Rudolph "Rudy" Abel Jr.

SARASOTA, FL

In Memory of Rudolph "Rudy" Abel, Jr. 1936-2024

Rudolph Abel, Jr. passed away peacefully on Saturday morning September 21, 2024 in Sarasota, Florida.

Rudy was born and attended public schools in Berlin, Connecticut. He graduated from Berlin High School in 1954 after being President of his class for five years and co-captain of the football team.

He received his B.A. (1958) from the University of Connecticut and his M.B.A. (1970) from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance.

Captain Abel served in both the active Navy and the Navy Reserve, retired as a Captain after twenty-six years of total service. While on active duty he served both on destroyers and submarines including the first class of U.S. strategic missile firing submarines.

As a civilian, he worked thirty-five years in the investment business in numerous positions. These positions include fifteen years at Manufacturers Hanover Trust of New York as Chief Investment Officer. Shawmut National Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut as Chief Investment Officer for nine years.

Before retiring in 2005, he was a director and stockholder for a private investment firm, Jamison, Eaton & Wood, Inc. in Chatham, New Jersey for eleven years.

Rudy had been a resident of Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida since 2005 where he met new friends, played a lot of golf, read hundreds of books and attended the theater. He is survived by his loving friends and family.

The family has requested that donations be made to the American Heart Association or Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, 823 North Randolph Street, Suite 225, Arlington, VA 22203-1977 or Tampa General Hospital Heart Transplant Center.

Rudolph "Rudy" Abel, Jr.