Remembering Abe: Rememberance Rally this Saturday, March 28

Family Holds Remembrance Rally for Abe Farkas:

Seeks to Generate Tips Regarding the Murder

Chester, Pennsylvania- The family of the local grocer and good samaritan Ladislav "Abe" Farkas is holding a remembrance rally on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at the site of his murder on the 800 block of West 5^th Street in Chester, Pennsylvania. The rally will be outdoors and is scheduled to run from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm.

The rally will be a remembrance service with speeches and food, to which all friends, family, and supporters are invited and encouraged to attend. Attendees are asked to “bring memories and wear red.”

The rally will reify the family’s interest in seeking justice, as well as consolidate the community in an act of solidarity and defiance against violence. Monetary donations will be accepted and put towards funding the $10,000 reward for tips that is being offered in tandem with the Citizens Crime Commission. More importantly the rally will serve to further publicize the anonymous tipline, which is 215-546-TIPS(8477). Maureen Beail-Farkas, Abe Farkas’ wife of thirty-six years, says: “The rally is an effort to make people aware of the anonymous tipline and reward. We hope that people will come forward with tips, from a place of remembrance and desire for justice and with the knowledge that anonymity will be strictly protected.”

For additional information on the murder of Abe Farkas and the remembrance rally, contact visit www.rememberingabe.blogspot.com or Rheena Beail-Farkas at 757-201-4833.

About Abe

Ladislav "Abe" Farkas
(May 27, 1952 - Jan 9, 2009)
Einstein once said "only a life lived for others is worth living." Pictures of his Chester "route kids" peppered the inside of his grocery store on wheels, Abe's Food Express. Any improvements in their grades guaranteed a treat. Perhaps this was because as a 16 year old emigrant from Czechoslovakia he knew what it was like to struggle. He'd overcome the language barrier and make his way to Wharton. After High School he'd serve two tours in the Navy off the coast of Vietnam and then give years to the Peace Corps in Chile, where he and his wife became the first couple to have a baby. This made son, Joshua, the youngest ever Peace Corps volunteer. A year later when they left Chile to travel South America they did so with two children: Joshua and Rheena. It's no wonder that his children carry on his humanitarian spirit. Abe engaged in a bevy of careers ranging from police officer to owner of several 7-11s. Throughout his life he made caring for those less fortunate job one. A stray dog could do no better than cross his path. He nursed more than his fair share back to health: 6 in a single week one time.

A young Irish rose named Maureen saw Abe entertaining a crowd by tight rope walking a clothes line at a party. They'd marry and drink from the same glass (often literally) for 36 years. They had the privilege of raising their four children: Joshua, Rheena, Nate and Lori. He was also fortunate enough to have a daughter-in-law, Holly, and to see their three month old baby, Lincoln. He is also survived by his mother, Frida, his other mother (in-law), Nancy Beail-Hannah, his older sister, Helen, younger sister, Deborah and baby brother, Alex.

Remembering Abe

Rememberance Rally this Saturday, March 28

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