Walter R. Abreu
Walter R. Abreu, 87, of 4551 Miller Dr. RD 3, Mount Joy, died on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at home of natural causes. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Betsy) Weimer Abreu with whom he celebrated his 33rd anniversary on September 28, 2008. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, son of Frank & Maria Abreu, both of the Madeira Islands. He was a veteran of WWII, serving with the combat engineers in the South Pacific from November 1942 until October 1945. He participated in the New Georgia and Bougain-ville campaigns in the Solomon Islands for which he was awarded two bronze campaign stars, and in the landing at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, for which he was awarded another bronze campaign star and the bronze arrowhead. He participated in the liberation of civilian internees at the Sta. Tomas University in Manila and those imprisoned at the Los Banos prison camp south of Manila, many of whom were Army nurses captured at Corrigidor. He was with the initial occupation forces that landed in Japan. He was awarded the Army Good Conduct, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, the Philippine Liberation and the World War II Victory Medals and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. He was also entitled to the United States Army Service, Oversea Service, Combat Service, Asiatic-Pacific Victory and World War II Victory Commemorative Medals. He received six oversea service stripes depicting thirty six months of oversea duty, and three military service stripes, depicting over three years of military service. He was discharged on October 28, 1945 as a Technician Grade 4 with a 10% disability.
He was a retired federal service employee, having worked with the Army Quartermaster Corps in Quezon City, Philippines, and for the 13th Air Force at Clark AB, Philippines. He was the Chief of the Subsistence Depot at Clark AB from 1954 to 1957 at which time he developed the first Air Force Subsistence Depot Manual which was tested at Sealand, England. He was assigned as Chief of Programming and Requirements at Clark AB in 1957 and was directed by the CG 13th Air Force to proceed to Taiwan to develop, in collaboration with the Taiwanese military, a defense plan for the island due to the shelling of the off-shore islands by China. He was transferred to the Air Force Services Office at Marietta AF Station/Olmsted AFB, Pennsylvania in 1959 as a subsistence technician and transferred with that office to Philadelphia in 1966. In 1971 he was selected as the USAF representative on a joint all-service task force that met at Fort Lee, Virginia for six months to develop a Worldwide Subsistence Management System for the military services. In 1977 he transferred to the DOD as a Logistics Management Officer and was subsequently assigned as Chief of the Perishable Subsistence Division. In that capacity, he managed supply points at several major cities in the United States as well as in the Pacific and European theaters. He opened the Air Force commissary in Teheran, Iran, which was overrun by the Iranians before it could begin operations; and another in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He retired from the Federal service in January, 1980 and was employed by the Columbia Hospital in 1985. He remained in the Maintenance Department of that facility until his retirement in July 2003.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters; Kathleen Bevel, wife of Alfred Bevel of Elizabethtown, PA; Mary Knudsen, wife of Sjur Knudsen of Bergen, Norway; and Beverly Abreu of Takoma Park, Maryland; two sons, Walter Abreu, husband of Nancy Abreu of Gettysburg, PA; and Stephen Abreu, husband of Diane Abreu of Mount Joy, PA; two brothers, Ferdinand Abreu of Cape Cod, MA; and Frank Abreu, of Hartford, CT; and two sisters Mary Caldeira of Taunton, MA and Noella Ouillette, of Mansfield, MA; eight grandsons and one granddaughter; and three great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. He was a member of St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church in Roherstown, PA, the Knights of Columbus Council 2294, the Disabled American Veterans Chapter PA 16, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2435 of Columbia, and the American Legion Post 0469, Wrightsville, PA.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2009 from St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, at 11 AM with Reverend Father Peter I. Hahn as Celebrant. Final Commendation and Farewell will follow in Silver Spring Cemetery. A viewing will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2009 from the Clyde W. Kraft Funeral Home, Inc., 519 Walnut Street, Columbia, from 6-8PM (Vigil Prayer Service with recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:45PM) and again at the church on Wednesday from 10AM till the time of Mass. Please omit flowers. Contributions in Walt's memory may be made to: St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
May 24, 2009
Walter R. Abreu, 87, of 4551 Miller Dr. RD 3, Mount Joy, died on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at home of natural causes. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Betsy) Weimer Abreu with whom he celebrated his 33rd anniversary on September 28, 2008. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, son of Frank & Maria Abreu, both of the Madeira Islands. He was a veteran of WWII, serving with the combat engineers in the South Pacific from November 1942 until October 1945. He participated in the New Georgia and Bougain-ville campaigns in the Solomon Islands for which he was awarded two bronze campaign stars, and in the landing at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, for which he was awarded another bronze campaign star and the bronze arrowhead. He participated in the liberation of civilian internees at the Sta. Tomas University in Manila and those imprisoned at the Los Banos prison camp south of Manila, many of whom were Army nurses captured at Corrigidor. He was with the initial occupation forces that landed in Japan. He was awarded the Army Good Conduct, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, the Philippine Liberation and the World War II Victory Medals and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. He was also entitled to the United States Army Service, Oversea Service, Combat Service, Asiatic-Pacific Victory and World War II Victory Commemorative Medals. He received six oversea service stripes depicting thirty six months of oversea duty, and three military service stripes, depicting over three years of military service. He was discharged on October 28, 1945 as a Technician Grade 4 with a 10% disability.
He was a retired federal service employee, having worked with the Army Quartermaster Corps in Quezon City, Philippines, and for the 13th Air Force at Clark AB, Philippines. He was the Chief of the Subsistence Depot at Clark AB from 1954 to 1957 at which time he developed the first Air Force Subsistence Depot Manual which was tested at Sealand, England. He was assigned as Chief of Programming and Requirements at Clark AB in 1957 and was directed by the CG 13th Air Force to proceed to Taiwan to develop, in collaboration with the Taiwanese military, a defense plan for the island due to the shelling of the off-shore islands by China. He was transferred to the Air Force Services Office at Marietta AF Station/Olmsted AFB, Pennsylvania in 1959 as a subsistence technician and transferred with that office to Philadelphia in 1966. In 1971 he was selected as the USAF representative on a joint all-service task force that met at Fort Lee, Virginia for six months to develop a Worldwide Subsistence Management System for the military services. In 1977 he transferred to the DOD as a Logistics Management Officer and was subsequently assigned as Chief of the Perishable Subsistence Division. In that capacity, he managed supply points at several major cities in the United States as well as in the Pacific and European theaters. He opened the Air Force commissary in Teheran, Iran, which was overrun by the Iranians before it could begin operations; and another in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He retired from the Federal service in January, 1980 and was employed by the Columbia Hospital in 1985. He remained in the Maintenance Department of that facility until his retirement in July 2003.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters; Kathleen Bevel, wife of Alfred Bevel of Elizabethtown, PA; Mary Knudsen, wife of Sjur Knudsen of Bergen, Norway; and Beverly Abreu of Takoma Park, Maryland; two sons, Walter Abreu, husband of Nancy Abreu of Gettysburg, PA; and Stephen Abreu, husband of Diane Abreu of Mount Joy, PA; two brothers, Ferdinand Abreu of Cape Cod, MA; and Frank Abreu, of Hartford, CT; and two sisters Mary Caldeira of Taunton, MA and Noella Ouillette, of Mansfield, MA; eight grandsons and one granddaughter; and three great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. He was a member of St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church in Roherstown, PA, the Knights of Columbus Council 2294, the Disabled American Veterans Chapter PA 16, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2435 of Columbia, and the American Legion Post 0469, Wrightsville, PA.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2009 from St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, at 11 AM with Reverend Father Peter I. Hahn as Celebrant. Final Commendation and Farewell will follow in Silver Spring Cemetery. A viewing will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2009 from the Clyde W. Kraft Funeral Home, Inc., 519 Walnut Street, Columbia, from 6-8PM (Vigil Prayer Service with recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:45PM) and again at the church on Wednesday from 10AM till the time of Mass. Please omit flowers. Contributions in Walt's memory may be made to: St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
May 24, 2009
Walter R. Abreu
Walter R. Abreu, 87, of 4551 Miller Dr. RD 3, Mount Joy, died on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at home of natural causes. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Betsy) Weimer Abreu with whom he celebrated his 33rd anniversary on September 28, 2008. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, son of Frank & Maria Abreu, both of the Madeira Islands. He was a veteran of WWII, serving with the combat engineers in the South Pacific from November 1942 until October 1945. He participated in the New Georgia and Bougain-ville campaigns in the Solomon Islands for which he was awarded two bronze campaign stars, and in the landing at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, for which he was awarded another bronze campaign star and the bronze arrowhead. He participated in the liberation of civilian internees at the Sta. Tomas University in Manila and those imprisoned at the Los Banos prison camp south of Manila, many of whom were Army nurses captured at Corrigidor. He was with the initial occupation forces that landed in Japan. He was awarded the Army Good Conduct, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, the Philippine Liberation and the World War II Victory Medals and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. He was also entitled to the United States Army Service, Oversea Service, Combat Service, Asiatic-Pacific Victory and World War II Victory Commemorative Medals. He received six oversea service stripes depicting thirty six months of oversea duty, and three military service stripes, depicting over three years of military service. He was discharged on October 28, 1945 as a Technician Grade 4 with a 10% disability.
He was a retired federal service employee, having worked with the Army Quartermaster Corps in Quezon City, Philippines, and for the 13th Air Force at Clark AB, Philippines. He was the Chief of the Subsistence Depot at Clark AB from 1954 to 1957 at which time he developed the first Air Force Subsistence Depot Manual which was tested at Sealand, England. He was assigned as Chief of Programming and Requirements at Clark AB in 1957 and was directed by the CG 13th Air Force to proceed to Taiwan to develop, in collaboration with the Taiwanese military, a defense plan for the island due to the shelling of the off-shore islands by China. He was transferred to the Air Force Services Office at Marietta AF Station/Olmsted AFB, Pennsylvania in 1959 as a subsistence technician and transferred with that office to Philadelphia in 1966. In 1971 he was selected as the USAF representative on a joint all-service task force that met at Fort Lee, Virginia for six months to develop a Worldwide Subsistence Management System for the military services. In 1977 he transferred to the DOD as a Logistics Management Officer and was subsequently assigned as Chief of the Perishable Subsistence Division. In that capacity, he managed supply points at several major cities in the United States as well as in the Pacific and European theaters. He opened the Air Force commissary in Teheran, Iran, which was overrun by the Iranians before it could begin operations; and another in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He retired from the Federal service in January, 1980 and was employed by the Columbia Hospital in 1985. He remained in the Maintenance Department of that facility until his retirement in July 2003.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters; Kathleen Bevel, wife of Alfred Bevel of Elizabethtown, PA; Mary Knudsen, wife of Sjur Knudsen of Bergen, Norway; and Beverly Abreu of Takoma Park, Maryland; two sons, Walter Abreu, husband of Nancy Abreu of Gettysburg, PA; and Stephen Abreu, husband of Diane Abreu of Mount Joy, PA; two brothers, Ferdinand Abreu of Cape Cod, MA; and Frank Abreu, of Hartford, CT; and two sisters Mary Caldeira of Taunton, MA and Noella Ouillette, of Mansfield, MA; eight grandsons and one granddaughter; and three great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. He was a member of St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church in Roherstown, PA, the Knights of Columbus Council 2294, the Disabled American Veterans Chapter PA 16, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2435 of Columbia, and the American Legion Post 0469, Wrightsville, PA.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2009 from St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, at 11 AM with Reverend Father Peter I. Hahn as Celebrant. Final Commendation and Farewell will follow in Silver Spring Cemetery. A viewing will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2009 from the Clyde W. Kraft Funeral Home, Inc., 519 Walnut Street, Columbia, from 6-8PM (Vigil Prayer Service with recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:45PM) and again at the church on Wednesday from 10AM till the time of Mass. Please omit flowers. Contributions in Walt's memory may be made to: St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
May 24, 2009
Walter R. Abreu, 87, of 4551 Miller Dr. RD 3, Mount Joy, died on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at home of natural causes. He was the husband of Elizabeth (Betsy) Weimer Abreu with whom he celebrated his 33rd anniversary on September 28, 2008. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, son of Frank & Maria Abreu, both of the Madeira Islands. He was a veteran of WWII, serving with the combat engineers in the South Pacific from November 1942 until October 1945. He participated in the New Georgia and Bougain-ville campaigns in the Solomon Islands for which he was awarded two bronze campaign stars, and in the landing at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, for which he was awarded another bronze campaign star and the bronze arrowhead. He participated in the liberation of civilian internees at the Sta. Tomas University in Manila and those imprisoned at the Los Banos prison camp south of Manila, many of whom were Army nurses captured at Corrigidor. He was with the initial occupation forces that landed in Japan. He was awarded the Army Good Conduct, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, the Philippine Liberation and the World War II Victory Medals and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. He was also entitled to the United States Army Service, Oversea Service, Combat Service, Asiatic-Pacific Victory and World War II Victory Commemorative Medals. He received six oversea service stripes depicting thirty six months of oversea duty, and three military service stripes, depicting over three years of military service. He was discharged on October 28, 1945 as a Technician Grade 4 with a 10% disability.
He was a retired federal service employee, having worked with the Army Quartermaster Corps in Quezon City, Philippines, and for the 13th Air Force at Clark AB, Philippines. He was the Chief of the Subsistence Depot at Clark AB from 1954 to 1957 at which time he developed the first Air Force Subsistence Depot Manual which was tested at Sealand, England. He was assigned as Chief of Programming and Requirements at Clark AB in 1957 and was directed by the CG 13th Air Force to proceed to Taiwan to develop, in collaboration with the Taiwanese military, a defense plan for the island due to the shelling of the off-shore islands by China. He was transferred to the Air Force Services Office at Marietta AF Station/Olmsted AFB, Pennsylvania in 1959 as a subsistence technician and transferred with that office to Philadelphia in 1966. In 1971 he was selected as the USAF representative on a joint all-service task force that met at Fort Lee, Virginia for six months to develop a Worldwide Subsistence Management System for the military services. In 1977 he transferred to the DOD as a Logistics Management Officer and was subsequently assigned as Chief of the Perishable Subsistence Division. In that capacity, he managed supply points at several major cities in the United States as well as in the Pacific and European theaters. He opened the Air Force commissary in Teheran, Iran, which was overrun by the Iranians before it could begin operations; and another in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He retired from the Federal service in January, 1980 and was employed by the Columbia Hospital in 1985. He remained in the Maintenance Department of that facility until his retirement in July 2003.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters; Kathleen Bevel, wife of Alfred Bevel of Elizabethtown, PA; Mary Knudsen, wife of Sjur Knudsen of Bergen, Norway; and Beverly Abreu of Takoma Park, Maryland; two sons, Walter Abreu, husband of Nancy Abreu of Gettysburg, PA; and Stephen Abreu, husband of Diane Abreu of Mount Joy, PA; two brothers, Ferdinand Abreu of Cape Cod, MA; and Frank Abreu, of Hartford, CT; and two sisters Mary Caldeira of Taunton, MA and Noella Ouillette, of Mansfield, MA; eight grandsons and one granddaughter; and three great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. He was a member of St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church in Roherstown, PA, the Knights of Columbus Council 2294, the Disabled American Veterans Chapter PA 16, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2435 of Columbia, and the American Legion Post 0469, Wrightsville, PA.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2009 from St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, at 11 AM with Reverend Father Peter I. Hahn as Celebrant. Final Commendation and Farewell will follow in Silver Spring Cemetery. A viewing will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2009 from the Clyde W. Kraft Funeral Home, Inc., 519 Walnut Street, Columbia, from 6-8PM (Vigil Prayer Service with recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:45PM) and again at the church on Wednesday from 10AM till the time of Mass. Please omit flowers. Contributions in Walt's memory may be made to: St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601.
Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster PA
May 24, 2009
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