Abby Daniel

Abigal Lou (Brower) Daniel was born December 5, 1933, to Rebecca (Hammond) and John F. Brower in Watts, Oklahoma. Abby and her sister Alberta Lee were born 16 months apart and many thought they were twins. She lived her first 10 years in Watts, Oklahoma. Then the family moved a number of times. Later on she went to live with her grandmother and Uncle Jay in Kansas City. Abby graduated from Central High School in Kansas City. She entered the United States Marine Corp and was trained on Paris Island. Abby married Jerry Daniel. Abby lived in Burbank, California and worked as a stenographer for the Federal Aviation Agency. Then she moved back to Iowa to Pilot Mound, Des Moines, and the Knoxville VA Home before moving to the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunlap, Iowa in 2000.

Abby enjoyed to crochet, read and loved her soap operas. Abby was saved in 1946 at a revival at Green Valley School.

Abby died Monday, March 5, 2007, on her nephew Ben's birthday, at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunlap, Iowa attaining the age of 73 years and three months.

Abby was preceded in death by her parents, John F. "Fred" Brower in 1946 and Rebecca "Reba" Brower in 1981; brother, Eugene Joslyn Brower; two infants; and a nephew, Edmond Eugene Brower. She is survived by her sister, Alberta and her husband Allan Blood of Ogden, Iowa; nieces and nephews Connie Jean Zellmer of Layton, Oklahoma, Rebecca Elizabeth Wallace of Callender, Iowa, Benjamin Alan Westcot of Ely, Iowa, Melinda Leigh Cisco of Webster City, Iowa, Jonathan Eric Westcot of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jennifer Wendy Weeler of Ogden, Iowa, Valerie Alana Emswiler of Dension, Iowa, Kimberly Vanessa Kersey of Ankeny, Iowa and Tamara Suzannah DeBoef of Ankeny, Iowa.

Funeral Service
Dunlap Nursing & Rehab Center
Dunlap, Iowa
Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 10:00 am

Clergy
Rev. Kent Wallace

Selections
"The Lord's Prayer"
"Amazing Grace"
"I'll Fly Away"

Pall Bearers
Dunlap American Legion Post #224

Military Graveside Rites
Dunlap American Legion Post #224

Final Resting Place
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Dunlap, Iowa