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Obituary

Dean Abbe
Bristol Resident

Dean Abbe, age 86, of Bristol Township, died Friday, March 16, 2007 at Silver Lake Center, Bristol Township.  Born in Michigan, he has been a Bristol area resident for the past 52 years.  Mr. Abbe was a WWII Army Veteran, serving as a Paratrooper in the 87th Airborn.  He was employed as a Store Manager for many years at Penn Fruit Grocery Store in the Levittown Shopping Center and was an avid fisherman and loved to go to the racetrack.

Mr. Abbe was the beloved husband, of 62 years, to Mary (nee Perolli) Abbe, and was a loving father to Thomas Abbe and his wife, Lisa of Bristol, Gerri Robbins and her husband, Jimmy of Boca Raton, Fla., Sandra Fishbough and her husband, Neal of Bristol and Patricia Schulz and her husband, William of Chesapeake Bay, Md.  He is also survived by 8 grandchildren, Shannon Donaghy (Michael Cain), Katie Abbe (Jeremy Hammer), Jessica Hilbert and her husband, Andrew, Corinne Abbe, Brian Schulz, Stephen Schulz, Andrew Schulz and Mark Fishbough, 1 great-grandson, Matthew Cain and soon to be born, Baby Hilbert, along with 1 brother, Ned Abbe of Michigan.  He was predeceased by 1 sister, June Abbe.   

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass on Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 10:00am at St. Ann Church, Bristol.  Interment, St. Mark Cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday morning 8-9:30am at the Wade Funeral Home, 1002 Radcliffe Street, Bristol Boro.  There will be no evening calling hours.  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Ann Church 357 Dorrance Str., Bristol, Pa  19007 or to St. Mark Church, 1025 Radcliffe Str., Bristol, Pa  19007.