1500 Old York Road, Abington, PA
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 529, Abington, PA 19001
Phone: (215) 887-7375
​Effective January 1, 2020, we are now conducting our business from 1500 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001. The only change is our location. The ownership and staff have and will remain the same. We are simply sharing a facility. We will continue in helping you to remember and honor the ones you love from our new home.
Obituary of Donald Louis Oakes
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Donald L. Oakes, a resident of The Rydal Park Retirement Community in Rydal, PA and formerly of Ardsley, PA, died on September 3, 2022. He was 74.
Born in Abington, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond W. Oakes and the late Eleanor F. Arnold Oakes.
Don graduated from Overbrook School for the Blind in 1967 and Kutztown University in 1976, from where he earned a bachelor's degree. Don taught elementary school in Virginia with special needs students for ten years. He also was employed with AT&T for twenty years.
Don enjoyed a life-long talent playing the piano. He had a love of the outdoors and a special interest in ornithology.
He is survived by his brothers, Richard, Mark, Philip and John, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his sister, Suzanne Volz.
Graveside service in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery will be held privately.
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