Joseph Abele

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b. 21 Jul 1897; d. 21 Apr 1984.  Joseph Abele was born to John B. & Anna (Liebl) Abele in Germantown Twp., Cottonwood Co., MN.  He attended school in Cottonwood Co., completing the 8th grade.  He lived and worked on the family farm until 1949 when he moved into Sanborn, Redwood Co., MN.  It appears he never married and worked as a farm hand for his parents.

During WWI, he enlisted into the Civilian Draft in Cottonwood Co. and  re-enlisted on 26 Aug 1918 in Cottonwood Co., at the age of 21. No additional information was found concerning his military career.

Joseph died at the Valley View Manor in Lamberton at the age of 85 and  is buried at the Sanborn Cemetery, Sanborn, MN.

 

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