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Don Abbott died on July 14th in Louisville, Colorado. He is survived by his
second wife, Elzbieta; 2 children, Lon and Tasha; 3 grandchildren; his
sister, Judy; and his older brother, Jim.
(Information on Don's Memorial Party's at bottom of this page).
Don attended Whittier, Wilson and Highland through his junior year; and
although he attended Sandia as a senior, he always considered himself to be
a Hornet.
After HHS, Don graduated from UNM and married his first wife, Dona, the
mother of his children.
He taught high school history in the Boulder, Colorado area and with the
exception of a brief time in Guatemala, Boulder was where he lived until
1990, when he joined the Peace Corps and went to Poland. This was one of
over 40 countries in which he traveled and lived. He returned to Poland
after his stint in the Peace Corps, and spent the bulk of his time there,
while maintaining a residence in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
He retired from the American School in Warsaw in 2005, and returned to
Glenwood Springs. In November of 2005 he was diagnosed with brain cancer and
returned to the Boulder area for treatment.
Don was truly a world traveler, always seeking adventure and new
experiences. He took numerous bicycle trips throughout Europe, ran 2
marathons after the age of 59, climbed a few mountains, hitchhiked his way
across Nicaragua during the Contra uprising, and visited the 4 corners of
the Earth.
He was a great father of two fine children and a great friend with whom I
spent many days and nights fishing, talking, planning, playing, reminiscing
and solving the world's problems.
Louis "Lou" Lagrave
July 14, 2006
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Elzbieta, Don and Lou Lagrave
(March, 2006) |
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2005 Don with his new granddaughter
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Don (on the left)
in Prague, Czeck Republic prior to running his 2nd marathon in 2003 |
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Don and family |
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From: Tasha Scholze
Subject: Don's Memorial Party
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:43:07 -0600
Hello All,
Well, it's a flurry of e-mails today huh......wanted to give more
detail on the memorial. Due to schedules of some of Don's
family and friends, we're going to have 2 memorial "parties".
One more "formal" and one informal.
The first and more "formal" party will be on Saturday, July 22.
We're still working out the exact time and location but it will be
in the Boulder area and around 9:00 am. I will send details and
directions once they're finalized. We'll scatter Don's ashes in the
area during this memorial "party".
The second and more informal party will be held in Glenwood Springs
on Tuesday, August 8. We felt that the service next week might be
tough for some of you who are out of town to attend so we felt it
would be good to hold a separate party. We will probably hold this
at a park near Don's Glenwood home, a favorite play area for he and
Dziekuje. More details on this party will follow as well.
It would be helpful for me to know who is planning to come to what
party so that we can plan appropriately. I will supply you with
directions and hotel lists that would be good for the respective
area.
Thanks again everyone for the support and love it means so much to
all of us.
Love,
Tasha
PS: In lieu of flowers, we ask you to consider a donation to the
Lance Armstrong Foundation |
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