Dorothy, daughter of Will J. and Titcia Frohling Boelman, was born January 24, 1921 five miles east of Belmond on the “hospital farm”. She attended and graduated from Belmond High School. While growing up, Dorothy helped a lot on the farm. She did housework, worked and drove tractors in the fields, and did chores.
On October 2, 1941 she married Henry B. Abbas. The couple moved to Franklin County for one year. They returned to the farm east of Belmond where they lived for 37 years until Henry’s death on March 2, 1978. Dorothy continued to farm for three years. Two years later she bought a house in town. Dorothy worked as a cook for the Belmond School District for ten years. She moved to the Belmond Community Apartments in 1994.
Dorothy enjoyed her home and her son, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Henry; daughter-in-law Roberta Abbas; sisters Thada and Henrietta; brothers Joyce, Herman and Bud; and several in-laws.
On October 2, 1941 she married Henry B. Abbas. The couple moved to Franklin County for one year. They returned to the farm east of Belmond where they lived for 37 years until Henry’s death on March 2, 1978. Dorothy continued to farm for three years. Two years later she bought a house in town. Dorothy worked as a cook for the Belmond School District for ten years. She moved to the Belmond Community Apartments in 1994.
Dorothy enjoyed her home and her son, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Henry; daughter-in-law Roberta Abbas; sisters Thada and Henrietta; brothers Joyce, Herman and Bud; and several in-laws.
Dorothy, daughter of Will J. and Titcia Frohling Boelman, was born January 24, 1921 five miles east of Belmond on the “hospital farm”. She attended and graduated from Belmond High School. While growing up, Dorothy helped a lot on the farm. She did housework, worked and drove tractors in the fields, and did chores.
On October 2, 1941 she married Henry B. Abbas. The couple moved to Franklin County for one year. They returned to the farm east of Belmond where they lived for 37 years until Henry’s death on March 2, 1978. Dorothy continued to farm for three years. Two years later she bought a house in town. Dorothy worked as a cook for the Belmond School District for ten years. She moved to the Belmond Community Apartments in 1994.
Dorothy enjoyed her home and her son, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Henry; daughter-in-law Roberta Abbas; sisters Thada and Henrietta; brothers Joyce, Herman and Bud; and several in-laws.
On October 2, 1941 she married Henry B. Abbas. The couple moved to Franklin County for one year. They returned to the farm east of Belmond where they lived for 37 years until Henry’s death on March 2, 1978. Dorothy continued to farm for three years. Two years later she bought a house in town. Dorothy worked as a cook for the Belmond School District for ten years. She moved to the Belmond Community Apartments in 1994.
Dorothy enjoyed her home and her son, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Henry; daughter-in-law Roberta Abbas; sisters Thada and Henrietta; brothers Joyce, Herman and Bud; and several in-laws.
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