OBITUARY
WILLIAM
JOHN ABRAHAMS
AGE
36
William
John Abrahams, age 36, son of Mr. and Mrs Edward Abrahams, Sr., of
616 North Van Buren street, died suddenly Wednesday morning, March 2,
1927. Yesterday, he was in his office at the duPont Building, in the
best of health and was out a short time last night and retired with
no ailments. At 4 o'clock this morning he was seized with an attack
of acute indigestion. , took some medicine and felt better. He had
refused to call on his doctor, Dr, Julian Adair, until he had
another attack. His brother, Alexander R. Abrahams, City Councilman,
and the doctor arrived and he was pronounced dead, the indigestion
affecting his heart.
Abrahams
was born in Wilmington, educated at the schools there and in 1907
went to work for the A.I. DuPont de Nemoures & Company, and at
his death was chief clerk of the balance sheet and general ledger
division.
He
was very popular in the city with his humorous sayings and pleasant
disposition. He sometimes wrote humorous items for the newspaper as a
hobby.
Mr.
Abrahams was member of Eden Lodge, IOOF, the Elks, and Calvary P. E.
Church, secretary in 1924 of the Wilmington Football Association,
and Wilmington Baseball League.
Survivors
are his parents, two brothers, Alexander R. and Edward, Jr., a sister
Mrs, Stidham McGinness.
William
John Abrahams is buried in the Silverbrook Cemetery.
Wilmington
New Journal , March 2, 1927:
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