Obituary: Michael Troy Abell, 46, Raywick
MICHAEL TROY ABELL
Michael Troy Abell, 46, of Raywick, passed through this life Sunday, May 24, 2015, at Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville holding the hand of his wife, Staci and his son Jon-Erik, taking a part of their hearts with him. He was a courageous fighter who battled the most lethal form of cancer, glioblastoma multiforme, for 5-1/2 years. In an effort to slay that beast, he was a patient at Duke University for the last year.
He was a hard worker all his life, whether on the farm or at Ford Motor Company. He loved his home and living in Small Town USA. He enjoyed riding horses, ATVs, motorcycles, basically anything he could steer. He loved telling stories and never met a stranger, thus leaving a list of friends too numerous to mention. Now that his life here on Earth has ended, he is in Heaven singing his songs to the four lost babies that were only held by the hearts of him and his wife.
He was preceded in death by “Granddaddy” Walter Abell Jr.; one uncle, George Abell; and his grandparents, Tom and Marie Baker.
Survivors include his high school sweetheart, best friend and wife, Staci Medley Abell; and one son, his pride, his joy and his friend, Michael Jon-Erik Abell; his parents, Butch and Nancy Baker; his grandmother, Juanita Abell; two brothers, Danny Ray and Derek; his mother-in-law, Judy Boone Medley; one sister-in-law, Tammy Medley; one brother-in-law, Michael Medley; aunts and uncles Linda Abell, Becky Followell (Howard), Karen Tatum, and Wayne Abell; nieces, Nikki, Trinity, Zoe, Reiss and Caroline; nephews, Beau, Israel and Luke ; and a number of cousins.
The Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Thursday, May 28, 2015, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 108 Main Street, Raywick, with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Jim Graf will officiate.
Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at the Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. by Deacon Joe Dant.
Pallbearers are Ron Lucas, Wayne Abell, Phil Lucas, Shane Mattingly, Derek Baker and Lance Abell.
The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke at http://www.cancer.duke.edu/btc/.
The Mattingly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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