1919 - 2012 (92 years)
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Name |
John F Adams |
Born |
17 Jul 1919 |
West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
17 Apr 2012 |
Edenburg, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Buried |
21 Apr 2012 |
Saint John's Cemetery, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Person ID |
I110802 |
Strausstown Roots | Balthaser.H, Greth.A, ~FinkLesher |
Last Modified |
9 May 2012 |
Father |
John Quincy Adams, b. 25 May 1896, Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 19 Sep 1949, Reading Hospital, West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 53 years) |
Mother |
Ellen R Kauffman, b. 31 Mar 1902, Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 26 Jun 1957, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 55 years) |
Family ID |
F16291 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S2] Reading Eagle, 19 Apr 2012.
John F. Adams, 82, of Edenburg, Windsor Twp., died Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Twp., Lehigh Co., where he was a patient since April 8.
He was the husband of Anna E. (Klinger) Adams. They were married on Nov. 16, 1957 and celebrated 54 years of marriage.
Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late John Q. and Ellen R. (Kauffman) Adams.
He was a 1947 graduate of Hamburg High School. John was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
He worked for 31 1/2 years for E. S. Savage, Hamburg. He then worked for 12 years for Glen-Gery Brick Corporation, Perry Twp., and last worked for 17 years for R. S. Snyder, New Tripoli, until his retirement.
John was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hamburg, where he was a former member of church council. He was also a board member of St. John's Cemetery Company.
In 1965, John was named Outstanding Young Man of America from the Pennsylvania Jaycees. For 40 years, he drove the King Frost float for the Hamburg Jaycees King Frost Parade. He was a life member of Union Fire Company of Hamburg and beneficial association; a life member of Behler-Hein 637 American Legion; and a member of Wagner-Good Post 216 V.F.W., Hamburg.
John was a charter member of the Hamburg Lions Club. He was a tax collector for Windsor Twp. for 28 years. John received a safe driving award for driving more than two million miles without an accident.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Lori A. (Adams) Bailey, fiancee of Willard L. Driesbach Jr., Tilden Twp., and Sandi L. (Adams), wife of Timothy T. Rubright, Kutztown; and two grandsons, Jeffrey and Michael Bailey.
John was predeceased by a sister, Anna (Adams) Miller.
Services will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. from Leibensperger Funeral Homes, Inc., Hamburg (off street parking in rear). Burial with military honors will be in St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg.
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