Fritz Abel
1925 - 2008
Frederick “Fritz” Abel, Kappa Kappa 1, Ball State ’49, died peacefully at age 83 on June 4, 2008.
Fritz was a well-loved friend and brother who served as National President of Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity from 1951–57. Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity merged with Theta Xi in 1962 and Brother Abel, upon his initiation at his home chapter at Ball State University, received the roll number of Kappa Kappa 1. He served Theta Xi nationally as a Trustee for the Theta Xi Foundation from 1962 to 1967.
Fritz was a strong supporter of Theta Xi who loved to travel. He and his family regularly made driving trips from his home in California back to the Midwest. Visits to his alma mater in Muncie occurred regularly. Brother Abel attended several Theta Xi national conventions over the years, his last Convention being the 2001 Convention in Palm Springs, CA.
Brother Abel was also a fan of email who enjoyed sharing a good joke as much as anyone we have known.
Starting at age 18, Fritz served in the US Navy from 1943-1955 and was honorably discharged having risen to the rank of Chief Petty Officer, Storekeeper Chief (SKF). At that point, he found his calling as a public school teacher and taught for 21 years, mostly in business education.
Brother Abel was married to his adoring wife, Lorraine, for 52 years. She preceded him in death in December 2007. He is survived by his son Andrew, his wife Tama, and more than 40 nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces.
A Memorial Mass was celebrated on June 23, 2008 in Covina, CA. Memorial gifts in honor of the Lorraine and Frederick L. Abel Memorial Scholarship can be made to Charter Oak Community Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 1763, Covina, CA 91722.
ALPHA - 463 F. Burrows Esty; 553 Thomas G. Gilcoyne; 600 Edward M. Rowan; 651 David W. Campbell; 770 Jack L. Feininger; 771 Robert A. Webster; 778 Robert H.G. Johnson Jr.; 1004 Philip J. Gregoretti
GAMMA - 464 Capt. Robert F.Graham; 477 Donald A. Lamb; 504 Dr. T. F. Leibfried Jr.
DELTA - 195 Thomas J Lough
ZETA - 280 Joseph J. Kanich MD; 301 Victor N. Tompkins MD; 513 D. G. Arvanites; 728 Col. Walter Moos USMC
ETA - 346 John W. Van Cleve; 365 Warren X. Collmann MD; 469 Donald E. Pierce; 537 William C Hensinger
IOTA - 295 Harold W. Hegel; 438 Arthur S. Greiner; 441 Ralph E. Landon Jr.; 464 William E. Horn; 479 Travis J. Wright; 502 Richard H. Ruwe; 526 J. Carl Ellston; 555 Richard P. Knapp; 620 Dr. George C. Bucher; 811 William E. Albright
KAPPA - 257 Charles V. Eshelman; 349 Joseph L. Bisch PE
LAMBDA - 196 Jack M. Schuchman; 586 Thomas N. Ryder
MU - 244 Carl J. Bruechert; 260 Henry L. Ware; 261 Leland M. Read MD; 298 Jean C. Hempstead; 307 Clayton S Paddock
NU - 648 Alfred W Oliver; 662 John F. Horgan
XI - 233 Robert B. Heinsen
OMICRON - 312 Emil J. Johnson; 393 John R. Breckenridge; 420 Hon. Albert R. Subers; 443 Willard T. Heckman; 464 Anthony W. Novasitis; 602 Albert G. Vozeh
PI - 208 Walter D. Bronson; 292 J. Frank Hess; 359 Maynard L. Church; 417 Robert I. Hayford; 561 Malcolm A. Malloy; 619 Dr. Arthur T. Murphy; 648 Edward Fortner; 909 Larry E. Pfister
RHO - 449 William H. Osborne; 471 Rev. Gene Norman; 533 James W. Johnson; 660 Arthur B. Williams Jr.
TAU - 184 Edwin W. Coles; 401 Ronald L. Allen; 729 Robert W. Bender
UPSILON - 402 Glenn J Nordlie; 452 Marlyn L. Jones; 595 John H Doney III
CHI - 257 Leonard A. Kail; 272 Robert A. Quick; 288 Donald D. Marlowe; 303 Robert A. Herchek
PSI - 236 Ralph M. Jacobson
OMEGA - 89 Glen R. George; 202 Lloyd L Artman; 358 Gilbert C. Bodrak
ALPHA ALPHA - 147 Leroy V. Robbins; 337 Gordon R. Gisclard; 1102 Benton R Patterson Jr.; 1288 Wallace J. Fremin
ALPHA BETA - 262 Homer L Guck; 308 Robert M. Fraas; 327 Dean R. Johnston; 547 Henry Hank Dougherty; 570 Vincent J Lyons; 628 Edward T. McNamara; 842 William Dorsey Snapp; 971 Gregory R. Bowman
ALPHA GAMMA - 406 Ralph A. Loh; 544 Ronald M. Goldman
ALPHA DELTA - 323 Howard C. Whisler
ALPHA EPSILON - 102 Wayne W. Gallant; 135 John C. Schreiner; 143 Morris L. Andersen; 144 LTC John W. MacDonald; 145 Lyle C. Hall; 177 Norris E. Schick; 341 Herschel E. Kemnitz; 455 Thomas C. Munson; 466 L. David Godbey; 484 James C. Sheeran; 497 William L. Baxter; 815 - Thomas G. Olson
ALPHA ZETA - 184 LTC Ralph E. Wallace; 220 E. Robert Bichowsky; 302 Dr. Louis P. Duemler; 354 Niles Rasmussen PE; 434 Edwin J. Nelson
ALPHA ETA - 247 John D. Peebles USNR; 328 Thomas J. Smidt Jr.
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ALPHA THETA - 94 Ned B Johnson; 174 John Edward Rush
ALPHA IOTA - 11 Karl M. Hemker; 113 Leroy B. Patterson; 205 Roger A. Johnson; 304 Don L. Tennant
ALPHA KAPPA - 161 William C. Holton; 222 George J. Mack; 241 Robert S. Johnson
ALPHA MU - 351 Donald S Parsons; 355 James R Stone
ALPHA NU - 433 Charles F. Stephan
ALPHA XI - 57 Francis M. Pierce
ALPHA OMICRON - 241 Sidney P. Landry Jr.
ALPHA TAU - 260 Michael Robert Woolery
ALPHA UPSILON - 149 George W. Mouk
ALPHA CHI - 178 Robert N. Verville
ALPHA PSI - 73 Edwin R. Peck; 225 Randal G. Hasselfeld
ALPHA OMEGA - 24 Richard O. Walbrecq; 180 James R. Grisdale
BETA BETA - 18 Grattan M Perry
BETA DELTA - 202 Gerald J. Brooks; 373 Craig A. Gustafson
BETA EPSILON - 146 Steven Lee Dunnicliff; 186 Eric Bradford PhD; 188 John Stephen Foster; 516 David R. Myers
BETA ZETA - 392 Keith Alan McDearis; 403 Richard Philip Edgar
BETA THETA - 199 Michael R. Hollerbach; 233 John Charles Versical
BETA MU - 72 Jim Dyer
BETA XI - 49 William Henry Barth, III; 89 - Harry Fitzpatrick; 141 Donald Peter Jennings
BETA OMICRON - 24 Gary Dean Watson; 356 Regis J. Conlon
BETA PI - 14 Douglas J. Anderson; 118 Dr. David C.Underwood; 138 Gregory Jude Caballero
BETA TAU - 90 William Edward Bauml
BETA OMEGA - 63 Michael James Allen
KAPPA ALPHA - 54 James Lee Dolby
KAPPA DELTA - 59 Richard Herman Utz
KAPPA IOTA - 160 Derek Lee Jester
KAPPA KAPPA - 1 Frederick Lawrence Abel (See full obituary above); 467 Jeffry Atler Ream
KAPPA PHI - 185 James Roberts Long
GAMMA BETA - 266 John Francis Calcagni
GAMMA ETA - 96 Bobby Paul Landry
GAMMA THETA - 125 Ryan Patrick Earegood
GAMMA KAPPA - 8 John J. Strnad
GAMMA XI - 17 Glenn Nadolski
ASU COLONY - 42 Kerry Garcon
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