Born: May 14, 1881
Died: February 22, 1974
Location: Lot 17, Section 1, Row 2, Old Cemetery-NW
Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent
Saturday, 23 February 1974
WOOD RIVER – Funeral services for Sabra J. Abbott, Wood River, librarian for 35 years before retiring in 1965, will be held Monday, 1:30 p.m. here at the Apfel Funeral Home. Miss Abbott, 92, died early Friday at a Lincoln hospital. The Rev. Donald Bennett will officiate. Burial will be in Wood River Cemetery. Memorials are suggested for the Wood River Presbyterian Church.
Miss Abbott was born may 14, 1881, on the Abbott homestead four miles south of Wood River to Marcus and Carrie (Weldon) Abbott. She was the last living member of the class of 1897, Wood River High School. Miss Abbott attended Grand Island Baptist College, and during World War I, she worked as a librarian in Washington, D.C. She later returned to Nebraska to teach at the Wood River public school, where she was principal and later served as superintendent. She was a member of the Wood River Presbyterian Church and was affiliated with the Eastern Star of Wood River for the past 72 years.
Survivors include one brother, Roscoe C. Abbott of Lincoln; one nephew, one niece and a cousin.