A few years before his death, he visited Pierce Brothers mortuary and picked out one of the best coffins they had. He had a steel vault installed under his tombstone, surrounded by a concrete one. All that it needed was him.
On the 8th of March, 1923, Abel was admitted to the County Hospital and died on March 14th. He was 88 years old. The Times wrote: "No funeral services will accompany his burial of the old man. His casket is to be lowered into the grave without any ceremony of any kind and without any witnesses other than the grave diggers. It is the fulfillment of his own desires."
A few years before his death, he visited Pierce Brothers mortuary and picked out one of the best coffins they had. He had a steel vault installed under his tombstone, surrounded by a concrete one. All that it needed was him.
On the 8th of March, 1923, Abel was admitted to the County Hospital and died on March 14th. He was 88 years old. The Times wrote: "No funeral services will accompany his burial of the old man. His casket is to be lowered into the grave without any ceremony of any kind and without any witnesses other than the grave diggers. It is the fulfillment of his own desires."
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