1915 - 1989 (73 years)
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Name |
James M Adams |
Born |
28 Oct 1915 |
Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
31 Jul 1989 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Buried |
Osage City Cemetery, Osage City, Osage County, Kansas |
Person ID |
I2453 |
Rossville |
Last Modified |
23 Nov 2019 |
Family |
Lucille Adele Hasty Adams, b. 11 May 1917, Peterson, Finney County, Kansas , d. 16 Sep 2007 (Age 90 years) |
Married |
8 Sep 1938 |
Osage City, Osage County, Kansas |
Children |
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Last Modified |
25 Apr 2017 10:26:15 |
Family ID |
F639 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Documents |
| Obituary- Adams, James 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1989
James M. Adams
James M. Adams, 73, formerly of Rossville, died early Monday, July 31, 1989, at a Topeka nursing home.
He had been ill more than a year.
Mr. Adams coŽowned and manŽaged an impleŽment business at Rossville more than 30 years.
He was born Oct. 28, 1915, at Lyndon, the son of Jess T. and Laurel Michael Adams. He attended Lyndon schools and Pittsburg State Teachers College. He lived in Lyndon and in the Grove community and later lived in RossŽville 35 years, Mr. Adams was chairman of the Community Development program for Rossville and the Rossville Recreation Association. He was managŽer of the Babe Ruth baseball team and was instrumental in obtaining lights for the baseball field. He served on the board of Jayhawk ArŽea Council of Boy Scouts. He was an Eagle Scout.
Mr. Adams was a past president of the Lions Club. He was a member of Lake Lodge No. 50, AF&AM, at Silver lake and a member of the Presbyterian Church in Rossville.
He married Lucille Adell Hasty Sept. 8, 1938, in Osage City. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Jesse William Adams, Ellsworth, and Harry Richard Adams, Silver Lake; a daughter, Carol Sue Adams Dick, Blaine; a twin brother, Frank E. Adams, Topeka; and seven grandŽchildren.
Services at 9 a.m. Thursday will be followed by Masonic services at Parker-Price Mortuary. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. ThursŽday in Osage City Cemetery at Osage City. Mr. Adams will lie in state after 5 p.m. today at the morŽtuary. Memorial contributions may be made to the Presbyterian Church in Rossville, 66533.
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| Obituary- Adams, James 2 Same as Obituary- Adams, James 1--better copy |
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