Charles Gilby Abbey

Name:

Kenneth G Abbey

Birth Year:

1919

Race:

White, citizen

Nativity State or Country:

North Dakota

State:

North Dakota

County or City:

Grand Forks

Enlistment Date:

2 May 1942

Enlistment State:

Minnesota

Enlistment City:

Fort Snelling

Branch:

Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

Branch Code:

Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

Grade:

Private

Grade Code:

Private

Term of Enlistment:

Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Component:

Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of

Source:

Civil Life

Education:

1 year of college

Civil Occupation:

Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer

Marital Status:

Single, without dependents

Height:

Weight:

123

Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005 Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005

Name:	Donna Louise Abbey
Gender:	Male
Spouse:	Roy Monroe Lacey Jr
Marriage Date:	13 Sep 1975
Marriage County:	Clark
Officiant type:	Civil celebrant
Recorded Date:	17 Sep 1975
Recorded county:	Clark
Book:	471
Instrument number:	808475

The Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks, ND, August 3, 2001

SAMUEL ABBEY

Samuel A. Abbey, 77, Gilby, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001, in Grand Forks. Samuel A. Abbey was born April 13, 1924, the son of Charles and Pearl (Peoples) Abbey, in Grand Forks. He served in the Navy Seabees. He was disabled in World War II. He was a resident at St. Anne's Guest Home and had been living in the Lakota (N.D.) Good Samaritan Center. He is survived by brothers, Orrin (Marilyn), Larimore, N.D., and Kenneth (Grace), Monrovia, Calif. He was preceded in death by sisters, Merle Kvamme and Donna James. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Amundson Funeral Home. Visitation: One hour before services in the church. Burial: Sunnywood Garden Cemetery. Military rites: Grand Forks American Legion Post No. 6.

The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, March 10, 2000

Donna James, 78 educator, world traveler

As a specialist in early-childhood education, Donna James didn't confine her concern for kids to the classroom. In 1992, five years after retiring from Kate Sessions Elementary School in Pacific Beach, Mrs. James took clothing to distribute to needy children during visits to Madagascar and Africa. But there was one cultural barrier she had to surmount: Only village chiefs were authorized to perform such tasks. Thanks to an intermediary, the matter was resolved, and with the chief's permission Mrs. James gave out dresses, pants and shirts. Mrs. James, who taught for 30 years in the San Diego Unified School District, was fatally injured March 3 when she was hit by a pickup truck as she walked across Navajo Road in El Cajon. She was 78. A few hours after the accident, she died at Sharp Memorial Hospital in Kearny Mesa, said her son Kerry. El Cajon police are investigating the accident. Mrs. James began teaching in San Diego County shortly after World War II, during which she had worked as a dispatcher for Consolidated Vultee Aircraft, the forerunner of the Convair Division of General Dynamics. In 1963, after earning a bachelor's degree at San Diego State, she began a 24-year career at Kate Sessions. While at the Pacific Beach school, she earned a master's degree in early childhood education from Pepperdine University. In 1968, she began the extensive travels that were a highlight of her life. Her trips through the years took her to the British Isles, Greece, other nations in Europe, Africa, Madagascar and India. Mrs. James served as a mentor teacher during her career and was active in the San Diego and California teachers' associations and the American Association of University Women. For nearly a decade after retiring, she served as historian of United Church of Christ in La Mesa, where she was a charter member. Mrs. James was born in Gilby, N.D., where she grew up on her family's farm. She began teaching in public schools after graduating from high school. Familiar with San Diego from a childhood visit, Mrs. James returned during World War II to work in the administration office of Consolidated Vultee, which manufactured B-24s. Although she did not know it at the time, her future husband, Richard, was assigned to a B-24 bomber crew in Italy. They married in 1947 and raised four children in La Mesa. After her husband's death in December 1996, Mrs. James moved to El Cajon. In 1992, she fulfilled a lifelong dream to tour India. On an Indian Ocean cruise, she visited the ports of Madagascar, the Maldives, the Seychelles and Zanzibar. She also toured African game parks. "At the time of her death she still desired to travel and had hopes of seeing the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan," Kerry James said. Survivors include a daughter, Colleen Link of Lakeside; three sons, Kerry, of San Diego, Richard, of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Randall, of El Cajon; three brothers, Kenneth Abbey of Los Angeles and Samuel and Orrin Abbey, both of Larimore, N.D.; seven grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. A memorial service is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Sunday at United Church of Christ, La Mesa. Donations to a children's literacy program of choice were suggested. Christ, La Mesa. Donations to a children's literacy program of choice were suggested.

Grand Forks Herald (ND) - February 10, 1998

Deceased Name: MERLE KVAMME

Merle Kvamme, 79, 2396 27th Ave S., died Saturday, Feb. 7, 1998, at home.

Merle Ruth Abbey was born Oct. 2, 1918, the daughter of Charles and Pearl (Peoples) Abbey, in Gilby, N.D., where she graduated from high school in 1936. She graduated from Mayville (N.D.) Teachers College, in 1938. She received her bachelor of science in education in 1968 and later attended UND. She taught rural school in Gilby and the Grand Forks Air Force Base. She married Adolph Kvamme on March 21, 1942, in Gilby. They lived and farmed in Honeyford, N.D., before she began her teaching career. Adolph Kvamme died July 2, 1981. She had lived in Grand Forks since 1995. She is survived by a son, Richard (Beverly), Pipestone, Minn.; three grandchildren; brothers, Kenneth, Los Angeles, Samuel, Grand Forks, and Charles, Larimore, N.D.; and a sister, Donna James, San Diego. Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Honeyford. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, Amundson Funeral Home, Grand Forks, and one hour before services in the church. Burial: St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Paul's Lutheran Church.