ADKINS, Thomas DeWayne 'Ernee' 1956 - 1985

ADKINS, MEDARIS, SHONDEL, DAUB

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Monday, September 16, 1985
Front Page, Columns 1 and 2

Thomas ADKINS died in hunting accident

A Fairfield man died at University Hospitals in Iowa City (note: in Johnson Co., IA) Saturday afternoon from a gunshot wound to the head sustained earlier the same day while hunting near Douds.

Thomas DeWayne ADKINS, 29, 608 W. Adams, was squirrel hunting with Robert Alan Tisor, 24, also of Fairfield, when the accident occurred at 7:30 a.m. on a 480-acre state-owned wilderness area northwest of Douds.

ADKINS received emergency treatment from Douds First Responders and at Van Buren County Memorial Hospital before being transferred by Air Care Helicopter to Iowa City. He died at 2:46 p.m.

Investigation of the accident is continuing by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Department and the Iowa Conservation Commission.

Services for Tom "Ernee" ADKINS will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Charles Kaufmann and the Rev. Andrew Daub officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Raymond Funeral Home. A memorial has been established to the family.

ADKINS was born March 2, 1956 in Fairfield, the son of Lowell and Doris MEDARIS ADKINS. He was reared in Lockridge and has lived in Fairfield since graduating from Fairfield High School in 1975. He was a molder at the Dexter Foundry, and was a member of Free Methodist Church. He married Sherri SHONDEL in Fairfield on Nov, 24, 1981. She survives.

Also surviving are two children, Kaylea, 2, and Christopher, 6; his parents of Phoenix, Ariz.; two brothers, Mike of Lockridge, Roger of Germanville; one sister, Linda DAUB of Vinton, and his maternal grandparents, Stanley and Dorothy MEDARIS of Farmington. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother and paternal grandparents.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Monday, September 23, 1985
Page 14, Column 3

ADKINS' death ruled accidental

KEOSAUQUA -- The death of a Fairfield man Sept. 14 while hunting with a friend has been ruled accidental, according to the Van Buren County sheriff's office.

Thomas DeWayne ADKINS, 29, died of a gunshot wound to the head at University Hospitals, Iowa City, where he was taken by helicopter after being wounded earlier in the day near Douds.

ADKINS was hunting with Robert Alan Tisor, 24, also of Fairfield, when the accident occurred.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Monday, September 23, 1985
Page 4, Columns 3 and 4

Letters to the Editor

It could happen to anyone

To the editor:

As many of you know, our family recently experienced the tragic loss of Tom ADKINS, who was killed in a freak hunting accident.

We never know what tomorrow will bring.

It happened to Tom, and it could happen to any one of us. So let's examine ourselves. How is our own heart? Is it right toward God?

Someday, we'll all die, but we don't know when. If we keep putting off doing the right thing, it would be terrible if we were too late.

So let's humble ourselves, and take the time to make things right with our maker.

Roger D. ADKINS & family

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