Dr. Robert M. Abel, age 92, of Wakarusa, died at 2:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 at Elkhart General Hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1924 to Ralph M. and Edna (Pletcher) Abel in Wakarusa and grew up on a farm near Wakarusa. On Aug. 13, 1948 he married Betty Ann Hattery in Martinsville.  She …read more.