{"id":29506,"date":"2025-09-24T07:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=29506"},"modified":"2025-09-24T07:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:41:22","slug":"vernon-k-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/vernon-k-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon K. Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tukioswebsites.com\/76e92b0b-e40f-475a-add1-d25b3f890229\/lg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:205px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"isPasted\">Vernon K. Abbott, 89, of Carthage, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born on June 11, 1936, at home in Pleasant Mills, Indiana to the late Clark C. and Lola L. (Gerber) Abbott.&nbsp;Vernon was united in marriage to Betty A. Knavel on September 7, 1956, at the Nazarene Church in Decatur, Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He retired from Navistar (International Harvester) in Indianapolis following 31 years of service. Vernon was a life long farmer in Adams and Rush County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vernon was a longtime supporter and fan of the Chicago Cubs and Notre Dame Football. He raised all types of animals on the farm over the years, and had a special spot for his Jersey cows and dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Betty Abbott of Carthage, Indiana; daughter, Carolyn (Dean) Omori of Noblesville, Indiana; daughter-in-law, Phyllis Abbott of Lewisville, Indiana; three grandchildren, Tony Abbott, Susan (Ron) Markle, and Laura Brown; and three great-grandchildren, Alena Brown, Aaron Brown, and Aayla Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vernon was preceded in death by his son, Randy L. Abbott; grandson-in-law, Trevor Brown; three siblings, Wendell Abbott, Patricia J. &#8220;Patsy&#8221; Bittner and Donald Abbott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2025, at the Decatur Cemetery in Decatur, Indiana, with Pastor Douglas Ehrgott officiating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preferred memorials can be given to your local Humane Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Arrangements by Zwick and Jahn Funeral Homes of Decatur, Indiana&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vernon K. Abbott, 89, of Carthage, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at his residence. He<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-29506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-obit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29507,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29506\/revisions\/29507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}