Abby Jean Elsner

Abby Jean Elsner
Age 33 of Dayton passed away October 25, 2020. She was born in Dayton, OH, December 24, 1986 to Stephen and Mary (Brinkman) Elsner. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Vincent and Evelyn Brinkman, and Robert Elsner. Abby is survived by her parents, Son Ryder Lee Zink and daughter Journee Joelle Zink, sister Erin and brother-in-law Michael Reynolds, nephew Bennett and niece Natalie Reynolds, Grandmother Dorothy Elsner and friend Kyle Zink. As well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. She was a 2005 graduate of West Carrollton High School. Abby had a kind, loving, sensitive heart and loved her children dearly. She struggled with the disease of addiction for many years. The enemy had a stronghold on her life. She will no longer have to live in torment and is now Home and at peace.
“Someone who is trying to be sober is often trying to work out deeper emotional issues and is attempting to undo years of habitual behavior. When you reduce recovery to just abstinence, it simplifies what is really a much more complex issue.”-Sasha Bronner
If you are struggling with addiction, please reach out for help. Abby’s life mattered. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Henry Catholic Church will be a private service. Memorial Contributions can be made to Kyle Zink for the benefit of Ryder and Journee or to FOA-Families of Addiction. Arrangements entrusted to Westbrock Funeral Home, Kettering.