Edmond H. Abraham
May 21, 2010
Edmond H. “Eddie” Abraham, 81, a resident of Scranton died Friday
afternoon in the Moses Taylor Hospital.
He and his wife the former Margaret “Peggy” McGroarty would have
celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in August.
He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he moved his family to
Scranton in 1972. He was the son of the
late Charles and Afdokia Kahy Abraham. Edmond
attended Haran High School, New York City.
He worked at the American Book Company, New York City, where he met the
love of his life, his wife Peggy. He also
worked as a claims agent/loss prevention supervisor in the trucking industry
most of his life. He worked for
Johnson Motors Lines, Cooper-Jarrett, Acme Fast Freight and NEPSCA.
After retirement he also worked part time at Marywood University and at
Sears in the Viewmont Mall.
He always took care of his family, and was proud of his Lebanese and
Syrian heritage. He also loved his
cats Freddie and Alvin. Ed was a family
man who took his kids to Coney Island, New York, every Sunday, and his son to
Shea Stadium for the Mets games. He
and his wife loved to travel visiting family and friends.
He never forgot his childhood trips to Stafford Springs, Connecticut to
stay with his relatives.
The family would like to thank the staff of the Mountain Rest Nursing
Home, East Mountain for taking care of Ed for the past six months.
In addition to his wife Peggy surviving are a daughter, Kathleen Diaz,
Scranton; a son Carl Abraham, Scranton; two grandsons, Brian Diaz, Scranton and
Shawn Diaz, Philadelphia; a sister in law, Lillian Abraham; nieces, nephews and
cousins.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Abraham; a sister, Olga
McDonnell.
The funeral will be on Tuesday at 11 a.m. from the Miller Bean Funeral
Home Inc., 436 Cedar Avenue, with Mass at 11:30 am in the Holy Name of Jesus
Church, at the corner of East Elm Street and Froude Avenue.
Interment will follow at the Dunmore
Cemetery, Dunmore.
