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John Arb Gabe

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John Arb Gabe

Birth
Jewell County, Kansas, USA
Death
26 Feb 1987 (aged 92)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
II S. East Memorial
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Topeka Capital-Journal, Sunday, March 1, 1987, page 48:
John A. Gabe

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church for John A. Gabe, 92, Topeka. He died Thursday, Feb. 26, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Gabe taught in Jewell County schools until (unreadable*) and had been principal of Jewell County Grade School. he later worked for Montgomery Ward until he retired in 1959. He was a Navy veteran of World War I.

He was born Oct. 22, 1894, near Jewell, the son of James Madison and Abagail (unreadable) Gabe. He was graduated from Jewell High School and lived in the Jewell community until 1938.

Mr. Gabe was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and Veterans of World War I of U.S.A. Jayhawks Barracks No. 1113 at Topeka.

He was married to Margaret Marie Treffer (unreadable) 1923, at Jewell. She survives. A daughter, Margaret K. Gabe, died in 1926.
Other survivors include two sons, Vernon D. Gabe, Littleton, Colo., and John R. Gabe, Oklahoma City; two daughters, (unreadable) A. Horton, Topeka, and (unreadable) Olander, Littleton, Colo.; 19 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Gabe will lie in state until 9 p.m. (unreadable) at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. memorial contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 2627 Western, Topeka, (unreadable) or to Salem United Methodist Church, Jewell, 66949.

*There was a large dark smudge that ran vertically through the article, making some words unreadable.
Links to parents and spouse sent by Suzanne (48600024)
Middle name sent by Elkco (46920941)
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Topeka Capital-Journal, Sunday, March 1, 1987, page 48:
John A. Gabe

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church for John A. Gabe, 92, Topeka. He died Thursday, Feb. 26, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Gabe taught in Jewell County schools until (unreadable*) and had been principal of Jewell County Grade School. he later worked for Montgomery Ward until he retired in 1959. He was a Navy veteran of World War I.

He was born Oct. 22, 1894, near Jewell, the son of James Madison and Abagail (unreadable) Gabe. He was graduated from Jewell High School and lived in the Jewell community until 1938.

Mr. Gabe was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and Veterans of World War I of U.S.A. Jayhawks Barracks No. 1113 at Topeka.

He was married to Margaret Marie Treffer (unreadable) 1923, at Jewell. She survives. A daughter, Margaret K. Gabe, died in 1926.
Other survivors include two sons, Vernon D. Gabe, Littleton, Colo., and John R. Gabe, Oklahoma City; two daughters, (unreadable) A. Horton, Topeka, and (unreadable) Olander, Littleton, Colo.; 19 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Gabe will lie in state until 9 p.m. (unreadable) at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. memorial contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 2627 Western, Topeka, (unreadable) or to Salem United Methodist Church, Jewell, 66949.

*There was a large dark smudge that ran vertically through the article, making some words unreadable.

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