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IRENE ABBOTT Obituary

IRENE T. ABBOTT, 87, passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Jan. 20, 1923, she was a volunteer for the Adult Reading in Toledo, Ohio and a former president and board member of the Eagle Audubon Society of Sun City Center, Fla. She helped develop a butterfly garden at Camp Bayou on the Little Manatee River, in Florida. Surviving are her sons, Duane (Linda) Abbott of Toledo, Ohio and Bruce (Stephanie) Abbott of Spencerville; daughter, Christine (William) Zigrang of Hillsborough, Calif.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Col. Raymond B. Abbott. A gathering of family and friends is from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 East Dupont Road. Graveside service is Thursday, Sept. 9 2010, in Florida National Cemetery of Bushnell, Fla. Memorials may be made to the Eagle Audubon Society of Sun City Center, Fla. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.mccombandsons.com

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Published by Fort Wayne Newspapers on Aug. 31, 2010.

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