Abbie was born on May 23, 1918 on the family farm in Sugar Creek neighborhood near Lynnville, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm and attended the Black Oak Country School. On December 10, 1938, she was married to Wilbur L. Jack at the former Friends Church near Lynnville. The couple operated a grain and livestock farm near Montezuma and she was a homemaker. The couple moved to Seeland Park in Grinnell five years ago. Abbie was an avid gardener and enjoyed raising flowers and canning vegetables. She put many loving stitches in numerous quilts for her family. Besides quilting she also enjoyed needle point and crocheting. For the past few years she liked to solve find-a-word puzzles. She is survived by her husband, Wilbur Jack of Grinnell; two sons, LaVerne Jack of Montezuma and Keith Jack and his wife, Vicki of Montezuma; two daughters, Karon Johnson and her husband, Vincent II of Montezuma and Kathy Little and her husband of Jerry of Montezuma; ten grandchildren, LaRayne Fenton, Heather Fuson, Tracy Stevens, Scott Jack, Kimberlea Harvey, Vincent Johnson III, Eric Johnson, Jeff Little, Mark Little and Julie Cline; nineteen great grandchildren; her brother, Ralph Speas and his wife, Fritzy of Stow, Ohio; and two sisters-in-law, Geneva Speas of Lansing, Michigan and Doris Edgington and her husband, Harold of Grinnell. She was preceded in death by her parents; six brothers, Harold, Floyd, Clarence, Howard, Eldon and Joe Speas; and two sisters, Edith Onthank and Grace Van Donselaar. Memorials may be directed to the Montezuma Fire Department.