ADAMS, Douglas A. 1952-2004

ADAMS, ROHNE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/21/2009 at 14:33:55

DOUGLAS A. ADAMS

OSAGE, IOWA — Douglas A. Adams, 52, of Osage, and formerly of Waukegan, Illinois, died Wednesday (Nov. 24, 2004) at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Osage.

Douglas was born Jan. 16, 1952, in Osage, the son of Wayland and Shirley (Rohne) Adams. He graduated from Osage High School.

After graduation he enlisted in the Navy, where he spent 14 years and was a Vietnam veteran. While stationed in the Philippines he met his wife, Julie. They married in 1978.

To this union came one child, Jennifer. They made their home in Waukegan, Ill. He worked for the VA Hospital in North Chicago for the past 17 years until his short battle with cancer brought him back home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Faith Lutheran Church in Mitchell with the Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Mitchell with military honors by Osage American Legion Post 278.

Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and will continue one hour before services on Saturday at the church.

He is survived by a daughter, Jennifer Adams of Charles City; mother, Shirley Adams, of Mitchell; six sisters, Connie (Ron) Pint of Osage, Jackie (Chuck) Grimm of Mitchell, Terry Adams of Mitchell, Kim (Brian) Clayton of Mitchell, Paula (Randy) Kamp of Mitchell, Sherry (Don) Schmidt of Simpsonville, S.C.; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Julie, on Sept. 1, 2004; father, Wayland Adams; brother, Wally Adams; and maternal and paternal grandparents.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Nov. 26, 2004]