In 1960, she married
standardbred horseman Anthony Abbatiello and moved to Five Point Farm in Colts
Neck. Anthony Abbatiello is a member of the harness racing Hall of Fame,
the founding president of the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of
New Jersey and a current member of the New Jersey Racing Commission.
Kathleen is a member of the
Catholic Daughters of America and was also active for many years in the harness
women’s non-profit organization, the Speedy Fillies.
Kathleen is survived by her
loving husband Anthony; her daughters and sons-in-law, Jean and Craig Sardoni,
Christine and John Whelan, and Lisa and Jim Locke; her adoring grandchildren,
Ava and Michael Sardoni, Shane and Jack Whelan, and Abigail and Ian Locke; and
her siblings Ann Cagney, Mary LaMura, Peg Rabe, Betty Arcoleo and husband
Joe, Thomas McMahon and wife Louise, and sister-in-law Gloria Hassett, wife of
her late brother James McMahon. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother,
and sister who will be sorely missed by all.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 from 4 to 8
p.m. at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center Street, Freehold with a memorial
service from 7:30 to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at
10 a.m. followed by interment at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle
Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Colts Neck First
Aid Squad, PO Box 21, Colts Neck, NJ 07722.
