Survivor recalls devastating loss of family, 50 years later

Fifty years ago today, on March 17, 1976, Michael Abt was at St. Dominic Church, burying his mom, dad, brother and two sisters, all shot to death in their Trevose home five days earlier.

The John F. Fluehr & Sons holy cards said it all: “In Loving Memory of John F. Abt Sr., Margaret A. Abt, Margaret M. Abt, John F. Abt Jr., Kathleen Abt. Died March 12, 1976.”

Five caskets and 30 pallbearers in the Holmesburg Catholic church on St. Patrick’s Day…

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