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Ruth
M. Adams PRAIRIE CITY — Ruth M.
Adams, 81, of Prairie City, formerly of Monroe, died Friday, Jan. 25, at Clearview
Manor in Prairie City. Funeral services will be Monday, Jan. 28, at
Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Monroe. Friends may call after noon on Sunday,
Jan. 27, at the funeral home, where family will be present from 4 to 6 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Clearview Manor Activity Fund. Burial
will be at Silent City Cemetery in Monroe. The
daughter of Gerrit W. and Sadie Birkenholz Kersbergen, she was born May 10, 1920
in Pella. She graduated from Monroe
High School in 1938. She married Leonard R. Adams on Nov. 7, 1942 in Des Moines.
Mrs.
Adams worked for many years at Luggage Inc. in Des Moines. She lived in Monroe
until 1942. She moved to Des Moines, where she lived until 1996, then moved to
Clearview Manor in Prairie City. She enjoyed wintering in Arizona. Survivors
include two daughters, Mary Van Baale of Pleasant Hill, and Sherry Graham of
Norwalk: and six grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sons- in-law, Richard
Graham and Donald Van Baale, a great granddaughter, and a special
friend, Wayne Crigler. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, January 26, 2002. |
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