Title	Mr.
Last Name	Abbott
First Name	Jere
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Place of Birth	Dexter, ME
Date of Birth	1897-10-05
Place of Death	Dexter, ME
Date of Death	1982-07-09
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 7-14-1982, p.10
Obituary	MR. JERE ABBOTT DEXTER - Jere Abbott, 85, died unexpectedly July 9, 1982, at the Plummer Memorial Hospital. He was born in Dexter, Oct. 5, 1897, son of Arthur and Flora (Parkman) Abbott. He graduated from Dexter High School and Bowdoin College, doing graduate work at Harvard and Princeton Universities. He studied Art in Paris for several years prior to serving as associate director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, in 1929. He later became a director of the Smith College Art Museum in North Hampton, Mass. Mr. Abbott was a fellow of the Pierpont-Morgan Library in New York City. He served on many prestigious art committees throughout the Northeast. He served as a trustee of Abbott Memorial Library, Dexter, for 35 years. Mr. Abbott will be remembered by Dexter residents for his kindness and generosity. He is survived by four cousins, Carleton Bucknam of Dexter, Nathan Bucknam of Suffern, N.Y., Gilbert Bucknam of Hollis, N.H., and Robert Bucknam of Dubois, Wyom. Private arrangements by Crosby Funeral Home, Dexter. Interment was in the family lot, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter.