June Patricia Abad

June Patricia “Pat” Abad, age 85, of Savanna, Illinois, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa. A Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2007. at Savanna Township Cemetery in Savanna with Deacon Cary Brock Chaplin of Genesis Hospice officiating. Memorials may be given to Genesis Hospice, 2535 Maple Crest Rd., Bettendorf, Iowa in Pat’s memory.

Pat was born on June 2, 1922, the daughter of Paul and Edna Huddleston in Somerset, Indiana. She attended the Jackson Park Hospital College of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois, graduating in 1940. Pat married Francis Louis Abad Sr. who passed away in 1948.

Pat was a Registered Nurse for forty-nine years. Pat worked for several years at the Savanna City Hospital. She also worked as the Savanna school nurse and for Doctor Turner and spent thirteen years working at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Aurora, Illinois. Pat was a member of the Women of the Moose and the Savanna VFW Auxiliary. Pat enjoyed small animals and traveling.

Pat will be dearly missed by her son, Lou Abad of Denver, Colorado; two nieces Pam Hindman and Cindy Anders of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a nephew Paul B. Huddleston of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and two cousins Wilma Pauley of Mt. Carroll and Marlene (Tommy) Smith of Savanna. Pat was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and one brother Paul F. Huddleston.