Louis Harold Adabahr ... enjoyed black powder shooting

ROCHESTER - Louis Harold Adabahr, of Rochester, died on Sunday, April 16, 2017. He was born on July 3, 1933, in Malden, Mass., to Harold Louis Adabahr and Marie Agnes (Anderson) Adabahr. The Family later moved to Rochester.
Louis attended schools in Rochester and graduated from Spaulding High School. He served in the Navy from 1951 to 1956 and was wounded during the Korean Conflict. Upon discharge from the Navy, he worked for a time at GE in Schenectady, N.Y., and later returned home to Rochester where he and his father built his home on Old Dover Road where he resided.
He worked in the printing business and later in construction and was involved in various projects, working for a number of years as a supervisor and Property Manager for Leoca Construction and Strafford Broadcasting, Inc. He traveled extensively for Black Powder shooting events and enjoyed the outdoors. He was an avid fisherman and spent many years fishing on the Maine and New Hampshire lakes. He enjoyed tying fishing flies and was very pleased to know that his flies were being used worldwide.
He was very active in various veterans' organizations, he was a past Commander of the VFW, a past Commander of the American Legion Post 7, AMVETS Post 1, and the Disabled Veterans in Rochester.
He is survived by his dear friend Elaine Scott and her children, his step grandson Michael Clements, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Dorothy (LaFay) Adabahr, his brother James, his sister Ruth, and his stepdaughter Marie Clements.