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Abigail Colyer Wylie of Kennett Square Abigail Colyer Wylie, 62, of Kennett Square, died peacefully at home on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. She was the loving wife of William Wood Wylie, Jr. of 42 years. Born in Charlottesville, Va. on Sept. 20, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Monroe Colyer and the late Naomi Thresher. Abbie was a 1968 graduate of Unionville High School, and the University of Delaware in 1972 where she graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in nursing. She worked for a number of years as a nurse, becoming director of out-patient hospice services for New Castle County Del. for The Visiting Nurse Association. She put her nursing career on hold to start a family and became immersed in raising her children and conducting a horse boarding business at home. For nearly 30 years she conditioned, schooled and cared for horses that fox hunted regularly with Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds, teaching the sport to her children and their friends. In addition to her husband she is survived by her sons, Stuart Sheffield Wylie of Kennett Square and Peyton Thresher Wylie of Philadelphia; sisters, Christine Quint of Kalispell, Mont. and Jessica Roy of Wilmington, Del.; brother, Bradford Colyer of Stowe, Vt.; and step-mother Jacqueline Colyer of Ercildoun, Pa. Burial will be private, but there will be a memorial service to celebrate Abbie's life at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at the London Grove Friends Meeting, 500 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348. |
