Friends here have been advised of the sudden death at Sewickley, Pa., on Monday of John Morse Adams, son of the late Harry E. Adams. The Adams home was for many years on Forest street. John left Oberlin in 1925. He was a graduate of Oberlin high school and the family was well known. The mother is a resident of Cleveland.
John Morse Adams
John Morse Adams, who died suddenly Monday, February 3, from pneumonia in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, lived the great share of his boyhood and young manhood in this community and leaves many friends here to mourn his passing. John was the second son of the late Harry E. Adams, for many years superintendent of the Ohio Quarries Co. at South Amherst. John was a communicant of Christ Episcopal church in Oberlin.
While attending Oberlin high school John starred on the football and basketball teams, being renowned for his fighting ability and brilliant play. One of the first and youngest Oberlin boys to enter the service in the World War, John enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Force in April, 1917 and served for the duration.
On April 26, 1924, John Married Elizabeth W. Wyckoff, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. A. W. Wyckoff of Pittsburgh. John held a responsible executive position with the Wyckoff Drawn Steel Co. at Ambridge, Penn., displaying many of the qualities that made his late father loved and respected.
John leaves his widow and four children, John Morse, Jr., Welling Wyckoff, James Francis, and Sybil of Glen Osborne, Penn. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Myra Morse Adams of East Cleveland, his two sisters, Mrs. Ira Lucal of Lakewood, Mrs. George T. Hill of East Cleveland, and his brother, Lewis A. Adams of St. Louis, Mo.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio
John Morse Adams
John Morse Adams, who died suddenly Monday, February 3, from pneumonia in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, lived the great share of his boyhood and young manhood in this community and leaves many friends here to mourn his passing. John was the second son of the late Harry E. Adams, for many years superintendent of the Ohio Quarries Co. at South Amherst. John was a communicant of Christ Episcopal church in Oberlin.
While attending Oberlin high school John starred on the football and basketball teams, being renowned for his fighting ability and brilliant play. One of the first and youngest Oberlin boys to enter the service in the World War, John enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Force in April, 1917 and served for the duration.
On April 26, 1924, John Married Elizabeth W. Wyckoff, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. A. W. Wyckoff of Pittsburgh. John held a responsible executive position with the Wyckoff Drawn Steel Co. at Ambridge, Penn., displaying many of the qualities that made his late father loved and respected.
John leaves his widow and four children, John Morse, Jr., Welling Wyckoff, James Francis, and Sybil of Glen Osborne, Penn. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Myra Morse Adams of East Cleveland, his two sisters, Mrs. Ira Lucal of Lakewood, Mrs. George T. Hill of East Cleveland, and his brother, Lewis A. Adams of St. Louis, Mo.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio
Friends here have been advised of the sudden death at Sewickley, Pa., on Monday of John Morse Adams, son of the late Harry E. Adams. The Adams home was for many years on Forest street. John left Oberlin in 1925. He was a graduate of Oberlin high school and the family was well known. The mother is a resident of Cleveland.
John Morse Adams
John Morse Adams, who died suddenly Monday, February 3, from pneumonia in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, lived the great share of his boyhood and young manhood in this community and leaves many friends here to mourn his passing. John was the second son of the late Harry E. Adams, for many years superintendent of the Ohio Quarries Co. at South Amherst. John was a communicant of Christ Episcopal church in Oberlin.
While attending Oberlin high school John starred on the football and basketball teams, being renowned for his fighting ability and brilliant play. One of the first and youngest Oberlin boys to enter the service in the World War, John enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Force in April, 1917 and served for the duration.
On April 26, 1924, John Married Elizabeth W. Wyckoff, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. A. W. Wyckoff of Pittsburgh. John held a responsible executive position with the Wyckoff Drawn Steel Co. at Ambridge, Penn., displaying many of the qualities that made his late father loved and respected.
John leaves his widow and four children, John Morse, Jr., Welling Wyckoff, James Francis, and Sybil of Glen Osborne, Penn. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Myra Morse Adams of East Cleveland, his two sisters, Mrs. Ira Lucal of Lakewood, Mrs. George T. Hill of East Cleveland, and his brother, Lewis A. Adams of St. Louis, Mo.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio
John Morse Adams
John Morse Adams, who died suddenly Monday, February 3, from pneumonia in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, lived the great share of his boyhood and young manhood in this community and leaves many friends here to mourn his passing. John was the second son of the late Harry E. Adams, for many years superintendent of the Ohio Quarries Co. at South Amherst. John was a communicant of Christ Episcopal church in Oberlin.
While attending Oberlin high school John starred on the football and basketball teams, being renowned for his fighting ability and brilliant play. One of the first and youngest Oberlin boys to enter the service in the World War, John enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Force in April, 1917 and served for the duration.
On April 26, 1924, John Married Elizabeth W. Wyckoff, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. A. W. Wyckoff of Pittsburgh. John held a responsible executive position with the Wyckoff Drawn Steel Co. at Ambridge, Penn., displaying many of the qualities that made his late father loved and respected.
John leaves his widow and four children, John Morse, Jr., Welling Wyckoff, James Francis, and Sybil of Glen Osborne, Penn. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Myra Morse Adams of East Cleveland, his two sisters, Mrs. Ira Lucal of Lakewood, Mrs. George T. Hill of East Cleveland, and his brother, Lewis A. Adams of St. Louis, Mo.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio
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