=vening News, Mon., June 1, 1998

 

 

 

Gwendolyn F. Abar
July 14, 1918-May 31, 1998

FLAT ROCK — Gwendolyn F.
Abar, 79, of Flat Rock, died Sun-
day in her home of cancer.

Friends may call from 4 to 9
tonight and from noon to 9 p.m.
Tuesday in the Arthur Bobcean
Funeral Home. She will lie in state
from 10 until services at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at First United
Methodist Church. The Rev.
Evans Bentley, pastor of the
church, will officiate. Burial will
be in Huron Valley Cemetery.

Born July 14,1918, in Brook-
field, Mo., she was the daughter of
John H. and Zelphia (Dunlap)
Booth. She married Frederick
Abar on Feb. 16, 1941, in Flat
Rock. He died on Dec. 12, 1983.

She was employed as a nurse by
Wyandotte General Hospital,
Wyandotte, retiring in 1978.

She was a member of First Unit-
ed Methodist Church, Study Club,
Michigan Nursing Association,
the Daughters of the American
Revolution and Flat Rock Chap-
ter 156, Order of the Eastern Star.
She was past president of the
United Methodist Women. She
also was a Girl Scout leader and a
member of the Flat Rock Board
of Education. :

Surviving are a son, Frederick of
New Boston; two daughters, Mrs.
Bob (Lynne) Coulter of Lapeer
and Susan Abar of Plano, Texas;
eight grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she
was preceded in death by a broth-
er, James, and a sister, Wanda
Werner. ;

Memorials may be made to the
First United Methodist Church of
Flat Rock or the Arbor Hospice.