Abel Fisk Cartwright

Name: Abel Fisk Cartwright

Calling Hours: Friday, September 11th from 6 to 9 pm at Weigel Funeral Home in Metamora

Service Hours: Saturday, September 12th at 1:00 pm in the Funeral Home

Abel Fisk Cartwright died Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Abel was born in 1917 in Ogden Center, Michigan, and would have been 92 this September 27th. His parents, Charles Abel and Margaret Jane (Elgin) Cartwright and two sisters, Sally Cartwright and Jane Baker, preceded him in death. He married Frieda Lena Schenk in 1946 and together they had two sons, Charles Philip Cartwright (Ellen) of Ortonville, MI and Robert Fisk Cartwright (Barbara) of Houston, TX. Abel also raised a step-daughter, Carole Brown Seegert of Adrian, MI.

Abel graduated from Metamora High School and the University of Toledo. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He was a veteran of several 1st Division major battles in the Pacific including Guadal Canal, Cape Gloucester and Peleliu. After the war, he returned with his bride to the family farm in Ogden Center, Michigan. He and his father started Jasper Lumber Company in nearby Jasper, Michigan. Abel both farmed and operated the lumber yard for over fifty years.

In addition to his business and family interests, Abe also served his community as a Lenawee County Commissioner and Lenawee County Road Commissioner. He and his wife enjoyed traveling in the U.S. and Europe and often spent time in Northern Michigan.

Abel will be greatly missed by his children and their spouses; his sister, Louise Gormley of Metamora, OH; brother, Charles Bertelle Cartwright of Petoskey, MI; grandson, Charles August Cartwright of Houston, TX, as well as many nieces, nephews and many other family and friends.

Friends and family may visit Friday, September 11th from 6 to 9 p.m. at Weigel Funeral Home, 413 E. Main St. in Metamora, Ohio, where funeral services will be held Saturday, September 12th at 1:00 p.m., with Rev. Mary Burroughs officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Toledo Memorial Park.

Memorial Contributions may be made to Avalon Hospice, PO Box 90094, Burton, MI 48509.

Residence: Ogden Center, Michigan

Interment: Toledo Memorial Park