Donald 'Gabe' Gabeline

Donald B. "Gabe" Gabeline, 84, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, died late Saturday ni?

Donald B. "Gabe" Gabeline

Donald B. "Gabe" Gabeline, 84, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, died late Saturday night of an apparent heart attack at his home in Mt. Pleasant.

Visitation will begin at Noon on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000 at Weir Funeral Home, Mt. Pleasant.

Masonic and Order of the Eastern Star funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Weir Funeral Home where the family will receive friends after the services until 9 p.m.

Memorial funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, 2000 at First Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant with Rev. David Plooster officiating.

Internment of his cremains with Full Military Honors will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Trinity Cemetery south of Mt. Union, Iowa.

A memorial has been established to Henry Co. Health Center Foundation.

Mr. Gabeline was born on Sept. 15, 1915 at Mt. Union, Iowa to Everett L. and Grace Buchanan Gabeline. On June 22, 1946 at Washington, D.C., he married Doris E. Kirby who preceded him in death on April 21, 1999.

A 1933 graduate of Mt. Union High School, he farmed near Mt. Union most of his life. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1937 to 1941 and in the U.S. Navy until 1945, during WWII, as Chief Yeoman. He owned and operated Gabe's Restaurant near Mt. Union from 1972 to 1984. He worked at Mustang Market for eight years and recently was helping his son, Ward, with farming at Mt. Union.

He attended First Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant and was Past Master of New London Masonic Lodge 28 and also attended Mt. Pleasant Masonic Lodge No. 8. He was Past Patron of Chapter 440 of the Order of the Eastern Star at New London. He was a member of Scottish Rite Consistory and KAABA Shrine at Davenport, where he was a member of the Legion of Honor. He was also a member of Optimist's Club, SACO, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7641.

He is survived by two sons, George K. Gabeline of Rapid City, S.D. and Ward E. Gabeline of rural Burlington, Iowa; one daughter, Donna J. (Mrs. Jack) Carroll of Montreal, Canada; seven grandchildren, Chad, Heather, Jeff, Nick, Robbie, Shelly Gabeline, and Matt Laib; two great-grandchildren, Amber and Jeffrey; and three sisters, Florence Taylor of Jaynesville, Wis.; Frances Tate of Green Valley, Ariz., and Elda Deffer of San Antonio, Texas.

He is preceded in death by his wife.