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Found nothing on SSDI (June 2023)
Last name was Abrew, changed back to the original spelling.
Record of Birth:
name: Byron Gordon Abrew
born: 01 July 1930
place: San Joaquin, California
mother's name: Davis
"California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
FamilySearch (no image available)
He appears on the 1940 and 1950 Censuses with his parents, Joseph and Henrietta.
Byron and Dan Ruggiero married 18 June 2016 in New York City.
Obituary
NEW YORK – Byron Abreu, of New York City and Roxbury, Connecticut, died January 10, 2017 at his home from the complications of a stroke sustained July 6, 2015.
Born and raised in Stockton, California, he attended local schools, graduating from The University of The Pacific with a B.A.
He served two years in the Korean conflict, returning home to a teaching position in Stockton.
Under the GI Bill he returned to school to study acting at The Pasadena Playhouse, receiving a second B.A. in theater arts. While on the West coast, he did extra work in films. Moving to New York City, he appeared in off-Broadway productions, stage managed, modeled and did extra work in film and television.
He became a teacher in the New York City system for thirty-five years, teaching at PS 4 and PS 142. He maintained his interest in films and theater attending often. He self-published a children's book, "The Ice Queen and the Sun King."
His interests ranged from playing bridge, gardening, his home in Connecticut, dancing (a one-time gentleman host on the QE2), health practices, various charities keeping up with his many, many friends and always being up for a good time.
He was a member of SAG-AFTRA, Equity and SAGE.
He leaves behind several cousins, many loving friends and his partner of thirty-nine years, husband of seven months, Dan Ruggiero. He was predeceased by his mother, Henrietta (nee Davis) and his father, Joseph "Battling Joe" Abreu.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11 am in St Patrick Church, Enfield, Connecticut. Interment will follow in St Patrick's King Street Cemetery in Enfield, Connecticut.
www.brownefuneralchapels.com
KOREA
Found nothing on SSDI (June 2023)
Last name was Abrew, changed back to the original spelling.
Record of Birth:
name: Byron Gordon Abrew
born: 01 July 1930
place: San Joaquin, California
mother's name: Davis
"California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
FamilySearch (no image available)
He appears on the 1940 and 1950 Censuses with his parents, Joseph and Henrietta.
Byron and Dan Ruggiero married 18 June 2016 in New York City.
Obituary
NEW YORK – Byron Abreu, of New York City and Roxbury, Connecticut, died January 10, 2017 at his home from the complications of a stroke sustained July 6, 2015.
Born and raised in Stockton, California, he attended local schools, graduating from The University of The Pacific with a B.A.
He served two years in the Korean conflict, returning home to a teaching position in Stockton.
Under the GI Bill he returned to school to study acting at The Pasadena Playhouse, receiving a second B.A. in theater arts. While on the West coast, he did extra work in films. Moving to New York City, he appeared in off-Broadway productions, stage managed, modeled and did extra work in film and television.
He became a teacher in the New York City system for thirty-five years, teaching at PS 4 and PS 142. He maintained his interest in films and theater attending often. He self-published a children's book, "The Ice Queen and the Sun King."
His interests ranged from playing bridge, gardening, his home in Connecticut, dancing (a one-time gentleman host on the QE2), health practices, various charities keeping up with his many, many friends and always being up for a good time.
He was a member of SAG-AFTRA, Equity and SAGE.
He leaves behind several cousins, many loving friends and his partner of thirty-nine years, husband of seven months, Dan Ruggiero. He was predeceased by his mother, Henrietta (nee Davis) and his father, Joseph "Battling Joe" Abreu.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11 am in St Patrick Church, Enfield, Connecticut. Interment will follow in St Patrick's King Street Cemetery in Enfield, Connecticut.
www.brownefuneralchapels.com
US ARMY
KOREA
Found nothing on SSDI (June 2023)
Last name was Abrew, changed back to the original spelling.
Record of Birth:
name: Byron Gordon Abrew
born: 01 July 1930
place: San Joaquin, California
mother's name: Davis
"California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
FamilySearch (no image available)
He appears on the 1940 and 1950 Censuses with his parents, Joseph and Henrietta.
Byron and Dan Ruggiero married 18 June 2016 in New York City.
Obituary
NEW YORK – Byron Abreu, of New York City and Roxbury, Connecticut, died January 10, 2017 at his home from the complications of a stroke sustained July 6, 2015.
Born and raised in Stockton, California, he attended local schools, graduating from The University of The Pacific with a B.A.
He served two years in the Korean conflict, returning home to a teaching position in Stockton.
Under the GI Bill he returned to school to study acting at The Pasadena Playhouse, receiving a second B.A. in theater arts. While on the West coast, he did extra work in films. Moving to New York City, he appeared in off-Broadway productions, stage managed, modeled and did extra work in film and television.
He became a teacher in the New York City system for thirty-five years, teaching at PS 4 and PS 142. He maintained his interest in films and theater attending often. He self-published a children's book, "The Ice Queen and the Sun King."
His interests ranged from playing bridge, gardening, his home in Connecticut, dancing (a one-time gentleman host on the QE2), health practices, various charities keeping up with his many, many friends and always being up for a good time.
He was a member of SAG-AFTRA, Equity and SAGE.
He leaves behind several cousins, many loving friends and his partner of thirty-nine years, husband of seven months, Dan Ruggiero. He was predeceased by his mother, Henrietta (nee Davis) and his father, Joseph "Battling Joe" Abreu.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11 am in St Patrick Church, Enfield, Connecticut. Interment will follow in St Patrick's King Street Cemetery in Enfield, Connecticut.
www.brownefuneralchapels.com
KOREA
Found nothing on SSDI (June 2023)
Last name was Abrew, changed back to the original spelling.
Record of Birth:
name: Byron Gordon Abrew
born: 01 July 1930
place: San Joaquin, California
mother's name: Davis
"California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
FamilySearch (no image available)
He appears on the 1940 and 1950 Censuses with his parents, Joseph and Henrietta.
Byron and Dan Ruggiero married 18 June 2016 in New York City.
Obituary
NEW YORK – Byron Abreu, of New York City and Roxbury, Connecticut, died January 10, 2017 at his home from the complications of a stroke sustained July 6, 2015.
Born and raised in Stockton, California, he attended local schools, graduating from The University of The Pacific with a B.A.
He served two years in the Korean conflict, returning home to a teaching position in Stockton.
Under the GI Bill he returned to school to study acting at The Pasadena Playhouse, receiving a second B.A. in theater arts. While on the West coast, he did extra work in films. Moving to New York City, he appeared in off-Broadway productions, stage managed, modeled and did extra work in film and television.
He became a teacher in the New York City system for thirty-five years, teaching at PS 4 and PS 142. He maintained his interest in films and theater attending often. He self-published a children's book, "The Ice Queen and the Sun King."
His interests ranged from playing bridge, gardening, his home in Connecticut, dancing (a one-time gentleman host on the QE2), health practices, various charities keeping up with his many, many friends and always being up for a good time.
He was a member of SAG-AFTRA, Equity and SAGE.
He leaves behind several cousins, many loving friends and his partner of thirty-nine years, husband of seven months, Dan Ruggiero. He was predeceased by his mother, Henrietta (nee Davis) and his father, Joseph "Battling Joe" Abreu.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday, January 20, 2017 at 11 am in St Patrick Church, Enfield, Connecticut. Interment will follow in St Patrick's King Street Cemetery in Enfield, Connecticut.
www.brownefuneralchapels.com
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