OBITUARY: Abrams, Marie Nora Berberich, Worth County, Iowa


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                            Marie Nora Abrams

Marie Nora Abrams, 86,  Northwood, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002, at her home.

A funeral mass was Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Manly, with
the Rev. David Kucera officiating.  Interment was at Sunset Rest Cemetery,
Northwood.

Conner Colonial Chapel of Northwood was in charge of the arrangements.

Marie was born Jan. 21, 1916 in Brooks, MN, the daughter of Frederic and
Margaret (Neid) Berberich.  She grew up in northern Minnesota and worked as
a caretaker in family's homes in both Minneapolis and Mason City.  Marie
married Donald Abrams on May 10, 1938 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Mason City.  They moved to rural Northwood in 1940, where Donald farmed
and Marie was a homemaker.  In 1960, she began over 20 years of employment
at Fleetguard in Lake Mills.  Marie later babysat for families and cared
for the elderly in their homes until her retirement last August.  She was
a faithful member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Manly and a member
of the St. Mary's Guild.  Marie enjoyed quilting, sewing, traveling,
cooking and entertaining.

Left to cherish her memory is one son, Kenneth Abrams of Northwood, two
daughters, Judy Davis and her husband, Steve, of Apple Valley, MN, and
Jane Schroeder and her husband, Jim, of Dubuque; nine grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; one brother, Fred Berberich and his wife, Del, of
Brooks, MN; two sisters, Phyllis Grinsteiner and her husband, Gene, of
Bismarck, ND, and Dorothy Lessard of Hillsboro, ND, and many nieces and
nephews.

Marie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald, in December
1998; one son, Robert Abrams, who died in October 1998; a grandson, Jeffery
Abrams; two granddaughters, Katherine Abrams who died in infancy and Deborah
Abrams; one daughter-in-law, Betty Abrams, who died in 1998; one sister and
several brothers.




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