Hubert Lee (Hurb) Adams

1937 - 2020  (82 years)

• Name	Hubert Lee (Hurb) Adams
  Nickname	Hurb
  Born	19 Dec 1937	Bronaugh, Vernon County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Apr 2020	Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
  Buried	Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas
  Person ID	I29967	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Clarence Kermit Adams
  Mother	Viola Lea Mahan Adams
  Family ID	F8566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Darlene Mentola Adams,   d. 25 Oct 2017
  Married	20 Jun 1964
  Children	1. Mark Adams   2. Michelle Adams Miclea
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2021 00:55:30
  Family ID	F8567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Obituary- Adams, Hubert Hubert Lee Adams, 82 of Westland, Michigan, formerly of Alma, Kansas and Rossville, Kansas, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Livonia, Michigan. He was born December 19, 1937 on the Nord Family Farm in Bronaugh, Missouri the son of Clarence Kermit and Viola Lea (Mahan) Adams. He was the oldest of eight children. He married Elizabeth Darlene Mentola June 20, 1964, she preceded him in death on October 25, 2017. Hurb graduated from Nevada High School in 1955 and then received his Bachelor’s degree from Missouri School of Mines in Rolla, Missouri in 1959 and then, his Master’s degree from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an Officer in 1961 and 1962 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He was a Chemical Engineer for various chemical companies in his civilian career. Hurb, being a man of faith, deeply believed in Heaven and lived his life accordingly. Also, he was a Citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and was proud of his heritage. He was a member of the American Legion of Lamar, Missouri. He is survived by a son, Mark Adams and wife, Kathy of Westland, Michigan, a daughter, Michelle Miclea and husband, Christopher of Fairhaven, Michigan, 3 brothers, Paul Leroy Adams of Kansas City, Missouri, Joe Adams and wife, Ardy of Maryville, Tennessee, and Don Adams and wife, Terri of Nevada, Missouri, 4 sisters, Lois Dianne Richardson and husband, Don of Lebanon, Missouri, Barbara Jean Pierce and husband, Glenn of Tucson, Arizona, Viola Mae Wilson and husband, Aaron of Las Cruces, New Mexico and Sharon Schaeffer and husband, Jim of Glen Carbon, Illinois, and 5 grandchildren, Kayla, Christopher, Cristina, Joshua and Brandon. In addition to his wife, Darlene, he was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters-in-law, Marge Shields Adams and Donna Galbraith Adams. He will be interred with his wife, Elizabeth Darlene at the U.S. National Cemetery #1 in Fort Scott, Kansas in a private ceremony under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the New Hope United Methodist Church Food Bank of Allen Park, Michigan, donations may be sent to or left in the care of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, P.O. Box 309, 15 W. Wall St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com