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Blanche Kruh Abbatiello, age 83 of Beech
Road, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 5:30
p.m. in the Butler Memorial Hospital.
Born November 23, 1924 in Bronx, New
York she was the daughter of the late Jack Kruh and the late Ada
Levy Kruh.
Mrs. Abbatiello was a homemaker. She
was a member of Congregation B'Nai Abraham, treasurer of the B'Nai
Abraham Sisterhood, a longtime volunteer at The Butler Veteran's
Administration Medical Center in the library and in home health
services, she was also a volunteer at the Butler Memorial Hospital in
pastoral care. Mrs. Abbatiello was a member of the Butler Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary and belonged to a number of area Bridge Clubs,
she was a life member of Hadassah.
Mrs. Abbatiello is survived by her
son, Douglas Ian Abbatiello of Sharon, Pennsylvania; two brothers,
Louis Kruh of Merrick, New York, and Joel Kruh of Naples, Florida;
and by several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Abbatiello was preceded in death
by her husband, Dr. Alfonso Abbatiello on July 22,1984.
Graveside services will be held at
the Congregation B'Nai Abraham Cemetery on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at
12:00 noon with Rabbi Walter Boninger formerly of Congregation B'Nai
Abraham officiating. Interment will follow in the Congregation B'Nai
Abraham Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family of
Blanche Abbatiello suggests donations to The Butler Area Public
Library, 218 North McKean Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 or to
Memorial, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, P.O. Box 27106, New York,
New York 10087-7106. |
A Life Remembered . . .