As reported in The Hawarden Independent 1/8/1970
Funeral services for Donald G. Abbott, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Abbott of Hawarden, Iowa, were held Wednesday at the Hawarden Methodist church with Dr. G. S. Bruland officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, Iowa, under the direction of Dow Funeral Home.
Casket bearers were Jerry Westling, Garry Westling, Larry Luke, Charles Havalaar, Roger Abbott, and Bruce Anderson.
Abbott died January 2, 1970, at Jennings, Louisiana of accidental asphyxiation in his car from fumes from a charcoal burner on which he was cooking a steak. He was born July 31, 1945 in Hawarden, Iowa. He grauated from West Sioux High School and the University of South Dakota. He served two years in the United States Army, including one year over seas.
He was, perhaps, the most outstanding defensive football player in the history of West Sioux High School and one of the finest all-round athlete to graduate locally. He distinguished himself as a football player at the University of South Dakota, being chosen as the "outstanding lineman" in the North Central Conference in his senior year.
At the time of his death he was making plans to return to the University of South Dakota to take graduate work.
Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Richard Tilstra of Hawarden, Iowa; two brothers, James of Bloomfield and Michael in the US Navy in Vietnam; and his grandmother, Mrs. Julius Anderson of Alcester, South Dakota.
Funeral services for Donald G. Abbott, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Abbott of Hawarden, Iowa, were held Wednesday at the Hawarden Methodist church with Dr. G. S. Bruland officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, Iowa, under the direction of Dow Funeral Home.
Casket bearers were Jerry Westling, Garry Westling, Larry Luke, Charles Havalaar, Roger Abbott, and Bruce Anderson.
Abbott died January 2, 1970, at Jennings, Louisiana of accidental asphyxiation in his car from fumes from a charcoal burner on which he was cooking a steak. He was born July 31, 1945 in Hawarden, Iowa. He grauated from West Sioux High School and the University of South Dakota. He served two years in the United States Army, including one year over seas.
He was, perhaps, the most outstanding defensive football player in the history of West Sioux High School and one of the finest all-round athlete to graduate locally. He distinguished himself as a football player at the University of South Dakota, being chosen as the "outstanding lineman" in the North Central Conference in his senior year.
At the time of his death he was making plans to return to the University of South Dakota to take graduate work.
Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Richard Tilstra of Hawarden, Iowa; two brothers, James of Bloomfield and Michael in the US Navy in Vietnam; and his grandmother, Mrs. Julius Anderson of Alcester, South Dakota.
As reported in The Hawarden Independent 1/8/1970
Funeral services for Donald G. Abbott, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Abbott of Hawarden, Iowa, were held Wednesday at the Hawarden Methodist church with Dr. G. S. Bruland officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, Iowa, under the direction of Dow Funeral Home.
Casket bearers were Jerry Westling, Garry Westling, Larry Luke, Charles Havalaar, Roger Abbott, and Bruce Anderson.
Abbott died January 2, 1970, at Jennings, Louisiana of accidental asphyxiation in his car from fumes from a charcoal burner on which he was cooking a steak. He was born July 31, 1945 in Hawarden, Iowa. He grauated from West Sioux High School and the University of South Dakota. He served two years in the United States Army, including one year over seas.
He was, perhaps, the most outstanding defensive football player in the history of West Sioux High School and one of the finest all-round athlete to graduate locally. He distinguished himself as a football player at the University of South Dakota, being chosen as the "outstanding lineman" in the North Central Conference in his senior year.
At the time of his death he was making plans to return to the University of South Dakota to take graduate work.
Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Richard Tilstra of Hawarden, Iowa; two brothers, James of Bloomfield and Michael in the US Navy in Vietnam; and his grandmother, Mrs. Julius Anderson of Alcester, South Dakota.
Funeral services for Donald G. Abbott, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Abbott of Hawarden, Iowa, were held Wednesday at the Hawarden Methodist church with Dr. G. S. Bruland officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, Iowa, under the direction of Dow Funeral Home.
Casket bearers were Jerry Westling, Garry Westling, Larry Luke, Charles Havalaar, Roger Abbott, and Bruce Anderson.
Abbott died January 2, 1970, at Jennings, Louisiana of accidental asphyxiation in his car from fumes from a charcoal burner on which he was cooking a steak. He was born July 31, 1945 in Hawarden, Iowa. He grauated from West Sioux High School and the University of South Dakota. He served two years in the United States Army, including one year over seas.
He was, perhaps, the most outstanding defensive football player in the history of West Sioux High School and one of the finest all-round athlete to graduate locally. He distinguished himself as a football player at the University of South Dakota, being chosen as the "outstanding lineman" in the North Central Conference in his senior year.
At the time of his death he was making plans to return to the University of South Dakota to take graduate work.
Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Richard Tilstra of Hawarden, Iowa; two brothers, James of Bloomfield and Michael in the US Navy in Vietnam; and his grandmother, Mrs. Julius Anderson of Alcester, South Dakota.
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