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ABBOTT, ALFRED ACHILLE, LT. COL. (RET.) age 101, born in Castelmezzano, Italy and an immigrant to the USA at the age of 9, passed away peacefully at his residence since 1996 at La Vida Llena on Sept 7, 2013. He was a long-time resident of Albuquerque who graduated from the University of Denver and attended West Point Prep School and UNM as a graduate student. Al enlisted in the US Army as a private and retired as a Lt. Col after 28 years service. He experienced buzz bombs in London and was in Paris on D.E. Day. Al taught Spanish, English, and History in California and Albuquerque schools. He was inducted into the Albuquerque Senior Citizens Hall of Fame in 1998 after extensive work with many civic organizations, including the Good Shepherd Brothers, the Friendship Force, the Retired Officers Association, the Albuquerque Philosophers Unlimited Club, and the Albuquerque Public Schools Volunteer Board, and he directed and staffed an all-Volunteer Summer Tutoring Center to help elementary school children. Known for his generosity, he funded scholarships at UNM, CNM, and several other colleges, and he was a generous donor to ARCA, the Good Shepherd Brothers, the American Red Cross and other charitable organizations. He is survived by nephew, Frank Pecerni of NY; and nieces, Wendy Cloutier Palmer of MI and Gloria Antonell of FL; and many friends. He willed his body to science and his cremains will be interred at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe after a memorial service to celebrate Al's life at a time and place to be announced later. Donations in lieu of flowers should be sent to the Good Shepherd Center, P.O. Box 749, Albuquerque, NM 87103 or to ARCA, 11300 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque NM 87112.
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