{"id":139526,"date":"2021-01-25T11:33:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=139526"},"modified":"2021-01-25T11:33:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:33:47","slug":"kathleen-jewell-miller-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/01\/25\/kathleen-jewell-miller-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Jewell (Miller) Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kathleen Jewell (Miller) Abbott, 69, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:23 p.m. Friday, January 22, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a courageous four-year battle with cancer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kathleen-Abbott-obit-photo-1-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139527\"\/><figcaption>Kathleen Jewell (Miller) Abbott<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She was born March 17, 1951, in Decatur, Indiana, the daughter of Paul G. and Lillian L. (Copper) Miller, who both preceded her in death.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 1969 graduate of Crestview High School, Kathleen went on to graduate from Bluffton University in 1975 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in elementary education.&nbsp;She worked briefly as a house mother at The Marsh Foundation before working at Borden&#8217;s Cheese in Van Wert. After the plant closed down, Kathleen went on to work for Van Wert Health as a switchboard operator for 34 years.&nbsp;She was a former member of Countryside Chapel United Methodist Church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathleen enjoyed reading novels, completing jigsaw and word puzzles, and Scrabble. She was an avid birder and animal lover, especially cats and dogs. She was also a member of the former Buckeye Belles Red Hat Society.&nbsp;She was a beloved sister, aunt, cousin, and friend who was kind, loving, caring, giving, sweet, and light-hearted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, William Abbott of Van Wert; two sisters, Beverly Miller of Van Wert and Loretta (Wilbur) Rank of Maplewood; a niece, Tami (David) Vanderhoff of Reynoldsburg; one nephew, Scott (Angie) Rank of Anna; and five great-nieces and nephews, Matt, Jonathan, and Skye Rank and Kristin and Paige Vanderhoff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathleen was also preceded in death by her sister, Bonita Miller.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 27, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home in Van Wert, with the Rev. Wayne Karges officiating. Burial will follow in IOOF Cemetery in Convoy.<\/strong><strong><br>The family will receive friends&nbsp;from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Attendees are required to observe social distancing, refrain from close physical contact, and wear facial coverings.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Kathleen`s memory may be made to the Van Wert Humane Society Building Fund or the Arbor Day Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condolences may be expressed at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alspachgearhart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.alspachgearhart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Jewell (Miller) Abbott, 69, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:23 p.m. Friday, January 22, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a courageous four-year battle with cancer.&nbsp; She was born March 17, 1951, in Decatur, Indiana, the daughter of Paul G. and Lillian L. (Copper) Miller, who both preceded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 07:28:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}