Edith Abolins

Born in Myanaung, Burma on August 13, 1942

Departed on March 29, 2015 and resided in Nashville, Tennessee

Edith Abolins, age 72, passed away on the morning of Sunday, March 29th at her nursing home in Nashville, Tennessee. Edith had a full and adventurous life which took her from occupied Burma (now Myanmar) where she was born in 1942 to Nashville, TN. Her parents were Joseph Barnabas, a public health administrator in Rangoon (now Yangon), and homemaker Gladys Barnabas, and she had a sister, Bertha, who is now also deceased. A lifelong Roman Catholic, Edith attended convent schools and briefly taught elementary school in Myanmar. She was certified as a secretary by Pitney Bowes and worked for Warner Brothers and the U.S. embassy in Burma. After coming to the U.S. in 1967, she worked as a secretary at The Ohio State University, where she met and married undergraduate Peter Abolins. With Peter, she raised a daughter, Dianna, and son, Mark, in California. In recent years, she attended St. Ann Catholic Church and the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville. Edith played the guitar as a young woman and greatly enjoyed listening to live music at restaurants in Hillsboro Village and other Nashville locations. She also had a passion for animals, including wildlife and dogs. Edith is survived by her daughter Dianna, her son Mark, his wife Ginger, and Mark and Ginger's son, Aidan. Mark is a professor at Middle Tennessee State University and her grandson, Aidan, attends St. Ann School in Nashville.