeWitt C. McAbee

DeWitt McAbee Obituary

Published by Keith & Keith Funeral Home -Yakima on Aug. 27, 2019.
DeWitt was born on January 29, 1912 and passed away on Thursday, August 22, 2019. He attended public schools in the Boise area and earned a BA in English from Northwest Nazarene College (Nampa, ID), an MDiv from the Nazarene Theological Seminary (Kansas City), and a teaching certificate from the University of Idaho. Visitation will be held at Keith & Keith Funeral Home on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at West Valley Church, 7109 W. Nob Hill Blvd., Yakima on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. A committal service will follow at Terrace Heights Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Heartlinks Hospice in care of Keith & Keith Funeral Home.

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