- Date Of Birth: December 23, 1930
- Date Of Death: January 9, 2011
- State: Indiana
Roger K. Abbott, 80, of Sarasota, formerly of Elkhart, Ind., died Jan. 9, 2011, in Sarasota.
He was born Dec. 23, 1930, in Goshen, to Rex and Mable (Dalrymple) Abbott.
Roger owned and operated Abbott Screen Printing Company in Elkhart for many years before retiring and moving to Florida. He had been employed with Wal-Mart in Osprey at the time of his death.
He was a 33rd degree Mason and was a member of the Scottish Rite and York Rite, the Elkhart Tyrian Lodge 718, the Sarasota Shrine Temple and the Elkhart Order of the Eastern Star, Starlight Chapel 181 in Elkhart. He was also a U.S. Army veteran who served as a medic in Korea.
Along with his wife, Jean, survivors include a son, Phil, of Elkhart; two daughters, Jacqie of Elkhart and Shari of Sarasota; three grandchildren, Kara Jo Rosenberry, Benj Waldbeser and Joseph Abbott; three great-grandchildren, Katlyn Waldbeser and Kent and Kassi Rosenberry; and a son-in-law, Bill Emilius of Sarasota.
