Funeral services for Victor Louis Abraham 78 of Many, La., will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at 11 a.m. in the Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Victor Frank. Interment will follow in the Aimwell Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at the funeral home.Victor was born on September 19, 1934 in Niles, Ill., to Edgar and Lorraine Abraham. He entered into rest on Sept. 26, 2012 in Shreveport, La.
He was a veteran having proudly served in the U.S. Air Force. He was retired from The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times and The Shreveport Times, for which he worked as a delivery person after his retirement.
Victor was a very family oriented man. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Judith Abraham, brother John Edgar Abraham.
He is survived by his widow, Joann Abraham of Many; sons Terry William Abraham of Austin, Texas, Steven Edward Abraham of Many, Louis Alfred Abraham of Beaumont, Texas, Daniel Wayne Abraham of Fort Worth, Texas and Benjamin John Abraham of Many; daughters Linda Rene'e Abraham Black of D'Iberville, Miss., Vickie Ann Abraham of Many and Sandra Ann Abraham Chastain of Yantis, Texas; sister Eunice Ann Abraham Merritt; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Honoring him as pallbearers will be Nick Garrett, Nick Sepulvado, John Simpson, Buddy Chastain, Jr. Blake Pfaff and Scott Covington.
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Times carrier remembered for dedication
By Vickie Welborn
The Times
TOLEDO BEND - The U.S. Postal Service didn't have a thing on Victor Abraham. Rain, snow, hurricanes, cancer, brain tumor – nothing kept him from his newspaper route.
Sadly, an illness finally caught up with Abraham, bringing an end to a career with The Times circulation department that fell just shy of 30 years. He died Wednesday at age 78.
Family, friends and likely many of his customers-turned-acquaintances will gather at 5 p.m. today at Rose-Neath's Funeral Home in Many for visitation. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with burial to follow at Aimwell Cemetery in Zwolle.
Newspaper subscribers shouldn't worry about an interruption in service, though. Victor Abraham's commitment to his job is one of the traits bringing smiles to his wife and eight children, many of whom often accompanied their father on a newspaper route he single-handedly created.
"He always said ‘the paper comes first,'" recalled son Louie Abraham, who will continue the route at least through Dec. 31 in his father's honor. "We'll decide what to do after that."
"It is with great sadness we learned of the loss of Mr. Victor Abraham. Vic was a longtime carrier for The Times who expressed his love and dedication to his job and customers by his unfaltering dedication day after day, year after year, in weather both good and extreme," distribution Manager Deanna Bourg said. "All of us at The Times offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and will keep him in our prayers. We will miss him greatly, and will forever honor the tradition of newspaper delivery he so proudly exhibited."
Victor Abraham's love of the profession started at age 9 when he delivered newspapers for the Chicago Tribune. Fast forward past his service in the U.S. Air Force to when Victor Abraham started his own business to professionally deliver the Tribune and three other Illinois newspapers.
After 20 years, Victor and wife Jo Ann, a native of Natchitoches, retired in 1980 to Toledo Bend Reservoir. They bought land there in 1973 and "fell in love with the lake," son Daniel Abraham said.
Not content with retired life, Victor Abraham decided the growing community of retirees around the reservoir needed better access to The Times. So he convinced the newspaper's circulation department to give him a chance to start a route.
They gave him 16 newspapers. "That's all they would do at first," Louie Abraham said.
Victor Abraham grew that into a 100-mile route stretching from Zwolle to Cypress Bend Resort, eastward on Highway 6 toward Many and all the back roads in between. "He became an icon in the area," said Louie Abraham. "A lot of people on his route would even meet him in the mornings with a cup of coffee. They were loyal readers and he was loyal to make sure their newspaper got to them."
Victor Abraham "loved his job. He delivered the papers sick as a dog. We'd tell him you're sick. But he said people need their paper," Daniel Abraham said.
But even when treatments for a brain tumor or bladder cancer slowed him down, Victor Abraham knew his children – eight in all – would see to it that the route was covered. "I can count on one hand the number of times he missed and I'd still have fingers left over," Daniel Abraham said.
Victor Abraham never complained about the hours. Instead, he said it suited his lifestyle, according to Daniel Abraham.
Watching golf and faithfully serving as vice president of the Grace Lutheran Church on Toledo Bend filled his free hours. But that was when he wasn't focused on his family or grandchildren.
"His family was his hobby," Daniel Abraham said. "He was very loyal to his family. He made sure we had a roof over our head, food on the table. … That's why he went to work every day."
In addition to his wife, Daniel and Louie, Victor Abraham also is survived by children Linda Abraham Black, Terry Abraham, Steven Abraham, Vicki Abraham, Sandi Abraham, Benjamin Abraham, 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at the funeral home.Victor was born on September 19, 1934 in Niles, Ill., to Edgar and Lorraine Abraham. He entered into rest on Sept. 26, 2012 in Shreveport, La.
He was a veteran having proudly served in the U.S. Air Force. He was retired from The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times and The Shreveport Times, for which he worked as a delivery person after his retirement.
Victor was a very family oriented man. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Judith Abraham, brother John Edgar Abraham.
He is survived by his widow, Joann Abraham of Many; sons Terry William Abraham of Austin, Texas, Steven Edward Abraham of Many, Louis Alfred Abraham of Beaumont, Texas, Daniel Wayne Abraham of Fort Worth, Texas and Benjamin John Abraham of Many; daughters Linda Rene'e Abraham Black of D'Iberville, Miss., Vickie Ann Abraham of Many and Sandra Ann Abraham Chastain of Yantis, Texas; sister Eunice Ann Abraham Merritt; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Honoring him as pallbearers will be Nick Garrett, Nick Sepulvado, John Simpson, Buddy Chastain, Jr. Blake Pfaff and Scott Covington.
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Times carrier remembered for dedication
By Vickie Welborn
The Times
TOLEDO BEND - The U.S. Postal Service didn't have a thing on Victor Abraham. Rain, snow, hurricanes, cancer, brain tumor – nothing kept him from his newspaper route.
Sadly, an illness finally caught up with Abraham, bringing an end to a career with The Times circulation department that fell just shy of 30 years. He died Wednesday at age 78.
Family, friends and likely many of his customers-turned-acquaintances will gather at 5 p.m. today at Rose-Neath's Funeral Home in Many for visitation. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with burial to follow at Aimwell Cemetery in Zwolle.
Newspaper subscribers shouldn't worry about an interruption in service, though. Victor Abraham's commitment to his job is one of the traits bringing smiles to his wife and eight children, many of whom often accompanied their father on a newspaper route he single-handedly created.
"He always said ‘the paper comes first,'" recalled son Louie Abraham, who will continue the route at least through Dec. 31 in his father's honor. "We'll decide what to do after that."
"It is with great sadness we learned of the loss of Mr. Victor Abraham. Vic was a longtime carrier for The Times who expressed his love and dedication to his job and customers by his unfaltering dedication day after day, year after year, in weather both good and extreme," distribution Manager Deanna Bourg said. "All of us at The Times offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and will keep him in our prayers. We will miss him greatly, and will forever honor the tradition of newspaper delivery he so proudly exhibited."
Victor Abraham's love of the profession started at age 9 when he delivered newspapers for the Chicago Tribune. Fast forward past his service in the U.S. Air Force to when Victor Abraham started his own business to professionally deliver the Tribune and three other Illinois newspapers.
After 20 years, Victor and wife Jo Ann, a native of Natchitoches, retired in 1980 to Toledo Bend Reservoir. They bought land there in 1973 and "fell in love with the lake," son Daniel Abraham said.
Not content with retired life, Victor Abraham decided the growing community of retirees around the reservoir needed better access to The Times. So he convinced the newspaper's circulation department to give him a chance to start a route.
They gave him 16 newspapers. "That's all they would do at first," Louie Abraham said.
Victor Abraham grew that into a 100-mile route stretching from Zwolle to Cypress Bend Resort, eastward on Highway 6 toward Many and all the back roads in between. "He became an icon in the area," said Louie Abraham. "A lot of people on his route would even meet him in the mornings with a cup of coffee. They were loyal readers and he was loyal to make sure their newspaper got to them."
Victor Abraham "loved his job. He delivered the papers sick as a dog. We'd tell him you're sick. But he said people need their paper," Daniel Abraham said.
But even when treatments for a brain tumor or bladder cancer slowed him down, Victor Abraham knew his children – eight in all – would see to it that the route was covered. "I can count on one hand the number of times he missed and I'd still have fingers left over," Daniel Abraham said.
Victor Abraham never complained about the hours. Instead, he said it suited his lifestyle, according to Daniel Abraham.
Watching golf and faithfully serving as vice president of the Grace Lutheran Church on Toledo Bend filled his free hours. But that was when he wasn't focused on his family or grandchildren.
"His family was his hobby," Daniel Abraham said. "He was very loyal to his family. He made sure we had a roof over our head, food on the table. … That's why he went to work every day."
In addition to his wife, Daniel and Louie, Victor Abraham also is survived by children Linda Abraham Black, Terry Abraham, Steven Abraham, Vicki Abraham, Sandi Abraham, Benjamin Abraham, 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Victor Louis Abraham 78 of Many, La., will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at 11 a.m. in the Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Victor Frank. Interment will follow in the Aimwell Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at the funeral home.Victor was born on September 19, 1934 in Niles, Ill., to Edgar and Lorraine Abraham. He entered into rest on Sept. 26, 2012 in Shreveport, La.
He was a veteran having proudly served in the U.S. Air Force. He was retired from The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times and The Shreveport Times, for which he worked as a delivery person after his retirement.
Victor was a very family oriented man. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Judith Abraham, brother John Edgar Abraham.
He is survived by his widow, Joann Abraham of Many; sons Terry William Abraham of Austin, Texas, Steven Edward Abraham of Many, Louis Alfred Abraham of Beaumont, Texas, Daniel Wayne Abraham of Fort Worth, Texas and Benjamin John Abraham of Many; daughters Linda Rene'e Abraham Black of D'Iberville, Miss., Vickie Ann Abraham of Many and Sandra Ann Abraham Chastain of Yantis, Texas; sister Eunice Ann Abraham Merritt; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Honoring him as pallbearers will be Nick Garrett, Nick Sepulvado, John Simpson, Buddy Chastain, Jr. Blake Pfaff and Scott Covington.
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Times carrier remembered for dedication
By Vickie Welborn
The Times
TOLEDO BEND - The U.S. Postal Service didn't have a thing on Victor Abraham. Rain, snow, hurricanes, cancer, brain tumor – nothing kept him from his newspaper route.
Sadly, an illness finally caught up with Abraham, bringing an end to a career with The Times circulation department that fell just shy of 30 years. He died Wednesday at age 78.
Family, friends and likely many of his customers-turned-acquaintances will gather at 5 p.m. today at Rose-Neath's Funeral Home in Many for visitation. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with burial to follow at Aimwell Cemetery in Zwolle.
Newspaper subscribers shouldn't worry about an interruption in service, though. Victor Abraham's commitment to his job is one of the traits bringing smiles to his wife and eight children, many of whom often accompanied their father on a newspaper route he single-handedly created.
"He always said ‘the paper comes first,'" recalled son Louie Abraham, who will continue the route at least through Dec. 31 in his father's honor. "We'll decide what to do after that."
"It is with great sadness we learned of the loss of Mr. Victor Abraham. Vic was a longtime carrier for The Times who expressed his love and dedication to his job and customers by his unfaltering dedication day after day, year after year, in weather both good and extreme," distribution Manager Deanna Bourg said. "All of us at The Times offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and will keep him in our prayers. We will miss him greatly, and will forever honor the tradition of newspaper delivery he so proudly exhibited."
Victor Abraham's love of the profession started at age 9 when he delivered newspapers for the Chicago Tribune. Fast forward past his service in the U.S. Air Force to when Victor Abraham started his own business to professionally deliver the Tribune and three other Illinois newspapers.
After 20 years, Victor and wife Jo Ann, a native of Natchitoches, retired in 1980 to Toledo Bend Reservoir. They bought land there in 1973 and "fell in love with the lake," son Daniel Abraham said.
Not content with retired life, Victor Abraham decided the growing community of retirees around the reservoir needed better access to The Times. So he convinced the newspaper's circulation department to give him a chance to start a route.
They gave him 16 newspapers. "That's all they would do at first," Louie Abraham said.
Victor Abraham grew that into a 100-mile route stretching from Zwolle to Cypress Bend Resort, eastward on Highway 6 toward Many and all the back roads in between. "He became an icon in the area," said Louie Abraham. "A lot of people on his route would even meet him in the mornings with a cup of coffee. They were loyal readers and he was loyal to make sure their newspaper got to them."
Victor Abraham "loved his job. He delivered the papers sick as a dog. We'd tell him you're sick. But he said people need their paper," Daniel Abraham said.
But even when treatments for a brain tumor or bladder cancer slowed him down, Victor Abraham knew his children – eight in all – would see to it that the route was covered. "I can count on one hand the number of times he missed and I'd still have fingers left over," Daniel Abraham said.
Victor Abraham never complained about the hours. Instead, he said it suited his lifestyle, according to Daniel Abraham.
Watching golf and faithfully serving as vice president of the Grace Lutheran Church on Toledo Bend filled his free hours. But that was when he wasn't focused on his family or grandchildren.
"His family was his hobby," Daniel Abraham said. "He was very loyal to his family. He made sure we had a roof over our head, food on the table. … That's why he went to work every day."
In addition to his wife, Daniel and Louie, Victor Abraham also is survived by children Linda Abraham Black, Terry Abraham, Steven Abraham, Vicki Abraham, Sandi Abraham, Benjamin Abraham, 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at the funeral home.Victor was born on September 19, 1934 in Niles, Ill., to Edgar and Lorraine Abraham. He entered into rest on Sept. 26, 2012 in Shreveport, La.
He was a veteran having proudly served in the U.S. Air Force. He was retired from The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times and The Shreveport Times, for which he worked as a delivery person after his retirement.
Victor was a very family oriented man. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Judith Abraham, brother John Edgar Abraham.
He is survived by his widow, Joann Abraham of Many; sons Terry William Abraham of Austin, Texas, Steven Edward Abraham of Many, Louis Alfred Abraham of Beaumont, Texas, Daniel Wayne Abraham of Fort Worth, Texas and Benjamin John Abraham of Many; daughters Linda Rene'e Abraham Black of D'Iberville, Miss., Vickie Ann Abraham of Many and Sandra Ann Abraham Chastain of Yantis, Texas; sister Eunice Ann Abraham Merritt; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Honoring him as pallbearers will be Nick Garrett, Nick Sepulvado, John Simpson, Buddy Chastain, Jr. Blake Pfaff and Scott Covington.
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Times carrier remembered for dedication
By Vickie Welborn
The Times
TOLEDO BEND - The U.S. Postal Service didn't have a thing on Victor Abraham. Rain, snow, hurricanes, cancer, brain tumor – nothing kept him from his newspaper route.
Sadly, an illness finally caught up with Abraham, bringing an end to a career with The Times circulation department that fell just shy of 30 years. He died Wednesday at age 78.
Family, friends and likely many of his customers-turned-acquaintances will gather at 5 p.m. today at Rose-Neath's Funeral Home in Many for visitation. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with burial to follow at Aimwell Cemetery in Zwolle.
Newspaper subscribers shouldn't worry about an interruption in service, though. Victor Abraham's commitment to his job is one of the traits bringing smiles to his wife and eight children, many of whom often accompanied their father on a newspaper route he single-handedly created.
"He always said ‘the paper comes first,'" recalled son Louie Abraham, who will continue the route at least through Dec. 31 in his father's honor. "We'll decide what to do after that."
"It is with great sadness we learned of the loss of Mr. Victor Abraham. Vic was a longtime carrier for The Times who expressed his love and dedication to his job and customers by his unfaltering dedication day after day, year after year, in weather both good and extreme," distribution Manager Deanna Bourg said. "All of us at The Times offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and will keep him in our prayers. We will miss him greatly, and will forever honor the tradition of newspaper delivery he so proudly exhibited."
Victor Abraham's love of the profession started at age 9 when he delivered newspapers for the Chicago Tribune. Fast forward past his service in the U.S. Air Force to when Victor Abraham started his own business to professionally deliver the Tribune and three other Illinois newspapers.
After 20 years, Victor and wife Jo Ann, a native of Natchitoches, retired in 1980 to Toledo Bend Reservoir. They bought land there in 1973 and "fell in love with the lake," son Daniel Abraham said.
Not content with retired life, Victor Abraham decided the growing community of retirees around the reservoir needed better access to The Times. So he convinced the newspaper's circulation department to give him a chance to start a route.
They gave him 16 newspapers. "That's all they would do at first," Louie Abraham said.
Victor Abraham grew that into a 100-mile route stretching from Zwolle to Cypress Bend Resort, eastward on Highway 6 toward Many and all the back roads in between. "He became an icon in the area," said Louie Abraham. "A lot of people on his route would even meet him in the mornings with a cup of coffee. They were loyal readers and he was loyal to make sure their newspaper got to them."
Victor Abraham "loved his job. He delivered the papers sick as a dog. We'd tell him you're sick. But he said people need their paper," Daniel Abraham said.
But even when treatments for a brain tumor or bladder cancer slowed him down, Victor Abraham knew his children – eight in all – would see to it that the route was covered. "I can count on one hand the number of times he missed and I'd still have fingers left over," Daniel Abraham said.
Victor Abraham never complained about the hours. Instead, he said it suited his lifestyle, according to Daniel Abraham.
Watching golf and faithfully serving as vice president of the Grace Lutheran Church on Toledo Bend filled his free hours. But that was when he wasn't focused on his family or grandchildren.
"His family was his hobby," Daniel Abraham said. "He was very loyal to his family. He made sure we had a roof over our head, food on the table. … That's why he went to work every day."
In addition to his wife, Daniel and Louie, Victor Abraham also is survived by children Linda Abraham Black, Terry Abraham, Steven Abraham, Vicki Abraham, Sandi Abraham, Benjamin Abraham, 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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