Cloncurry identity Peter Abdy (RIP)
Died peacefully at Hillside Station on Monday.
Well-known Cloncurry identity Peter Abdy died peacefully among his loving family at Hillside Station on Monday.
I was very lucky to have known Peter and Joan also to have travelled through the United States with them, he was a true gentleman and very knowledgeable of the rural industry a real family man.
Les Abdy said his father was also a foundation member of the Cloncurry Show Society, helped build the showgrounds and was the ringmaster in the show. Mr Abdy helped with the first post hole in the showgrounds during the 1970s.
Mr Abdy was raised in Ravenshoe as the son of a baker, but travelled west in the 1950s to work as a ringer. He eventually worked at West Leichhardt Station under Bill Croft. Mr Abdy met and married Mr Croft’s daughter Joan.
Mr and Mrs Abdy have been married for 56 years, since 1961.
Mr and Mrs Abdy started attending Argylla Pony Club in Mount Isa in the 1960s. Their contributions for the club earned them the title of life members. Eventually Mr Abdy became a chief instructor for Pony Club Qld. They shifted to Cloncurry when they bought Hillside Station in 1973.
Peter and Joan Abdy have two sons Les and Allan. Through Les and Desley Abdy their grandchildren are Jaymi-Lee, and Sam Abdy. Jaymi-Lee and Robert Stewart have two children Alec and Millie. Allan and Brooke Abdy have three children; Grace, Luke and Ben Abdy.
Mr Abdy’s service will be held at the Cloncurry Community Precinct from 2pm on Tuesday, April 4.
