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Harry Gene Abel, 89, was a lifelong resident of the Marquette\/McGregor, Iowa area.\u00a0 He passed away peacefully on September 4, 2024 at the Great River Care Center in McGregor, Iowa.<\/p>\n
Harry was born on October 12, 1934, as the second child to Harry and Bernice (Livingston) Abel.\u00a0 He was raised in his maternal grandparent\u2019s home in Marquette with many aunts and uncles after losing his father to scarlet fever, a day after his birth.\u00a0 He attended school until 8th<\/sup> grade and then he chose to work.\u00a0 He became known as a grubstake to many friends and family.\u00a0 Over time, his nickname was shortened to \u201cGrub\u201d and even \u201cBrub\u201d to more family members which meant \u201cbrother\u201d to them.\u00a0 On May 17,1957 he was united in marriage to Marlene Y. Welch.\u00a0 Together they raised eight children along with various pets in Marquette.\u00a0 Harry worked many different jobs throughout his lifetime and ended up retiring from NorthAmerican\/Design Homes after 30 years.\u00a0 He enjoyed spending time with family and hobbies included modifying\/detailing car bodies, traveling and many outdoor activities.\u00a0 He was also known as a tinkerer to many, always making\/building something.<\/p>\n Harry is survived by his seven children, Dean (Elizabeth) Abel of Walworth, WI, Perre (Peggy) Abel of Marquette, IA, Scott (Susan) Abel of North Palm Beach, FL, Cheri (Scott) Smith of Appleton, WI, Joni (Dean) Chamberlain of Old Greenwich, CT, Jon (Mary) Abel of Cedar Rapids, IA, Amy (Jeremy) Diehl of Marquette, IA;\u00a0 grandchildren, Terre, Alisha, Anna, Emily, Karly, Kristin, Sarah, Elli, Madeline, Rachel, Jackson, Julia, Chloe, Nina, Bryce; great-grandchildren, Alydia, Brayson, Aiden, Mason, Adam, Everett, Abigail, Ella, Owen, Theodore, Georgia, Wilson, Maxwell and Marilynn; sister, Darlene (Abel) Oesterle, Nathan, Emma, and a wonderful, large list of nieces, nephews, and other extended family.<\/p>\n He is preceded in death by his wife Marlene; parents; daughter, Mari (Paul) Eggen; brother-in-law, Eugene Oesterle, and granddaughter-in-law, Beth Abel.<\/p>\n The family would like to thank Turner Pointe Assisted Living, Great River Care Center and St. Croix Hospice for all the support through the end stages of Harry\u2019s life.<\/p>\n Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 14, 2024 with a visitation from 9:00 to 10:00 am at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in McGregor, Iowa. Rev. Martin Coolidge will be the Celebrant.<\/p>\n Inurnment will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, McGregor, Iowa.<\/p>\n Condolences can be sent to C\/O The Abel Family, PO Box 336, Marquette, IA 52158.<\/p>\n Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, McGregor, Iowa is assisting the family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Harry Gene Abel, 89, was a lifelong resident of the Marquette\/McGregor, Iowa area.\u00a0 He passed away peacefully on September 4, 2024 at the Great River Care Center in McGregor, Iowa. Harry was born on October 12, 1934, as the second child to Harry and Bernice (Livingston) Abel.\u00a0 He was raised in his maternal grandparent\u2019s home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[605],"class_list":["post-16807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-abel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16807"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16814,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16807\/revisions\/16814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}