- Date Of Birth: April 1, 1932
- Date Of Death: September 5, 2019
- State: Iowa
The family will greet friends from 10-11 a.m.
Mary Lou Repp Abel, the daughter of Carl and Irene Gragg Repp was born on April 1, 1932 in Albia, Iowa.
On May 28, 1951, Mary Lou was united in marriage with Alfred H. Abel in Newton, Iowa. They were blessed with six children, Tom, Tonda, Toni, Teresa, Tim and Tammy. Mary Lou was a homemaker. She enjoyed being with her family. Mary Lou had also enjoyed going camping and sitting around the camp fire.
Mary Lou died on Thursday, September 5, 2019 surrounded by the love of her family. She was 87. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Alfred; grandson, James Connell III; and sister, Patty Ann Davis.
Those left to cherish Mary Lou’s memory are her children, Tom (Angela) Abel of Newton, Tonda (Tom) Hulbert of Baxter, Toni (Mark) Cupples of Newton, Teresa (Dan) Ely of Newton, Tim (Rachel) Abel of Newton and Tammy Abel of Newton; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and her siblings, Gerald (Betty) Repp of Newton, Donna Jean (Maynard) Mettler of Newton, Carolyn Kay Revell of Newton and Carl (Jane) Repp of Newton.
