| Name |
Smith, Abram Edward |
| Birth |
16 Mar 1907 |
Weston, Somerset, New Jersey, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Obituary |
Summit, Union, New Jersey, USA |
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Abram E. 'Abe' Smith, athletic director, coach
SUMMIT - Abram E. "Abe" Smith, 97, died Monday (Sept. 13, 2004) at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Mr. Smith was born in Weston and had lived in Manasquan, Mountain Lakes, Plainfield and Warren before moving to Summit more than 20 years ago. He was a 1927 graduate of Bound Brook High School, and he received a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York. Mr. Smith spent 44 years in education and was well known in the tri-state area for his success as a high-school football coach. Many of his players excelled in college football and several went on to the pro ranks. He was director of athletics at Plainfield High School and coached the football team for many years. Prior to this, he also had held positions at Manasquan and Mountain Lakes high schools. He was one of the organizers of the Shore Athletic Conference. In 1965, while coaching at Plainfield High School, he was selected by the New York Daily News as its star football coach. The New Jersey football coaches selected Abe as Coach of the Year in 1964, '65 and '66, and he was inducted into the New Jersey Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1987. Mr. Smith was a member of the Masonic Order F&AM and was a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Plainfield. He also was an amateur artist and enjoyed portrait and landscape painting. Surviving are his wife, Kathryn Brown Smith; his daughters, Toni Giamatti of Hamden, Conn., and Sandra Hannon and her husband, Martin of Madison; five grandchildren, Marcus, Elena, Paul, Brian and Theresa; and his greatgrandson, Samuel. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Blvd., Watchung, followed by interment at Bound Brook Cemetery. Friends may visit from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. To send condolences, go to www.higginsfuneralhome.com. In Loving Memory of Coach Abe Smith March 16, 1907 September 13, 2004 I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one, I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun. Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.. Higgins Home for Funerals Watchung, NJ
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| FSID |
LY88-BCT |
| Name |
Abe |
| Death |
13 Sep 2004 |
Summit, Union, New Jersey, USA |
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Abram E. 'Abe' Smith, athletic director, coach SUMMIT
- Abram E. "Abe" Smith, 97, died Monday (Sept. 13, 2004) at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Mr. Smith was born in Weston and had lived in Manasquan, Mountain Lakes, Plainfield and Warren before moving to Summit more than 20 years ago. He was a 1927 graduate of Bound Brook High School, and he received a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York. Mr. Smith spent 44 years in education and was well known in the tri-state area for his success as a high-school football coach. Many of his players excelled in college football and several went on to the pro ranks. He was director of athletics at Plainfield High School and coached the football team for many years. Prior to this, he also had held positions at Manasquan and Mountain Lakes high schools. He was one of the organizers of the Shore Athletic Conference. In 1965, while coaching at Plainfield High School, he was selected by the New York Daily News as its star football coach. The New Jersey football coaches selected Abe as Coach of the Year in 1964, '65 and '66, and he was inducted into the New Jersey Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1987. Mr. Smith was a member of the Masonic Order F&AM and was a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Plainfield. He also was an amateur artist and enjoyed portrait and landscape painting. Surviving are his wife, Kathryn Brown Smith; his daughters, Toni Giamatti of Hamden, Conn., and Sandra Hannon and her husband, Martin of Madison; five grandchildren, Marcus, Elena, Paul, Brian and Theresa; and his greatgrandson, Samuel.
Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Blvd., Watchung, followed by interment at Bound Brook Cemetery. Friends may visit from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. To send condolences, go to www.higginsfuneralhome.com.
In Loving Memory of Coach Abe Smith March 16, 1907 September 13, 2004 I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one, I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun. Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.. Higgins Home for Funerals Watchung, NJ
- age 97, at Overlook Hospital
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| Person ID |
I111333 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
1907 - 2004 (97 years)
