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Fred Abel Obituary
Fred was born Aug. 19, 1932, to Thomas Ammon and Frances Brook Abel. He grew up in Elwood, Utah, and attended Bear River High School. Fred joined the Army National Guard and retired after 32 years. While in the Guard, he went on drills and summer camps to many places and repaired the BIG trucks. He worked at Joe's Auto Repair where he met his wife, Lila Marie Kemp. They were married in the Logan LDS Temple on March 5, 1954. They had a wonderful life together until she passed away in 2003. Now they are together for eternity. Fred enjoyed camping with his family, hunting and joining his friends at R&G's Drive-In. He was a member of the LDS Church and enjoyed working with the Boy Scouts. Fred was a volunteer firefighter for 30 years and loved serving others. After retiring he enjoyed woodworking and being a jack- of-all-trades for others.
Fred is survived by seven children: Dixie (Jay) Bassett, Smithfield; Christine Abel, Smithfield; Barbara Rogers, Smithfield; Rodney Abel, Logan; Todd (Kathi) Abel, Draper; Trudi (Jim) Low, North Logan; Eric (TrinaDee) Abel, Smithfield; 31 grandchildren (with one more on the way) and 22 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters: Edith, Erma, and Jean; and four brothers: Ernest, Roy, Ralph and Kenneth.
He is preceded in death by his wife, parents, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, and 1 grandson (T.J. Abel)
Dad is loved by many and will be greatly missed. He is now with his eternal mate and love, who we all love. We love you Dad. Enjoy your new life with Mom.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at the Smithfield 11th Ward Chapel, 79 East 200 South, Smithfield, Utah. Friends and family may call Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 85 South Main, Smithfield, and Saturday at the church from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Smithfield City Cemetery. Condolences may be extended to the family online at www.nelsonfuneralhome.com.
The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Logan Regional Hospital who took care of Fred. Also a big thanks to Dr. Ali Ben-Jacob and Dr. Mark Huffman and their staffs for all the many hours of love and concern they have given to Dad over the years of treatments.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggest donations be made to the Cache Valley Cancer Center.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Scott Hallas
November 12, 2009
Todd, Trudy, sorry to hear about your dad. He was always a really nice respectable man.
November 11, 2009
Sorry to hear about Uncle Fred. We send you our love. Glen and Joan Fuller, Fort Benton, MT
Lynn, Joyce Cheal
November 8, 2009
Dear Neighbors,
The Able family and Cheal's go back over 40 years, while we were raising our family. We have good memories of the neighborhood. We last saw Fred last summer at Dixie's son wedding, we enjoyed visiting. It was a pleasure to play for Lila's funeral.
We are members of the St. George 10th. ward, we are serving a service mission here at the Family History Training Center. Jeanne Layne called to tell us of Fred's passing, we know it is a blessing for him as well as the family.
We send our LOVE, Lynn, Joyce Cheal
TONY SCHENK
November 7, 2009
FRED WAS ALWAYS GOOD TO ME WHEN I CAME TO VISIT .HE SEEMED TO ALWAYS BE HAPPY EVEN THOUGH HIS HEALTH WAS POOR .HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO GIVE ME & ERIC ADVISE ON THE CAR OR TRUCK WE WERE REPAIRING THAT DAY AT HIS HOME.FRED WAS A GOOD AND CARING FRIEND AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED!
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