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Cremation rites have been accorded. Burial will
be at a later date. Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Abbott was the owner of J.M. Abbott &
Associates and Pacesetter Financial Services.
He was born Oct. 24, 1948, in Lincoln to James
William and Katherine Harrison Abbott. He married
Bobbi Hrehovcsik in Lincoln on Dec. 30, 1971.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Andrew
Michael Abbott and James Gregory Abbott, both of
Carbondale; his mother, of Lincoln; two sisters,
Kathy (and Bill) Daunais of Madison, Conn., and Beth
(and Dave) Eckert of Waukegan; three nieces; 10
nephews; and six great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, James
William Abbott.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church
in Lincoln, a member of Lincoln Elks Lodge 914 since
1979, a member of the Lincoln Elks Charitable Trust
board and the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of
Commerce. He was a past president of the ALMH
Foundation.
He graduated from Lincoln Community High School
in 1966. He then graduated from Southern Illinois
University with a bachelor's degree in accounting in
1970. He earned his CPA certification in 1976. He
later earned a personal financial specialist
certification in 1996.
Memorials may be made to Lincoln Elks Charitable
Trust or ALMH Foundation.
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