Elmer Lee Adams, 73, died unexpectedly at 4:34 PM Friday, April 25, in the Lafayette Home Hospital emergency room. Born in Lexington, IN, Oct. 23, 1923, he graduated from Lexington High School and had lived here since July 1954, moving here from Indianapolis. He married Edna M. Curtis on July 31, 1948, in Indianapolis; she survives.
Mr. Adams retired from Eli Lilly Co. in January 1985 after working there for 39 years. He was an antibiotics purification supervisor. He was a member of Greenbush Street Baptist Church, American Legion Post 11, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He also did volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Karen (Mrs. Steven) Wickersham of Sycamore, IL; three sons, Stanley L. Adams of Waco, TX, Curtis D. Adams of Korea, and Jeffery D. Adams of Chinn, CA; two adopted children, Gary and Jill Moore, both of Lafayette; 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Service April 29, Greenbush Street Baptist Church, the Rev. James Chase officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Sun 4/27/1997
Mr. Adams retired from Eli Lilly Co. in January 1985 after working there for 39 years. He was an antibiotics purification supervisor. He was a member of Greenbush Street Baptist Church, American Legion Post 11, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He also did volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Karen (Mrs. Steven) Wickersham of Sycamore, IL; three sons, Stanley L. Adams of Waco, TX, Curtis D. Adams of Korea, and Jeffery D. Adams of Chinn, CA; two adopted children, Gary and Jill Moore, both of Lafayette; 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Service April 29, Greenbush Street Baptist Church, the Rev. James Chase officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Sun 4/27/1997
Elmer Lee Adams, 73, died unexpectedly at 4:34 PM Friday, April 25, in the Lafayette Home Hospital emergency room. Born in Lexington, IN, Oct. 23, 1923, he graduated from Lexington High School and had lived here since July 1954, moving here from Indianapolis. He married Edna M. Curtis on July 31, 1948, in Indianapolis; she survives.
Mr. Adams retired from Eli Lilly Co. in January 1985 after working there for 39 years. He was an antibiotics purification supervisor. He was a member of Greenbush Street Baptist Church, American Legion Post 11, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He also did volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Karen (Mrs. Steven) Wickersham of Sycamore, IL; three sons, Stanley L. Adams of Waco, TX, Curtis D. Adams of Korea, and Jeffery D. Adams of Chinn, CA; two adopted children, Gary and Jill Moore, both of Lafayette; 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Service April 29, Greenbush Street Baptist Church, the Rev. James Chase officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Sun 4/27/1997
Mr. Adams retired from Eli Lilly Co. in January 1985 after working there for 39 years. He was an antibiotics purification supervisor. He was a member of Greenbush Street Baptist Church, American Legion Post 11, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He also did volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity.
Surviving with his wife are a daughter, Karen (Mrs. Steven) Wickersham of Sycamore, IL; three sons, Stanley L. Adams of Waco, TX, Curtis D. Adams of Korea, and Jeffery D. Adams of Chinn, CA; two adopted children, Gary and Jill Moore, both of Lafayette; 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Service April 29, Greenbush Street Baptist Church, the Rev. James Chase officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Sun 4/27/1997
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