If this site was useful to you, we'd be happy for a small donation. Be sure to enter "MLA donation" in the Comments box.

Abrahams, Norman E. (1923-2009)

From Biograph
(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
 
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2009 Feb 2 p. 9
 +
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2 Feb 2009 p. 9
  +
  +
Birth date: 1923 Jan 16<br />
  +
Date of death: 2009 Jan 8
  +
  +
text of obituary:
  +
  +
<center><h3>NORMAN E. ABRAHAMS</h3></center>
  +
  +
Norman E. Abrahams, 85, of North Newton, Kan., died Jan. 8, 2009. He was born Jan. 16, 1923, to Cornelius and Anna (Dalke) Abrahams in Goessel.
  +
  +
He married Ethel Grace Ewert on Sept. 26, 1944.
  +
  +
He served in Civilian Public Service at Colorado Springs, Colo., and at the National Service Board in Washington, D.C. He was an optometrist in Hillsboro until his retirement. He helped establish a program in which optometrists traveled to underdeveloped countries to provide eye care and dispense used glasses — Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity.
  +
  +
Survivors include his wife, Ethel; three children, Nan Graber and her husband, Don, of Monument, Colo., Dwayne Abrahams and his wife, Ruth, of Newton, and Nadine Abrahams and her husband, Norman Epp, of Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Ray Abrahams and Chuck Abrahams, both of Hillsboro; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
  +
  +
He was preceded in death by a son, David E. Abrahams, who died in 1962, and by a sister, Verna Koehn.
  +
  +
A private burial service was held on Jan. 12. A memorial service is planned for Feb. 1 at Bethel College Mennonite Church of North Newton.
  +
  +
  +
----
  +
  +
'''MLA Personal Photos Collection'''
  +
  +
'''Biographical note:''' <br />
  +
Goessel, Kansas <br />
  +
Son of Cornelius "Curt" and Anna (Dalke) Abrahams (husband 1) <br />
  +
Married Ethel G. Ewert 1944 September 26 <br />
  +
Optometrist -- Hillsboro, Kansas<br />
  +
Bethel College Board of Directors, 1967, 1977
  +
  +
  +
'''Bethel alumni note:''' <br />
  +
Bethel College student 1942-43, 1946-47<br />
  +
  +
'''Photo holdings:''' <br />
  +
With wife (wedding) -- 1944 Hillsboro, Kansas. <br />
  +
Individual -- 1967<br />
  +
Individual -- 1977<br />
  +
Individual -- 1947 2 copies
  +
  +
'''Sources:''' <br />
  +
Alumni card, Alumni Directory<br />
  +
Jacob Abrahams Gen . . . 1993 p.61<br />
  +
Grandma database Profile #661554
  +
  +
[[Category:MLA Personal Photos]]
  +
   
−
Birth date: 1923
  
   
 
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]]
  
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]]

Latest revision as of 15:24, 26 March 2018

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2 Feb 2009 p. 9

Birth date: 1923 Jan 16
Date of death: 2009 Jan 8

text of obituary:

NORMAN E. ABRAHAMS

Norman E. Abrahams, 85, of North Newton, Kan., died Jan. 8, 2009. He was born Jan. 16, 1923, to Cornelius and Anna (Dalke) Abrahams in Goessel.

He married Ethel Grace Ewert on Sept. 26, 1944.

He served in Civilian Public Service at Colorado Springs, Colo., and at the National Service Board in Washington, D.C. He was an optometrist in Hillsboro until his retirement. He helped establish a program in which optometrists traveled to underdeveloped countries to provide eye care and dispense used glasses — Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity.

Survivors include his wife, Ethel; three children, Nan Graber and her husband, Don, of Monument, Colo., Dwayne Abrahams and his wife, Ruth, of Newton, and Nadine Abrahams and her husband, Norman Epp, of Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Ray Abrahams and Chuck Abrahams, both of Hillsboro; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by a son, David E. Abrahams, who died in 1962, and by a sister, Verna Koehn.

A private burial service was held on Jan. 12. A memorial service is planned for Feb. 1 at Bethel College Mennonite Church of North Newton.


MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Goessel, Kansas
Son of Cornelius "Curt" and Anna (Dalke) Abrahams (husband 1)
Married Ethel G. Ewert 1944 September 26
Optometrist -- Hillsboro, Kansas
Bethel College Board of Directors, 1967, 1977


Bethel alumni note:
Bethel College student 1942-43, 1946-47

Photo holdings:
With wife (wedding) -- 1944 Hillsboro, Kansas.
Individual -- 1967
Individual -- 1977
Individual -- 1947 2 copies

Sources:
Alumni card, Alumni Directory
Jacob Abrahams Gen . . . 1993 p.61
Grandma database Profile #661554

Retrieved from "https://mla.bethelks.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Abrahams,_Norman_E._(1923-2009)&oldid=93075"
Personal tools